NAME

Dpkg::Index - generic index of control information

DESCRIPTION

This class represent a set of Dpkg::Control objects.

METHODS

$index = Dpkg::Index->new(%opts)

Creates a new empty index. See set_options() for more details.

$index->set_options(%opts)

Change the value of some options.

Options:

$index->get_type()

Returns the type of control information stored. See the type parameter set during new().

$index->add($item, [$key])

Add a new item in the index. If the $key parameter is omitted, the key will be generated with the get_key_func function (see set_options() for details).

$index->parse($fh, $desc)

Reads the filehandle and creates all items parsed. When called multiple times, the parsed stanzas are accumulated.

Returns the number of items parsed.

$index->load($file)

Reads the file and creates all items parsed. Returns the number of items parsed. Handles compressed files transparently based on their extensions.

$item = $index->new_item()

Creates a new item. Mainly useful for derived objects that would want to override this method to return something else than a Dpkg::Control object.

$item = $index->get_by_key($key)

Returns the item identified by $key or undef.

@keys = $index->get_keys(%criteria)

Returns the keys of items that matches all the criteria. The key of the %criteria hash is a field name and the value is either a regex that needs to match the field value, or a reference to a function that must return true and that receives the field value as single parameter, or a scalar that must be equal to the field value.

@items = $index->get(%criteria)

Returns all the items that matches all the criteria.

$index->remove_by_key($key)

Remove the item identified by the given key.

@items = $index->remove(%criteria)

Returns and removes all the items that matches all the criteria.

$index->merge($other_index, %opts)

Merge the entries of the other index. While merging, the keys of the merged index are used, they are not re-computed. It's your responsibility to ensure that they have been computed with the same function.

Options:

$index->sort(\&sortfunc)

Sort the index with the given sort function. If no function is given, an alphabetic sort is done based on the keys. The sort function receives the items themselves as parameters and not the keys.

$str = $index->output([$fh])

"$index"

Get a string representation of the index. The Dpkg::Control objects are output in the order which they have been read or added except if the order have been changed with sort().

Print the string representation of the index to a filehandle if $fh has been passed.

$index->save($file)

Writes the content of the index in a file. Auto-compresses files based on their extensions.

CHANGES