NAME¶
SVN::Base - Base class for importing symbols for svn modules
SYNOPSIS¶
# Load the svn_ra_* functions into the SVN::Ra namespace.
package SVN::Ra;
use SVN::Base qw(Ra svn_ra_);
# Load svn_config_t structure accessors in the magic namcespace
# provided by swig, so we could use it returned by other functions
package _p_svn_config_t;
use SVN::Base qw(Core svn_config_);
DESCRIPTION¶
SVN::Base is a module importing the subversion perl bindings raw symbols created
by swig, into proper namespace and make them easier to use.
It will also find the accessors for members of a C struct, create an simpler
accessor function like "$data->field()" and
"$data->field($new_value)".
Once you understand the convention of subversion functions in perl bindings, you
could look at the subversion api and write them in perl. The API is available
in the source header files or online at
http://svn.collab.net/svn-doxygen/.
INTERNALS¶
The perl bindings of swig wraps raw functions into different perl modules, for
example, SVN::_Core, SVN::_Repos. Upon import, SVN::Base bootstrap the
requested module if it's not yet loaded, and iterate over the symbols provided
in that module, it them puts the function with prefix trimmed in the namespace
of the caller for this import.
The 3rd through the last parameter is a list of symbol endings that you wish for
SVN::Base not to import into your namespace. This is useful for cases where
you may want to import certaion symbols differently than normally.
CAVEATS¶
SVN::Base consider a function as structure member accessor if it is postfixed
``_get'' or ``_set''. Real functions with this postfixes will need extra
handling.
AUTHORS¶
Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2003 CollabNet. All rights reserved.
This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which you should
have received as part of this distribution. The terms are also available at
http://subversion.tigris.org/license-1.html. If newer versions of this license
are posted there, you may use a newer version instead, at your option.
This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals. For
exact contribution history, see the revision history and logs, available at
http://subversion.tigris.org/.