# PStore implements a file based persistence mechanism based on a Hash. User # code can store hierarchies of Ruby objects (values) into the data store file # by name (keys). An object hierarchy may be just a single object. User code # may later read values back from the data store or even update data, as needed. # # The transactional behavior ensures that any changes succeed or fail together. # This can be used to ensure that the data store is not left in a transitory # state, where some values were updated but others were not. # # Behind the scenes, Ruby objects are stored to the data store file with # Marshal. That carries the usual limitations. Proc objects cannot be # marshalled, for example. # # ## Usage example: # # require "pstore" # # # a mock wiki object... # class WikiPage # def initialize( page_name, author, contents ) # @page_name = page_name # @revisions = Array.new # # add_revision(author, contents) # end # # attr_reader :page_name # # def add_revision( author, contents ) # @revisions << { :created => Time.now, # :author => author, # :contents => contents } # end # # def wiki_page_references # [@page_name] + @revisions.last[:contents].scan(/\b(?:[A-Z]+[a-z]+){2,}/) # end # # # ... # end # # # create a new page... # home_page = WikiPage.new( "HomePage", "James Edward Gray II", # "A page about the JoysOfDocumentation..." ) # # # then we want to update page data and the index together, or not at all... # wiki = PStore.new("wiki_pages.pstore") # wiki.transaction do # begin transaction; do all of this or none of it # # store page... # wiki[home_page.page_name] = home_page # # ensure that an index has been created... # wiki[:wiki_index] ||= Array.new # # update wiki index... # wiki[:wiki_index].push(*home_page.wiki_page_references) # end # commit changes to wiki data store file # # ### Some time later... ### # # # read wiki data... # wiki.transaction(true) do # begin read-only transaction, no changes allowed # wiki.roots.each do |data_root_name| # p data_root_name # p wiki[data_root_name] # end # end # # ## Transaction modes # # By default, file integrity is only ensured as long as the operating system # (and the underlying hardware) doesn't raise any unexpected I/O errors. If an # I/O error occurs while PStore is writing to its file, then the file will # become corrupted. # # You can prevent this by setting *pstore.ultra_safe = true*. However, this # results in a minor performance loss, and only works on platforms that support # atomic file renames. Please consult the documentation for `ultra_safe` for # details. # # Needless to say, if you're storing valuable data with PStore, then you should # backup the PStore files from time to time. # class PStore public # Retrieves a value from the PStore file data, by *name*. The hierarchy of Ruby # objects stored under that root *name* will be returned. # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def []: (untyped name) -> untyped # Stores an individual Ruby object or a hierarchy of Ruby objects in the data # store file under the root *name*. Assigning to a *name* already in the data # store clobbers the old data. # # ## Example: # # require "pstore" # # store = PStore.new("data_file.pstore") # store.transaction do # begin transaction # # load some data into the store... # store[:single_object] = "My data..." # store[:obj_hierarchy] = { "Kev Jackson" => ["rational.rb", "pstore.rb"], # "James Gray" => ["erb.rb", "pstore.rb"] } # end # commit changes to data store file # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction and it cannot # be read-only. It will raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def []=: (untyped name, untyped value) -> untyped # Ends the current PStore#transaction, discarding any changes to the data store. # # ## Example: # # require "pstore" # # store = PStore.new("data_file.pstore") # store.transaction do # begin transaction # store[:one] = 1 # this change is not applied, see below... # store[:two] = 2 # this change is not applied, see below... # # store.abort # end transaction here, discard all changes # # store[:three] = 3 # this change is never reached # end # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def abort: () -> untyped # Ends the current PStore#transaction, committing any changes to the data store # immediately. # # ## Example: # # require "pstore" # # store = PStore.new("data_file.pstore") # store.transaction do # begin transaction # # load some data into the store... # store[:one] = 1 # store[:two] = 2 # # store.commit # end transaction here, committing changes # # store[:three] = 3 # this change is never reached # end # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def commit: () -> nil # Removes an object hierarchy from the data store, by *name*. # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction and it cannot # be read-only. It will raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def delete: (untyped name) -> untyped # This method is just like PStore#[], save that you may also provide a *default* # value for the object. In the event the specified *name* is not found in the # data store, your *default* will be returned instead. If you do not specify a # default, PStore::Error will be raised if the object is not found. # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def fetch: (untyped name, ?untyped default) -> untyped # Returns the path to the data store file. # def path: () -> untyped # Returns true if the supplied *name* is currently in the data store. # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def root?: (untyped name) -> bool # Returns the names of all object hierarchies currently in the store. # # **WARNING**: This method is only valid in a PStore#transaction. It will # raise PStore::Error if called at any other time. # def roots: () -> Array[untyped] # Opens a new transaction for the data store. Code executed inside a block # passed to this method may read and write data to and from the data store file. # # At the end of the block, changes are committed to the data store # automatically. You may exit the transaction early with a call to either # PStore#commit or PStore#abort. See those methods for details about how # changes are handled. Raising an uncaught Exception in the block is equivalent # to calling PStore#abort. # # If *read_only* is set to `true`, you will only be allowed to read from the # data store during the transaction and any attempts to change the data will # raise a PStore::Error. # # Note that PStore does not support nested transactions. # def transaction: (?untyped read_only) -> untyped # Whether PStore should do its best to prevent file corruptions, even when under # unlikely-to-occur error conditions such as out-of-space conditions and other # unusual OS filesystem errors. Setting this flag comes at the price in the form # of a performance loss. # # This flag only has effect on platforms on which file renames are atomic (e.g. # all POSIX platforms: Linux, MacOS X, FreeBSD, etc). The default value is # false. # def ultra_safe: () -> untyped def ultra_safe=: (untyped) -> untyped private def dump: (untyped table) -> untyped def empty_marshal_checksum: () -> untyped def empty_marshal_data: () -> untyped # Raises PStore::Error if the calling code is not in a PStore#transaction. # def in_transaction: () -> untyped # Raises PStore::Error if the calling code is not in a PStore#transaction or if # the code is in a read-only PStore#transaction. # def in_transaction_wr: () -> untyped # To construct a PStore object, pass in the *file* path where you would like the # data to be stored. # # PStore objects are always reentrant. But if *thread_safe* is set to true, then # it will become thread-safe at the cost of a minor performance hit. # def initialize: (untyped file, ?boolish thread_safe) -> untyped def load: (untyped content) -> untyped # Load the given PStore file. If `read_only` is true, the unmarshalled Hash will # be returned. If `read_only` is false, a 3-tuple will be returned: the # unmarshalled Hash, a checksum of the data, and the size of the data. # def load_data: (untyped file, untyped read_only) -> untyped def on_windows?: () -> bool # Open the specified filename (either in read-only mode or in read-write mode) # and lock it for reading or writing. # # The opened File object will be returned. If *read_only* is true, and the file # does not exist, then nil will be returned. # # All exceptions are propagated. # def open_and_lock_file: (untyped filename, untyped read_only) -> untyped def save_data: (untyped original_checksum, untyped original_file_size, untyped file) -> untyped def save_data_with_atomic_file_rename_strategy: (untyped data, untyped file) -> untyped def save_data_with_fast_strategy: (untyped data, untyped file) -> untyped end PStore::EMPTY_MARSHAL_CHECKSUM: String PStore::EMPTY_MARSHAL_DATA: String PStore::EMPTY_STRING: String PStore::RDWR_ACCESS: Hash[untyped, untyped] PStore::RD_ACCESS: Hash[untyped, untyped] PStore::VERSION: String PStore::WR_ACCESS: Hash[untyped, untyped]