Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor(3pm)

NAME

       Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor - base class for TA repositories

SYNOPSIS

       This is a base class for multiple types of trustanchor repositories that know how to read, write, and modify trust anchor repositories.

       This package serves as both a API wrapper around a set of trust anchors as well as a base class for packages that need to read/write trust
       anchor sets into different formats.

       Trust Anchors may be either DNSKEY records or DS references.

       XXX: more documentation needed

API

       Usage API defined by this module or sub-modules.

       Note that:

	 use Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor;

       is assumed to have imported some of the API routines mentioned below.

       $tar = new Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor();
	   Initializes a new collection of trust anchors.

       $module = load_module("type");
	   Dynamically attemps to load a TrustAnchor reader/writer sub-class of Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor named "Type" and return an
	   instance of it.

	   All sub-classes are assumed to contain a single letter upper-case class name followed by all lower case.  Any modules otherwise named
	   will fail to load using this routine.

       $module = parse_component("type:file");
	   This parses a type and file specification consisting of type separated by a colon (':') followed by a file-name path.  It will then
	   load the type module using the load_module() rotine and return the type, the file and extra options.

	   XXX: option parsing support not yet complete and will likely change the type:file format specification; I.E. the type:file formatting
	   specification will likely change in the future and should be considered alpha-level support.

       $tar = $module->read($location, $options);
	   Reads in a given TAR from a $location reference and returns a blessed copy of the Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor object containing
	   all the data.

	   This function may be over-ridden by a sub-class.

       $tar = $module->read($location, $options);
	   Reads in a given TAR from a $location reference and returns an unblessed hash the contents.	The read() function merely wraps around
	   this and blesses it after being returned.

	   Sub-modules must over-ride this function (and/or the read() function) if they expect the module to support loading.

       $tar->merge(@others)
	   Merges the @other array of trust anchors into the $tar object's own trust anchor list.

AUTHOR

       Wes Hardaker <hardaker ATTA users.sourceforge DOTTTY net>

SEE ALSO

       convertar(1)

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-28				    Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor(3pm)