User::Identity::Archive(3pm)

Usage

  use User::Identity::Archive::Plain;
  my $friends = User::Identity::Archive::Plain->new('friends');
  $friends->from(\*FH);
  $friends->from('.friends');

Inheritance

 User::Identity::Archive
   is a User::Identity::Item
 User::Identity::Archive is extended by
   User::Identity::Archive::Plain

Overview

An archive stores collections. It depends on the type of archive how and where that is done. Some archivers may limit the kinds of selections which can be stored.

Extends "DESCRIPTION" in User::Identity::Item.

Overloaded

Methods

Extends "METHODS" in User::Identity::Item.

Constructors

Extends "Constructors" in User::Identity::Item.

$class->new( [$name], %options )

 -Option     --Defined in          --Default
  description  User::Identity::Item  undef
  from                               undef
  name         User::Identity::Item  <required>
  parent       User::Identity::Item  undef

description => STRING

from => $filehandle|$file

name => STRING

parent => OBJECT

Attributes

Extends "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item.

`$obj->description()`	Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->name( [$newname] )`	Inherited, see "Attributes" in User::Identity::Item

Collections

Extends "Collections" in User::Identity::Item.

`$obj->add($collection, $role)`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->addCollection( $object \| <[$type], %options> )`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->collection($name)`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->parent( [$parent] )`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->removeCollection($object\|$name)`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$any->type()`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item
`$obj->user()`	Inherited, see "Collections" in User::Identity::Item

Searching

Extends "Searching" in User::Identity::Item.

$obj->find($collection, $role): Inherited, see "Searching" in User::Identity::Item

Access to the archive

$obj->from($source, %options)

Read definitions from the specified $source, which usually can be a filehandle or filename. The syntax used in the information $source is archiver dependent.

Not all archivers implement from(), so you may want to check with UNIVERSAL::can() beforehand.

» example:

  use User::Identity::Archive::Some;
  my $a = User::Identity::Archive::Some->new('xyz');
  $a->from(\*STDIN) if $a->can('from');

Diagnostics

Error: cannot load collection module for $type ($class): $@: Either the specified $type does not exist, or that module named $class returns compilation errors. If the type as specified in the warning is not the name of a package, you specified a nickname which was not defined. Maybe you forgot the 'require' the package which defines the nickname. Cast by addCollection()

Error: nvalid collection $name.: The collection with $name does not exist and can not be created. Cast by add()

Error: this $object is not a collection.: Cast by addCollection()

Releases

12 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 9 times.