package DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable; use strict; use warnings; use base qw(DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Base); # $Id: Storable.pm 9949 2007-09-18 09:38:15Z timbo $ # # Copyright (c) 2007, Tim Bunce, Ireland # # You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public # License or the Artistic License, as specified in the Perl README file. =head1 NAME DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable - Gofer serialization using Storable =head1 SYNOPSIS $serializer = DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Storable->new(); $string = $serializer->serialize( $data ); ($string, $deserializer_class) = $serializer->serialize( $data ); $data = $serializer->deserialize( $string ); =head1 DESCRIPTION Uses Storable::nfreeze() to serialize and Storable::thaw() to deserialize. The serialize() method sets local $Storable::forgive_me = 1; so it doesn't croak if it encounters any data types that can't be serialized, such as code refs. See also L. =cut use Storable qw(nfreeze thaw); our $VERSION = sprintf("0.%06d", q$Revision: 9949 $ =~ /(\d+)/o); use base qw(DBI::Gofer::Serializer::Base); sub serialize { my $self = shift; local $Storable::forgive_me = 1; # for CODE refs etc my $frozen = nfreeze(shift); return $frozen unless wantarray; return ($frozen, $self->{deserializer_class}); } sub deserialize { my $self = shift; return thaw(shift); } 1;