package Tie::Hash::Sorted; require 5.005_03; use strict; use Carp; use vars '$VERSION'; use UNIVERSAL 'isa'; use constant FIRST_KEY => -1; use constant STORED_HASH => 0; use constant ITERATOR => 1; use constant SORTED_KEYS => 2; use constant SORT_ROUTINE => 3; use constant STORE_ROUTINE => 4; use constant CHANGED => 5; use constant OPTIMIZATION => 6; $VERSION = '0.10'; BEGIN { *NEXTKEY = \&_FetchKey }; sub TIEHASH { my $class = shift; croak "Incorrect number of parameters" if @_ % 2; my $self = bless [], $class; $self->_Build(@_); return $self; } sub FETCH { my($self, $key) = @_; return $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}; } sub STORE { my ($self, $key, $value) = @_; $self->[STORE_ROUTINE]{$self->[OPTIMIZATION]}->($self, $key, $value); return; } sub EXISTS { my($self, $key) = @_; return exists $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}; } sub DELETE { my($self, $key) = @_; if (exists $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}) { $self->[CHANGED] = 1; return delete $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}; } return undef; } sub FIRSTKEY { my $self = shift; $self->_ReOrder if $self->[OPTIMIZATION] eq 'none' || $self->[CHANGED]; $self->[ITERATOR] = FIRST_KEY; return $self->_FetchKey; } sub CLEAR { my $self = shift; %{$self->[STORED_HASH]} = (); @{$self->[SORTED_KEYS]} = (); $self->[CHANGED] = 1; return; } sub DESTROY { return; } sub Sort_Routine { my ($self, $sort) = @_; croak "Not a code ref" if ! isa($sort, 'CODE'); $self->[SORT_ROUTINE] = $sort; $self->[CHANGED] = 1; return; } sub Optimization { my ($self, $type) = @_; $type ||= 'default'; croak "Invalid optimization type" if $type !~ /^(?:default|none|keys|values)$/; $self->[OPTIMIZATION] = $type; $self->[CHANGED] = 1; } sub Resort { my $self = shift; $self->[CHANGED] = 1; return; } sub Count { my $self = shift; return scalar keys %{$self->[STORED_HASH]}; } sub _Build { my ($self, %opt) = @_; my $sort = $opt{Sort_Routine} || sub { my $hash = shift; [ sort {$a cmp $b || $a <=> $b} keys %$hash ]; }; $self->Sort_Routine($sort); $self->Optimization($opt{Optimization}); my $hash = $opt{Hash} || {}; croak "$hash is not a hash ref" if ! isa($hash, 'HASH'); @{$self->[STORED_HASH]}{keys %$hash} = values %$hash; $self->[STORE_ROUTINE] = { 'default' => \&_Store_NoOpt, 'none' => \&_Store_NoOpt, 'keys' => \&_Store_KeyOpt, 'values' => \&_Store_ValueOpt }; return; } sub _ReOrder { my $self = shift; $self->[SORTED_KEYS] = $self->[SORT_ROUTINE]->($self->[STORED_HASH]); $self->[CHANGED] = 0; return; } sub _FetchKey { my ($self, $lastkey) = @_; $self->[ITERATOR]++; return $self->[SORTED_KEYS][$self->[ITERATOR]]; } sub _Store_KeyOpt { my($self, $key, $value) = @_; $self->[CHANGED] = 1 if ! exists $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}; $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key} = $value; return; } sub _Store_ValueOpt { my($self, $key, $value) = @_; $self->[CHANGED] = 1 if $value ne $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key}; $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key} = $value; return; } sub _Store_NoOpt { my($self, $key, $value) = @_; $self->[STORED_HASH]{$key} = $value; $self->[CHANGED] = 1; return; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Tie::Hash::Sorted - Presents hashes in sorted order =head1 VERSION Version 0.07 released on 11 Sept 2003 =head1 SYNOPSIS use Tie::Hash::Sorted; my %ages = ( 'John' => 33, 'Jacob' => 29, 'Jingle' => 15, 'Heimer' => 48, 'Smitz' => 12, ); my $sort_by_numeric_value = sub { my $hash = shift; [ sort {$hash->{$b} <=> $hash->{$a}} keys %$hash ]; }; tie my %sorted_ages, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', 'Hash' => \ %ages, 'Sort_Routine' => $sort_by_numeric_value; for my $name ( keys %sorted_ages ) { print "$name is $sorted_ages{$name} years old.\n"; } ### OUTPUT ### Heimer is 48 ears old. John is 33 ears old. Jacob is 29 ears old. Jingle is 15 ears old. Smitz is 12 ears old. =head1 DESCRIPTION This module presents hashes in sorted order. =head1 SYNTAX In order to C your hash to C: tie HASH, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', [OPTIONS => VALUE]; or HASHREF = tie HASH, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', [OPTIONS => VALUE]; =head1 OPTIONS =over 4 =item Hash If you do not want to start with an empty hash, you can specify a hash reference =item Sort_Routine If you do not want to use the default sort routine, you can specify a code reference. The sub is very flexible with the following two requirements. It must accept a hash reference as its only argument and it must return an array reference. The funtion is passed a reference to an unsorted hash and is expected to return the correct order for the hash's keys. sub { my $unsorted_hash = shift; return [ sort keys %$unsorted_hash ]; } =back =head2 Optimization There are four different kinds of optimization. =over 4 =item default By default, the hash will remain sorted until a re-sort is required. Changes will set a flag to re-sort the hash the next time it is iterated over. =item none This will cause the hash to be re-sorted once every time you iterate over the hash. Use it if the sort routine depends on something that can't be detected in the tied hash. Perhaps you have a hash of hashes (HoH) sorted by the number of second level keys. Even if you fall into this category, you may be able to use the default optimization. You can use L<"Resort"> after any change you know the tied hash can't detect. =item keys This optimization works the same as the default except it will not set the flag for re-sorting if the only change detected is to an already existing value. =item values This optimization works the same as the default except it will not set the flag for re-sorting if the new value is the same as the old value. =back =head1 METHODS =head2 Sort_Routine You can change the sort routine at any time. The change will take affect when you iterate over the hash. tie my %sorted_hash, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', 'Hash' => \%hash; my $sort = sub { my $hash = shift; return [ sort { $a cmp $b || $a <=> $b } keys %$hash ]; }; tied( %sorted_hash ) -> Sort_Routine( $sort ); =head2 Optimization You can change the optimization promise at any time. tie my %sorted_hash, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', 'Hash' => \%hash; my $sort = sub { my $hash = shift; return [ sort { $a cmp $b || $a <=> $b } keys %$hash ]; }; tied( %sorted_hash ) -> Optimization( 'keys' ); =head2 Resort This method sets the flags for re-sorting the next time you iterate over the hash. It would typically only be used in with Optimization => 'none'. Call this method after changes that you don't expect Tie::Hash::Sorted to be able to notice. my @months = qw(January March April June August December); my (%data, %order); @data{@months} = (33, 29, 15, 48, 23, 87); @order{@months} = (1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12); my $sort = sub { my $hash = shift; return [ sort {$order{$a} <=> $order{$b}} keys %$hash ]; }; tie my %sorted_data, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', 'Hash' => \%data, 'Sort_Routine' => $sort, 'Optimization' => 'none'; for my $month ( keys %sorted_data ) { print "$month had $sorted_data{$month} million sales.\n"; } # More code that iterates over the hash # Since there are no changes, you get the benefits of no re-sorting @order{@months} = (12, 8, 6, 4, 3, 1); # Tie::Hash::Sorted doesn't know that %order just changed so we'll force # the issue. tied( %sorted_data ) -> Resort; for my $month ( keys %sorted_data ) { print "$month had $sorted_data{$month} million sales.\n"; } =head2 Count Current versions of perl (so far, 5.8.1 and below) implement C poorly. Use the Count method instead to get the number of elements in the hash. my %data = ( a=>1, b=>2, c=>3, d=>4 ); tie my %sorted_data, 'Tie::Hash::Sorted', 'Hash' => \%data; print tied( %sorted_data ) -> Count, "\n"; =head1 AUTHORS Joshua Gatcomb, Joshua Jore, Currently maintained by Joshua Gatcomb, =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This module was inspired by Tie::SortHash. Various people from PerlMonks (L) provided invaluable input. =head1 BUGS None known. Bug reports, fixes, and feedback are desired. =head1 CAVEATS As of this release, tied hashes always return 0 in scalar context and false in boolean context. You might want to consider using L<"Count"> as an alternative. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2003 Joshua Gatcomb. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 SEE ALSO L(1), L README for a comparison to Tie::IxHash and Tie::SortHash =cut