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	return exists $self->{LIST}->{$dot};
    }

=item FIRSTKEY this

This method will be triggered when the user is going
to iterate through the hash, such as via a keys() or each()
call.

    sub FIRSTKEY {
	carp &whowasi if $DEBUG;
	my $self = shift;
	my $a = keys %{$self->{LIST}};		# reset each() iterator
	each %{$self->{LIST}}
    }

=item NEXTKEY this, lastkey

This method gets triggered during a keys() or each() iteration.  It has a
second argument which is the last key that had been accessed.  This is
useful if you're carrying about ordering or calling the iterator from more
than one sequence, or not really storing things in a hash anywhere.

For our example, we're using a real hash so we'll do just the simple
thing, but we'll have to go through the LIST field indirectly.

    sub NEXTKEY  {
	carp &whowasi if $DEBUG;
	my $self = shift;
	return each %{ $self->{LIST} }
    }

=item UNTIE this

This is called when C<untie> occurs.

=item DESTROY this

This method is triggered when a tied hash is about to go out of
scope.  You don't really need it unless you're trying to add debugging
or have auxiliary state to clean up.  Here's a very simple function:

    sub DESTROY  {
	carp &whowasi if $DEBUG;
    }

=back

Note that functions such as keys() and values() may return huge lists
when used on large objects, like DBM files.  You may prefer to use the
each() function to iterate over such.  Example:

    # print out history file offsets
    use NDBM_File;
    tie(%HIST, 'NDBM_File', '/usr/lib/news/history', 1, 0);
    while (($key,$val) = each %HIST) {
        print $key, ' = ', unpack('L',$val), "\n";
    }
    untie(%HIST);

=head2 Tying FileHandles

This is partially implemented now.

A class implementing a tied filehandle should define the following
methods: TIEHANDLE, at least one of PRINT, PRINTF, WRITE, READLINE, GETC,
READ, and possibly CLOSE, UNTIE and DESTROY.  The class can also provide: BINMODE,
OPEN, EOF, FILENO, SEEK, TELL - if the corresponding perl operators are
used on the handle.

It is especially useful when perl is embedded in some other program,
where output to STDOUT and STDERR may have to be redirected in some
special way. See nvi and the Apache module for examples.

In our example we're going to create a shouting handle.

    package Shout;

=over 4

=item TIEHANDLE classname, LIST

This is the constructor for the class.  That means it is expected to
return a blessed reference of some sort. The reference can be used to
hold some internal information.

    sub TIEHANDLE { print "<shout>\n"; my $i; bless \$i, shift }

=item WRITE this, LIST

This method will be called when the handle is written to via the
C<syswrite> function.

    sub WRITE {
	$r = shift;
	my($buf,$len,$offset) = @_;
	print "WRITE called, \$buf=$buf, \$len=$len, \$offset=$offset";
    }

=item PRINT this, LIST

This method will be triggered every time the tied handle is printed to
with the C<print()> function.
Beyond its self reference it also expects the list that was passed to
the print function.

    sub PRINT { $r = shift; $$r++; print join($,,map(uc($_),@_)),$\ }

=item PRINTF this, LIST

This method will be triggered every time the tied handle is printed to
with the C<printf()> function.
Beyond its self reference it also expects the format and list that was
passed to the printf function.

    sub PRINTF {
        shift;
        my $fmt = shift;
        print sprintf($fmt, @_)."\n";
    }

=item READ this, LIST

This method will be called when the handle is read from via the C<read>
or C<sysread> functions.

    sub READ {
	my $self = shift;
	my $$bufref = \$_[0];
	my(undef,$len,$offset) = @_;
	print "READ called, \$buf=$bufref, \$len=$len, \$offset=$offset";
	# add to $$bufref, set $len to number of characters read
	$len;
    }

=item READLINE this

This method will be called when the handle is read from via <HANDLE>.
The method should return undef when there is no more data.

    sub READLINE { $r = shift; "READLINE called $$r times\n"; }

=item GETC this

This method will be called when the C<getc> function is called.

    sub GETC { print "Don't GETC, Get Perl"; return "a"; }

=item CLOSE this

This method will be called when the handle is closed via the C<close>
function.

    sub CLOSE { print "CLOSE called.\n" }

=item UNTIE this

As with the other types of ties, this method will be called when C<untie> happens.
It may be appropriate to "auto CLOSE" when this occurs.

=item DESTROY this

As with the other types of ties, this method will be called when the
tied handle is about to be destroyed. This is useful for debugging and
possibly cleaning up.

    sub DESTROY { print "</shout>\n" }

=back

Here's how to use our little example:

    tie(*FOO,'Shout');
    print FOO "hello\n";
    $a = 4; $b = 6;
    print FOO $a, " plus ", $b, " equals ", $a + $b, "\n";
    print <FOO>;

=head2 UNTIE this

You can define for all tie types an UNTIE method that will be called
at untie().

=head2 The C<untie> Gotcha

If you intend making use of the object returned from either tie() or
tied(), and if the tie's target class defines a destructor, there is a
subtle gotcha you I<must> guard against.

As setup, consider this (admittedly rather contrived) example of a
tie; all it does is use a file to keep a log of the values assigned to
a scalar.

    package Remember;

    use strict;
    use warnings;
    use IO::File;

    sub TIESCALAR {
        my $class = shift;
        my $filename = shift;
        my $handle = new IO::File "> $filename"
                         or die "Cannot open $filename: $!\n";

        print $handle "The Start\n";
        bless {FH => $handle, Value => 0}, $class;
    }

    sub FETCH {
        my $self = shift;
        return $self->{Value};
    }

    sub STORE {
        my $self = shift;
        my $value = shift;
        my $handle = $self->{FH};
        print $handle "$value\n";
        $self->{Value} = $value;
    }

    sub DESTROY {
        my $self = shift;
        my $handle = $self->{FH};
        print $handle "The End\n";
        close $handle;
    }

    1;

Here is an example that makes use of this tie:

    use strict;
    use Remember;

    my $fred;
    tie $fred, 'Remember', 'myfile.txt';
    $fred = 1;
    $fred = 4;
    $fred = 5;
    untie $fred;
    system "cat myfile.txt";

This is the output when it is executed:

    The Start
    1
    4
    5
    The End

So far so good.  Those of you who have been paying attention will have
spotted that the tied object hasn't been used so far.  So lets add an
extra method to the Remember class to allow comments to be included in
the file -- say, something like this:

    sub comment {
        my $self = shift;
        my $text = shift;
        my $handle = $self->{FH};
        print $handle $text, "\n";
    }

And here is the previous example modified to use the C<comment> method
(which requires the tied object):

    use strict;
    use Remember;

    my ($fred, $x);
    $x = tie $fred, 'Remember', 'myfile.txt';
    $fred = 1;
    $fred = 4;
    comment $x "changing...";
    $fred = 5;
    untie $fred;
    system "cat myfile.txt";

When this code is executed there is no output.  Here's why:

When a variable is tied, it is associated with the object which is the
return value of the TIESCALAR, TIEARRAY, or TIEHASH function.  This
object normally has only one reference, namely, the implicit reference
from the tied variable.  When untie() is called, that reference is
destroyed.  Then, as in the first example above, the object's
destructor (DESTROY) is called, which is normal for objects that have
no more valid references; and thus the file is closed.

In the second example, however, we have stored another reference to
the tied object in $x.  That means that when untie() gets called
there will still be a valid reference to the object in existence, so
the destructor is not called at that time, and thus the file is not
closed.  The reason there is no output is because the file buffers
have not been flushed to disk.

Now that you know what the problem is, what can you do to avoid it?
Prior to the introduction of the optional UNTIE method the only way
was the good old C<-w> flag. Which will spot any instances where you call
untie() and there are still valid references to the tied object.  If
the second script above this near the top C<use warnings 'untie'>
or was run with the C<-w> flag, Perl prints this
warning message:

    untie attempted while 1 inner references still exist

To get the script to work properly and silence the warning make sure
there are no valid references to the tied object I<before> untie() is
called:

    undef $x;
    untie $fred;

Now that UNTIE exists the class designer can decide which parts of the
class functionality are really associated with C<untie> and which with
the object being destroyed. What makes sense for a given class depends
on whether the inner references are being kept so that non-tie-related
methods can be called on the object. But in most cases it probably makes
sense to move the functionality that would have been in DESTROY to the UNTIE
method.

If the UNTIE method exists then the warning above does not occur. Instead the
UNTIE method is passed the count of "extra" references and can issue its own
warning if appropriate. e.g. to replicate the no UNTIE case this method can
be used:

    sub UNTIE
    {
     my ($obj,$count) = @_;
     carp "untie attempted while $count inner references still exist" if $count;
    }

=head1 SEE ALSO

See L<DB_File> or L<Config> for some interesting tie() implementations.
A good starting point for many tie() implementations is with one of the
modules L<Tie::Scalar>, L<Tie::Array>, L<Tie::Hash>, or L<Tie::Handle>.

=head1 BUGS

You cannot easily tie a multilevel data structure (such as a hash of
hashes) to a dbm file.  The first problem is that all but GDBM and
Berkeley DB have size limitations, but beyond that, you also have problems
with how references are to be represented on disk.  One experimental
module that does attempt to address this need partially is the MLDBM
module.  Check your nearest CPAN site as described in L<perlmodlib> for
source code to MLDBM.

Tied filehandles are still incomplete.  sysopen(), truncate(),
flock(), fcntl(), stat() and -X can't currently be trapped.

=head1 AUTHOR

Tom Christiansen

TIEHANDLE by Sven Verdoolaege <F<[e-mail]>> and Doug MacEachern <F<[e-mail]>>

UNTIE by Nick Ing-Simmons <F<[e-mail]>>

Tying Arrays by Casey Tweten <F<[e-mail]>>