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hub-standard-04.00.012
/ Hub::Data::Handlers

NAME

Hub::Data::Handlers - Access nested data

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

PUBLIC METHODS

fetch

Get a nested value whose parent may need to be loaded from disk
Usage: fetch \%data, $index

store

Store a nested value whose parent may need to be loaded from disk
Usage: store \%data, $index, ?value

getv

Get a nested value
Usage: getv \%data, $index
Usage: getv \@data, $index

setv

Store a nested value
Usage: setv \%data, $index, ?value
Usage: setv \@data, $index, ?value

delete

Remove a nested value
Usage: delete \%data, $index
Usage: delete \@data, $index

INTERNAL METHODS

_get

Get node value from an array or hash
Usage: _get \%data, $node
Usage: _get \@data, $node

_set

Set a node value on an array or hash
Usage: _set \%data, $node, $value
Usage: _set \@data, $node, $value

_delete

Remove a node from an array or hash
Usage: _delete - \%data, $node
Usage: _delete - \@data, $node

_autovivify

Create missing parent nodes
Usage: _autovivify \%result

_traverse

Step into the nested data structure one index node at a time
Usage: _traverse \%data, $index
Usage: _traverse \@data, $index

_transcend

Extend the search to the file system
Usage: _transcend \%result

_get_parser

Get the parser for a given file

_split

Split an index into nodes, removing empty ones
Usage: _split - $index

AUTHOR

Ryan Gies (ryangies@livesite.net)

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2006-2007 by Livesite Networks, LLC. All rights reserved.

Copyright (C) 2000-2005 by Ryan Gies. All rights reserved.

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UPDATED

06/09/2007