Safe::Hole(3pm) 					User Contributed Perl Documentation					   Safe::Hole(3pm)

NAME

       Safe::Hole - make a hole to the original main compartment in the Safe compartment

SYNOPSIS

	 use Safe;
	 use Safe::Hole;
	 $cpt = new Safe;
	 $hole = new Safe::Hole {};
	 sub test { Test->test; }
	 $Testobj = new Test;
	 # $cpt->share('&test');  # alternate as next line
	 $hole->wrap(&test, $cpt, '&test');
	 # ${$cpt->varglob('Testobj')} = $Testobj;  # alternate as next line
	 $hole->wrap($Testobj, $cpt, '$Testobj');
	 $cpt->reval('test; $Testobj->test;');
	 print $@ if $@;
	 package Test;
	 sub new { bless {},shift(); }
	 sub test { my $self = shift; $self->test2; }
	 sub test2 { print "Test->test2 called
"; }

DESCRIPTION

	 We can call outside defined subroutines from the Safe compartment
       using share(), or can call methods through the object that is copied
       into the Safe compartment using varglob(). But that subroutines or
       methods are executed in the Safe compartment too, so they cannot call
       another subroutines that are dinamically qualified with the package
       name such as class methods nor can they compile code that uses opcodes
       that are forbidden within the compartment.

	 Through Safe::Hole, we can execute outside defined subroutines in the
       original main compartment from the Safe compartment.

	 Note that if a subroutine called through Safe::Hole::call does a
       Carp::croak() it will report the error as having occured within
       Safe::Hole.  This can be avoided by including Safe::Hole::User in the
       @ISA for the package containing the subroutine.

   Methods
       new [NAMESPACE]
	   Class method. Backward compatible constructor.
	     NAMESPACE is the alternate root namespace that makes the compartment in which call() method execute the subroutine.  Default of
	   NAMESPACE means the current 'main'. This emulates the behaviour of Safe-Hole-0.08 and earlier.

       new \%arguments
	   Class method. Constructor.
	     The constructor is called with a hash reference providing the constructor arguments.  The argument ROOT specifies the alternate root
	   namespace for the object.  If the ROOT argument is not specified then Safe::Hole object will attempt restore as much as it can of the
	   environment in which it was constrtucted.  This includes the opcode mask, %INC and @INC.  If a root namespace is specified then it
	   would not make sense to restore the %INC and @INC from main:: so this is not done.  Also if a root namespace is given the opcode mask
	   is not restored either.

       call $coderef [,@args]
	   Object method.
	     Call the subroutine refered by $coderef in the compartment that is specified with constructor new. @args are passed as the arguments
	   to the called $coderef.  Note that the arguments are not currently passed by reference although this may change in a future version.

       wrap $ref [,$cpt ,$name]
	   Object method.
	     If $ref is a code reference, this method returns the anonymous subroutine reference that calls $ref using call() method of Safe::Hole
	   (see above).
	     If $ref is a class object, this method makes a wrapper class of that object and returns a new object of the wrapper class. Through
	   the wrapper class, all original class methods called using call() method of Safe::Hole.
	     If $cpt as Safe object and $name as subroutine or scalar name specified, this method works like share() method of Safe. When $ref is
	   a code reference $name must like '&subroutine'. When $ref is a object $name must like '$var'.
	     Name $name may not be same as referent of $ref. For example:
	     $hole->wrap(&foo, $cpt, '&bar');
	     $hole->wrap(sub{...}, $cpt, '&foo');
	     $hole->wrap($objfoo, $cpt, '$objbar');

       root
	   Object method.  Return the namespace that is specified with constructor new().  If no namespace was then root() returns 'main'.

   Warning
       You MUST NOT share the Safe::Hole object with the Safe compartment. If you do it the Safe compartment is NOT safe.

       This module provides a means to go from a state where an opcode is denied back to a state where it is not.  Reasonable care has been taken
       to ensure that programs cannot simply manipulate the internals to the Safe::Hole object to reduce the opmask in effect.	However there may
       still be a way that the authors have not considered.  In particular it relies on the fact that a Perl program cannot change stuff inside
       the magic on a Perl variable.  If you install a module that allows a Perl program to fiddle inside the magic then this assuption breaks
       down.  One would hope that any system that was running un-trusted code would not have such a module installed.

AUTHORS

       Sey Nakajima <nakajima@netstock.co.jp> (Initial version)

       Brian McCauley <nobull@cpan.org> (Maintenance)

       Todd Rinaldo <toddr@cpan.org> (Maintenance)

SEE ALSO

       Safe(3).

perl v5.14.2							    2011-11-15							   Safe::Hole(3pm)