package Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys; use 5.008008; use strict; use warnings; require Exporter; use Tie::Hash; use Carp; #use vars qw($VERSION @ISA); our @ISA = qw(Exporter Tie::StdHash); # Items to export into callers namespace by default. Note: do not export # names by default without a very good reason. Use EXPORT_OK instead. # Do not simply export all your public functions/methods/constants. # This allows declaration use Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys ':all'; # If you do not need this, moving things directly into @EXPORT or @EXPORT_OK # will save memory. #our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( # 'all' => [ # qw( # # ) # ], #); our @EXPORT_OK = qw( error ); our @EXPORT = qw( ); our $VERSION = sprintf "1.%02d", '$Revision: 14 $ ' =~ /(\d+)/; our $__ERROR__ = "croak"; sub error { $__ERROR__ = $_[1]; } sub __HANDEL_ERROR__ { if ( $__ERROR__ =~ /croak/i ) { Carp::croak "COULD NOT DELETE key=" . $_[0] . " the val=" . $_[1]; } elsif ( $__ERROR__ =~ /exit/i ) { exit; } else { Carp::carp "COULD NOT DELETE key=" . $_[0] . " the val=" . $_[1]; } } sub TIEHASH { my $class = $_[0]; my $list = $_[1]; my %all; foreach my $k ( keys %$list ) { if ( ( ref( $list->{ $k } ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { tie my %c, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $list->{ $k }; $all{ $k } = \%c; } else { $all{ $k } = $list->{ $k }; } } bless \%all, $class; return \%all; } sub DELETE { if ( $_[2] ) { delete $_[0]{ $_[1] }; } else { my $line = ( caller( 0 ) )[2]; my $sub = ( caller( 1 ) )[3] || "main"; __HANDEL_ERROR__( $_[1], $_[2] ); } } sub FORCE_DELETE { my $class = $_[0]; my $key = $_[1]; my $leaf = $_[2]; if ( ( ref( $key ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { foreach my $k ( keys %$key ) { my %all; if ( ( ref( $key->{ $k } ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { tie( %all, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $class->{ $k } ); my $obj = tied( %all ); tie my %c, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $key->{ $k }; $obj->FORCE_DELETE( $key->{ $k } ); $class->{ $k } = \%all; } else { tie( %all, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $class->{ $k } ); my $obj = tied( %all ); $obj->FORCE_DELETE( $key->{ $k }, 1 ); $class->{ $k } = \%all; } } } else { $class->SUPER::DELETE( $key ) if $leaf; } } sub STORE { if ( $_[3] ) { $_[0]{ $_[1] } = $_[2]; } else { if ( exists $_[0]{ $_[1] } ) { $_[0]{ $_[1] } = $_[2] if exists $_[0]{ $_[1] }; } else { my $line = ( caller( 0 ) )[2]; my $sub = ( caller( 1 ) )[3] || "main"; __HANDEL_ERROR__( $_[1], $_[2] ); } } } sub FORCE_STORE { my $class = $_[0]; my $key = $_[1]; my $val = $_[2]; if ( exists( $class->{ $key } ) ) { if ( ( ref( $val ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { tie( my %all, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $class->{ $key } ); my $obj = tied( %all ); foreach my $k ( keys %$val ) { if ( ( ref( $val->{ $k } ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { tie my %c, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $val->{ $k }; $obj->FORCE_STORE( $k, \%c ); } else { $obj->STORE( $k, $val->{ $k }, 1 ); } } $class->STORE( $key, \%all, 1 ); } else { $class->SUPER::STORE( $key, $val ); } } else { my %all; foreach my $k ( keys %$val ) { if ( ( ref( $val->{ $k } ) ) =~ /HASH/i ) { tie my %c, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $val->{ $k }; $all{ $k } = \%c; } else { $all{ $k } = $val->{ $k }; } } my %tmp; tie( %tmp, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', \%all ); $class->SUPER::STORE( $key, \%tmp ); } } 1; __END__ # Below is stub documentation for your module. You'd better edit it! =head1 NAME Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys - Perl module to create a HASH where keys are immutable but not the leaf data. It is possible to modify the key by FORCE_STORE or FORCE_DELETE. It is working on all the tree key created (keys and subkeys are immutable). =head1 SYNOPSIS use Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys; use Data::Dumper; my $z = { aze => 100, tyuiop => 333, qsdfg => 987 }; my $f = { A => 0, Z => 1, E => 0, L => $z }; my $a = { a => 0, z => 1, e => 1, r => 1, AA => $f }; my $list = { S => $a, F => $f, P => "leaf" }; ## Tie the hash with a list of key and values tie( my %a, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $list ); ## Try to modify a value . If the key is missing this command fail my $ar = "z" ; if ( defined( $a{ S }->{ $ar } = 1111 ) ) { print "The key is present and data are updated " . Dumper( \%a ); }else { print "The key is NOT present and data are NOT updated " . Dumper( \%a ); } ## Get the object from the tied variable my $obj = tied( %a ); ## force the store over a KEY (or create a new key) $obj->FORCE_STORE( 'S', { l => 5656565 } ); print "NEW KEY" . Dumper( \%a ); ## Now it is possible to use the normal tied hash to modify the data $a{ S }->{ AA }{ L }{ aze } = "dfsdf"; print "NEW KEY" . Dumper( \%a ); ## could not delete normal key delete $a{ S }->{ AA }{ L }{ aze }; print "NEW KEY" . Dumper( \%a ); ## must use the object call to force the delete $obj->FORCE_DELETE( { 'S' => { AA => { L => 'aze' } } } ); print "NEW KEY after FORCE_DELETE" . Dumper( \%a ); ## force the module to exit with an error tied(%a)->error('exit'); =head1 DESCRIPTION Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys - Perl module to create a HASH where keys are immutable but not the leaf data. It is possible to modify the key by FORCE_STORE or FORCE_DELETE. It is working on all the tree key created (keys and subkeys are immutable). TIEHASH classname, LIST The method invoked by the command "tie %hash, classname". Associates a new hash instance with the specified class. "LIST" would represent the structure of the initial hash created. FORCE_STORE this, key, value Store datum value into key for the tied hash this. This call create or averwrite the key(s) if needed FORCE_DELETE this, key Delete the key key from the tied hash this. There is an exportable function "error" to allow a differrnt way to complain if we try to modify/delete a locked key use Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys qw( error ); my %a; tie( %a, 'Tie::Hash::ImmutableKeys', $list ); tied(%a)->error('exit'); The posible parameter for the error are: croak this is the default behaviour, the module die if we try to modify a locked key and print some info about the error. carp the module warn if we try to modify a locked key and print some info about the error. exit the module simple exit with a return value of 0 any other value fallback to croak. =head1 SEE ALSO fields, Hash::Util, Class::PseudoHash =head1 AUTHOR Fabrice Dulaunoy 07 june 2007 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available. Under the GNU GPL2 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA B Copyright (C) 2007 DULAUNOY Fabrice. B comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details See: L This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; =cut