/ 
VCP-0.9
/ VCP::DB

NAME

VCP::DB - Persistant storage for id -> (name, rev_id) maps

SYNOPSIS

use base qw( VCP::DB );

DESCRIPTION

By default, most VCP::Dest::* drivers keep track of the relationship between the id field assigned by the (original) VCP::Source::* driver and the final name and rev_id (or whatever fields are important to it) in the destination repository so that the previous_id fields, which refer to the original id, may be resolved when backfilling or branching.

The VCP::*::revml drivers do not do this; they do not need to resolve id fields.

The intent for this file is to serve as a base class so that individual sites may write their own ", ref $self, " plugins to, for instance, store this state in a RDBMS table. This is not quite offered at this time; we need to add an option to the appropriate VCP::Dest::* modules to allow the appropriate ", ref $self, " file to be loaded.

To write your own ", ref $self, " file, see VCP::DB::sdbm.

Methods

new
VCP::DB::foo->new(
   StoreLoc => $dir,  ## path to a dir to keep the state store in
);

The Store field indicates where the DBFile should be stored, for instance a DBI specification string or a directory to place a "revmap.db" file in. There is no control over the filename, as different storage modes may need different conventions.

store_loc

Gets (does not set) the StoreLoc field as an absolute path.

delete_db
$db->delete_db;

Deletes the persitent store. This should remove all files, lock files, etc. for filesystem stores and drop any tables for RDBMS stores.

Default action is to call close_db; subclasses should

(subclasses should call $self-SUPER::delete_db before doing anything else in their delete_db() overrides).

open_db
$db->open_db;

Creates a new or opens an existing db.

(subclasses should call $self-SUPER::open_db before doing anything else in their open_db() overrides).

open_existing_db
$db->open_existing_db;

Opens an existing db.

(subclasses should call $self-SUPER::open_existing_db before doing anything else in their open_existing_db() overrides).

close_db
$db->close_db;

(subclasses should call $self-SUPER::close_db before doing anything else in their close_db() overrides).

set
$db->set( $key, @values );

Sets the values for $key.

get
my @values = $db->get( $key );

Gets the values for $key.

exists
$db->exists( $key );

Tests that key exists

keys
my @keys = $db->keys;

Returns a list of ARRAY references, each ARRAY reference contains the fields for one key.

dump
$db->dump( \*STDOUT );
my $s = $db->dump;
my @l = $db->dump;

Dumps keys and values from a DB, in lexically sorted key order. If a filehandle reference is provided, prints to that filehandle. Otherwise, returns a string or array containing the entire dump, depending on context.

AUTHOR

Barrie Slaymaker <barries@slaysys.com>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002 Perforce Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

See VCP::License (vcp help license) for the terms of use.