NAME¶

KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize - Serialization role for backends

SYNOPSIS¶

    package KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize::Foo;
    use Moose::Role;
    use Foo;
    use namespace::clean -except => 'meta';
    with qw(KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize);
    sub serialize {
        my ( $self, $entry ) = @_;
        Foo::serialize($entry)
    }
    sub deserialize {
        my ( $self, $blob ) = @_;
        Foo::deserialize($blob);
    }

DESCRIPTION¶

This role provides provides a consistent way to use serialization modules to handle backend serialization. See KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize::Storable, KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize::YAML and KiokuDB::Backend::Serialize::JSON for examples.

REQUIRED METHODS¶

serializate $entry

Takes a KiokuDB::Entry as an argument. Should return a value suitable for storage by the backend.

deserialize $blob

Takes whatever "serializate" returned and should inflate and return a KiokuDB::Entry.