package Tie::File::AsHash; use strict; # use warnings; use vars qw($VERSION); use Carp; use Tie::File; $VERSION = "0.08"; sub TIEHASH { croak usage() if @_ % 2; my ($obj, $filename, %opts) = @_; # set delimiter and croak if none was supplied my $split = delete $opts{split} or croak usage(); # set join, an optional argument my $join = delete $opts{join}; # if split's value is a regex and join isn't specified, croak croak "Tie::File::AsHash error: no 'join' option specified and 'split' option is a regular expression\n", usage() if ref($split) eq "Regexp" and not defined $join; # the rest of the options can feed right into Tie::File # Tie::File can worry about checking the arguments for validity, etc. tie my @file, 'Tie::File', $filename, %opts or return; return bless { split => $split, join => $join, file => \@file }, $obj; } sub FETCH { my ($self, $key) = @_; # find the key and get corresponding value for (@{$self->{file}}) { return $1 if /^\Q$key\E$self->{split}(.*)/s; } } sub STORE { my ($self, $key, $val) = @_; # look for $key in the file and replace value if $key is found for (@{$self->{file}}) { # found the key? good. replace the entire line with the correct key, delim, and value if (/^\Q$key\E$self->{split}/s) { # Marco Poleggi supplied a patch that changed exists # to defined in the next line of code. Thanks Macro! $_ = $key . (defined $self->{join} ? $self->{join} : $self->{split}) . $val; return; } } # if key doesn't exist in the file, append to end of file push @{$self->{file}}, $key . (defined $self->{join} ? $self->{join} : $self->{split}) . $val; } sub DELETE { my ($self, $key) = @_; # first, look for the key in the file # next, delete the line in the file # finally, return the value, which might not contain anything # perl's builtin delete() returns the deleted value, so emulate the behavior for my $i (0 .. $#{ $self->{file} } ) { if ($self->{file}->[$i] =~ /^\Q$key\E$self->{split}(.*)/s) { splice @{$self->{file}}, $i, 1; # remove entry from file return $1; } } } sub CLEAR { @{ $_[0]->{file} } = () } sub EXISTS { my ($self, $key) = @_; for (@{$self->{file}}) { return 1 if /^\Q$key\E$self->{split}/s; } } sub FIRSTKEY { my ($self) = @_; # deal with empty files return unless exists $self->{file}->[0]; my ($val) = $self->{file}->[0] =~ /^(.*?)$self->{split}/s; # reset index for NEXTKEY $self->{index} = 0; return $val; } sub NEXTKEY { my ($self) = @_; # keep track of what line of the file we are on $self->{index}++; # deal with one-line files if ($self->{index} == 1) { return unless exists $self->{file}->[1]; } # and the end of the file return if $self->{index} >= @{$self->{file}}; my ($val) = $self->{file}->[ $self->{index} ] =~ /^(.*?)$self->{split}/s; return $val; } sub SCALAR { my ($self) = @_; # can't think of any other good use for scalar %hash besides this return scalar @{$self->{file}}; } sub UNTIE { my ($self) = @_; untie @{$self->{file}}; } sub DESTROY { UNTIE(@_) } sub usage { return "usage: tie %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => ':' [, join => '#', 'Tie::File option' => value, ... ]\n"; } =head1 NAME Tie::File::AsHash - Like Tie::File but access lines using a hash instead of an array =head1 SYNOPSIS use Tie::File::AsHash; tie my %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => ':' or die "Problem tying %hash: $!"; print $hash{foo}; # access hash value via key name $hash{foo} = "bar"; # assign new value my @keys = keys %hash; # get the keys my @values = values %hash; # ... and values exists $hash{perl}; # check for existence delete $hash{baz}; # delete line from file $hash{newkey} = "perl"; # entered at end of file while (($key,$val) = each %hash) # iterate through hash %hash = (); # empty file untie %hash; # all done Here is sample text that would work with the above code when contained in a file: foo:baz key:val baz:whatever =head1 DESCRIPTION C uses C and perl code so files can be tied to hashes. C does all the hard work while C works a little magic of its own. The module was initially written for managing htpasswd-format password files. =head1 USAGE use Tie::File::AsHash; tie %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => ':' or die "Problem tying %hash: $!"; (use %hash like a regular ol' hash) untie %hash; # changes saved to disk Easy enough eh? New key/value pairs are appended to the end of the file, C removes lines from the file, C and C work as expected, and so on. C will not die or exit if there is a problem tying a file, so make sure to check the return value and check C<$!> as the examples do. =head2 OPTIONS The only argument C requires is the "split" option, besides a filename. The split option's value is the delimiter that exists in the file between the key and value portions of the line. It may be a regular expression, and if so, the "join" option must be used to tell C what to stick between the key and value when writing to the file. Otherwise, the module dies with an error message. tie %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => qr(\s+), join => " " or die "Problem tying %hash: $!"; Obviously no one wants lines like "key(?-xism:\s+)val" in their files. All other options are passed directly to C, so read its documentation for more information. =head1 CAVEATS When C, C, or C is used on the hash, the values are returned in the same order as the data exists in the file, from top to bottom, though this behavior should not be relied on and is subject to change at any time (but probably never will). C doesn't force keys to be unique. If there are multiple keys, the first key in the file, starting at the top, is used. However, when C, C, or C is used on the hash, every key/value combination is returned, including duplicates, triplicates, etc. Keys can't contain the split character. Look at the perl code that C is comprised of to see why (look at the regexes). Using a regex for the split value may be one way around this issue. C hasn't been optimized much. Maybe it doesn't need to be. Optimization could add overhead. Maybe there can be options to turn on and off various types of optimization? =head1 EXAMPLES =head2 changepass.pl C changes password file entries when the lines are of "user:encryptedpass" format. It can also add users. #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Tie::File::AsHash; die "Usage: $0 user password" unless @ARGV == 2; my ($user, $newpass) = @ARGV; tie my %users, 'Tie::File::AsHash', '/pwdb/users.txt', split => ':' or die "Problem tying %hash: $!"; # username isn't in the password file? see if the admin wants it added unless (exists $users{$user}) { print "User '$user' not found in db. Add as a new user? (y/n)\n"; chomp(my $y_or_n = ); set_pw($user, $newpass) if $y_or_n =~ /^[yY]/; } else { set_pw($user, $newpass); print "Done.\n"; } sub set_pw { $users{$_[0]} = crypt($_[1], "AA") } =head2 Using the join option Here's code that would allow the delimiter to be ':' or '#' but prefers '#': tie my %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => qr/[:#]/, join => "#" or die $!; Say you want to be sure no ':' delimiters exist in the file: while (my ($key, $val) = each %hash) { $hash{$key} = $val; } =head1 AUTHOR Chris Angell Feel free to email me with suggestions, fixes, etc. Thanks to Mark Jason Dominus for authoring the superb Tie::File module. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2004, Chris Angell. All Rights Reserved. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, including any version of Perl 5. =head1 SEE ALSO perl(1), perltie(1), Tie::File(1) =cut # vim:ts=4 1;