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blib/lib/AnyData2/Storage.pm

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subroutine	5	11	45.4
pod	7	7	100.0
total	25	37	67.5

package AnyData2::Storage;

use 5.008001;
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => 'all';

use Carp 'croak';

=head1 NAME

AnyData2::Storage - AnyData2 storage base class

=cut

our $VERSION = '0.002';

=head1 METHODS

AnyData2::Storage is intended to handle the data I/O for Ls.
Thus implies, an C instance has requirements for it's
storage backend. Not every tuple might work well together.

=head2 new

constructs a storage.

=cut

sub new
{
    my ($class) = @_;
    bless {}, $class;
}

=head2 read

  my $buf = $stor->read()

Use binmode for characters as synonymous for bytes.

=cut

sub read
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head2 write

  $stor->write($buf)

Writes the buf out

=cut

sub write
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head2 seek

  $stor->seek(pos,whence)

Moves the storage pointer to given position

=cut

sub seek
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head2 truncate

  $stor->truncate

Truncates the underlying storage backend at it's current position.

=cut

sub truncate
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head2 drop

  $stor->drop

Drops the underlying storage (e.g. delete file)

=cut

sub drop
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head2 meta

Experimental

Returns a meta storage - if any. Imaging it as an object dealing with
underlying filesystem for a file storage.

=cut

sub meta
{
    croak "missing overwritten method";
}

=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015,2016 Jens Rehsack.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of either: the GNU General Public License as published
by the Free Software Foundation; or the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

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This license does not grant you the right to use any trademark, service
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This license includes the non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge
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=cut

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