API:EPrints/Plugin/Storage

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NAME

EPrints::Plugin::Storage

SYNOPSIS

$plugin = $repo->plugin('Storage::Local');
$plugin->open_write($fileobj) or die;
$plugin->write('Hello, World!');
$plugin->close_write() or die;

DESCRIPTION

See EPrints::Storage for information on using the storage layer.

You shouldn't need to use a storage plugin directly.

METHODS

store

$sourceid = $store->store( $fileobj, CALLBACK )

Store an object using data from CALLBACK.

If successful returns the source id used to retrieve this object.

Returns undef on error.

retrieve

$success = $store->retrieve( $fileobj, $sourceid, $offset, $len, CALLBACK )

Retrieve $n bytes of data starting at $offset from the data stored for $fileobj identified by $sourceid.

CALLBACK = $rc = &f( BYTES )

Note: this API may change in future to reflect the open_write/write/close_write mechanism.

delete

$success = $store->delete( $fileobj, $sourceid )

Delete the object stored for $fileobj.

get_local_copy

$filename = $store->get_local_copy( $fileobj, $sourceid )

Return the name of a local copy of the file (may be a File::Temp object).

Returns undef if no local copy is available.

get_remote_copy

$url = $store->get_remote_copy( $fileobj, $sourceid )

Returns an alternative URL for this file (must be publicly accessible).

Returns undef if no such copy is available.

open_write

$ok = $store->open_write( $fileobj )

Initialise a new write based on $fileobj.

write

$ok = $store->write( $fileobj, $buffer )

Write $buffer. Will croak if $fileobj was not previously opened for writing with open_write().

close_write

$sourceid = $store->close_write( $fileobj )

Finish writing to $fileobj. Returns the sourceid or undef on failure.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2011 University of Southampton.

This file is part of EPrints http://www.eprints.org/.

EPrints is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

EPrints is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with EPrints. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/.