FusionInventory::Agent::Storage(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		      FusionInventory::Agent::Storage(3pm)

NAME

       FusionInventory::Agent::Storage - A data serializer/deserializer

SYNOPSIS

	 my $storage = FusionInventory::Agent::Storage->new(
	     directory => '/tmp'
	 );
	 my $data = $storage->restore(
	     module => "FusionInventory::Agent"
	 );

	 $data->{foo} = 'bar';

	 $storage->save(data => $data);

DESCRIPTION

       This is the object used by the agent to ensure data persistancy between invocations.

       Each data structure is saved in a file, whose name is automatically determined according to object class name. An optional index number can
       be used to differentiate between consecutives usages.

METHODS

   new(%params)
       The constructor. The following parameters are allowed, as keys of the %params hash:

       logger
	   the logger object to use

       directory
	   the directory to use for storing data (mandatory)

   getDirectory
       Returns the underlying directory for this storage.

   has(%params)
       Returns true if a saved data structure exists. The following arguments are allowed:

       name
	   The file name to use for saving the data structure (mandatory).

   save(%params)
       Save given data structure. The following parameters are allowed, as keys of the %params hash:

       name
	   The file name to use for saving the data structure (mandatory).

   restore(%params)
       Restore a saved data structure. The following parameters are allowed, as keys of the %params hash:

       name
	   The file name to use for saving the data structure (mandatory).

   remove(%params)
       Delete the file containing a seralized data structure for a given module. The following parameters are allowed, as keys of the %params
       hash:

       name
	   The file name to use for saving the data structure (mandatory).

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-14				      FusionInventory::Agent::Storage(3pm)