Name

File::DataClass - Structured data file IO with OO paradigm

Version

This document describes File::DataClass version 0.5.$Revision: 271 $

Synopsis

use File::DataClass::Schema;

$schema = File::DataClass::Schema->new
   ( path    => [ qw(path to a file) ],
     result_source_attributes => { source_name => {}, },
     tempdir => [ qw(path to a directory) ] );

$schema->source( q(source_name) )->attributes( [ qw(list of attr names) ] );
$rs = $schema->resultset( q(source_name) );
$result = $rs->find( { name => q(id of field element to find) } );
$result->$attr_name( $some_new_value );
$result->update;
@result = $rs->search( { 'attr name' => q(some value) } );

Description

Provides CRUD methods for structured data stored in files of different formats

The documentation for this distribution starts in the class File::DataClass::Schema

Configuration and Environment

Defines these class attributes. They are set on first use by methods in File::DataClass::Schema

Cache

This is a Cache::Cache object which is used to cache the results of reading a file. Maybe of type F_DC_Cache

Exception_Class

A classname that is expected to have a class method throw. Defaults to File::DataClass::Exception and is of type F_DC_Exception

Lock

A lock object that has the methods set and reset. Maybe of type F_DC_Lock

Subroutines/Methods

None

Diagnostics

None

Dependencies

namespace::autoclean
File::DataClass::Exception
MooseX::ClassAttribute

Incompatibilities

There are no known incompatibilities in this module

Bugs and Limitations

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome

Acknowledgements

Larry Wall - For the Perl programming language

The class structure and API where taken from DBIx::Class

The API for the file IO was taken from IO::All

Author

Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>

License and Copyright

Copyright (c) 2011 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE