# vim: set fileencoding=latin1 : package CDB_Perl; use Carp qw(carp croak); $VERSION = '0.55'; use strict; #use warnings; sub seek{ my ($self,$pos, $where) = @_; $where ||= 0; seek($self->{'file'}, $pos, $where) or die "Error seeking file"; $self->{'pos'}=$pos; } sub hash { if (!defined($_[1])) { die "Can't hash an undefined value\n"; } my $h = 5381; { #ugly kludge use integer; for my $c (unpack("C*",$_[1])) { $h = ($h + ($h << 5)) ^ $c; } #truncate to 32 bits $h &= 0xffffffff; } if($h<0){ #another ugly kludge due to signed arithmetic $h = (($h>>1)<<1) + ($h & 1); } return ($h, $h&255, $h>>8); } sub file_open{ my ($self, $fname, $mode) = @_; if(not (defined($fname) and defined($mode)) ){ croak "filename and mode are mandatory."; } my $file; if ($] and $] > 5.0059){ eval{ #very old versions of perl don't support open($file, $mode, $fname); at compile time. So for backward compatibility this is my only option. open($file, "$mode$fname") or croak "Error opening '$fname' with mode '$mode'. $!"; binmode($file, ':raw'); }; if($@){ $file = fallback_open($fname, $mode); } }else{ #just use the fallback mode $file = fallback_open($fname, $mode); } $self->{'file'} = $file; return $self; } #fallback for open on old versions on perl that lack PerlIO sub fallback_open{ my ($fname, $mode) = @_; local *CDB_FH; open(CDB_FH, "$mode$fname") or croak "Error opening '$fname' with mode '$mode' even while using the falback option. $!"; binmode(CDB_FH); return *CDB_FH; } 1; =head1 NAME CDB_Perl - Perl extension for reading and creating CDB files =head1 SYNOPSIS ################### #### Read a CDB ### ################### require CDB_Perl::Read; my $rcdb = CDB_Perl::Read->new('file.cdb'); #get all values associated with a key 'key' my @values = $rcdb->get_values('key'); #get the first value (insertion order) my $value = $rcdb->get_value('key'); @values = $rcdb->get_value('key'); #get the next values, end indicated by undef #use when iterating over multiple values of a key my $next_value = $rcdb->get_next(); #################### ### Create a CDB ### #################### require CDB_Perl::Write; my $wcdb = CDB_Perl::Write->new('create.cdb'); #insert key value pairs $wcdb->insert('key','value'); #finish the CDB (automatic in destructor so you don't need to do this) $wcdb->finish; ##################### ### tie interface ### ##################### ### Reading my %read; tie %read, 'CDB_Perl::Read', 'read.cdb'; #read a key value my $val = $read{'key'}; # only first key by insertion order #iterate through a CDB (all key/value pairs by insertion order, even multiple ones while(my($k,$v) = each(%read)){ #do something } ### Creating my %write; tie %write, 'CDB_Perl::Write', 'write.cdb'; #store a key/value pair $write{'key'} = 'value'; #write all data, no need to call this, destructor takes care of that untie %data; =head1 DESCRIPTION B is a B interface to read and create CDB files. CDB stands for Constant Database, a data format created by Dan Berstein. It's very efficient to read CDB files but creation is somewhat costly. This module is a fall-back option for people with problems using XS modules. See next section for better alternatives. =head1 SEE ALSO L XS implementation quite faster than this module The eg directory for some examples on how to use the package =head1 TO DO Improve documentation a lot =head1 AUTHOR Cláudio Valente, Eplank@cpan.orgE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2008 by Cláudio Valente This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut