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NAME

Palm::Raw - Handler for "raw" Palm databases

VERSION

This document describes version 1.400 of Palm::Raw, released March 7, 2015 as part of Palm-PDB version 1.400.

SYNOPSIS

    use Palm::Raw;

For standalone programs.

    use Palm::Raw();
    @ISA = qw( Palm::Raw );

For Palm::PDB helper modules.

DESCRIPTION

The Raw handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It is intended as a generic handler for any database, or as a fallback default handler.

If you have a standalone program and want it to be able to parse any type of database, use

    use Palm::Raw;

If you are using Palm::Raw as a parent class for your own database handler, use

    use Palm::Raw();

If you omit the parentheses, Palm::Raw will register itself as the default handler for all databases, which is probably not what you want.

The Raw handler does no processing on the database whatsoever. The AppInfo block, sort block, records and resources are simply strings, raw data from the database.

By default, the Raw handler only handles record databases (.pdb files). If you want it to handle resource databases (.prc files) as well, you need to call

    &Palm::PDB::RegisterPRCHandlers("Palm::Raw", "");

in your script.

AppInfo block

    $pdb->{appinfo}

This is a scalar, the raw data of the AppInfo block.

Sort block

    $pdb->{sort}

This is a scalar, the raw data of the sort block.

Records

    @{$pdb->{records}Z<>};

Each element in the ``records'' array is a reference-to-hash. In addition to the standard keys (``attributes'', ``category'', and ``id''), this hash contains the key ``data''; its value is a string with the raw record data.

Resources

    @{$pdb->{resources}Z<>};

Each element in the ``resources'' array is a reference-to-hash. In addition to the standard keys (``type'' and ``id''), it contains the key ``data''; its value is a string with the raw resource data.

SEE ALSO

Palm::PDB

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

Palm::Raw requires no configuration files or environment variables.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

AUTHORS

Andrew Arensburger "<arensb AT ooblick.com>"

Currently maintained by Christopher J. Madsen "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "<bug-Palm-PDB AT rt.cpan.org>" or through the web interface at <rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Palm-PDB>.

You can follow or contribute to Palm-PDB's development at <github.com/madsen/Palm-PDB>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2000 by Andrew Arensburger.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY

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