Locale...deData(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Locale...deData(3pm)
NAME
Locale::RecodeData - Abstract Base Class for Charset Converters
SYNOPSIS
# For compatibility with Perl 5.005 and earlier, you must
# *use* the module before inheriting from it!
use qw (Locale::RecodeData);
use base qw (Locale::RecodeData);
DESCRIPTION
The module Locale::RecodeData serves as an abstract base class to all
converters used by Locale::Recode(3).
Adding new conversion modules is currently not straightforward, and you
will have to edit the sources of some modules for that purpose.
First, you have to add your new converter class to the list found in
Locale::_Conversions(3), so that Locale::Recode(3) knows about its
presence. If there are valid aliases for the codeset of your converter,
you will also have to edit Locale::_Aliases(3).
Finally, you have to implement the (protected) conversion routine
_recode(). See below ("INTERFACE") for details.
CONSTRUCTOR
new (from => FROM_CODESET, to => TO_CODESET)
The constructor takes two (named) arguments:
from The canonical name of the source codeset. Aliases have
already been resolved and the name is converted to
uppercase.
to The canonical name of the destination codeset. Aliases have
already been resolved and the name is converted to
uppercase.
You normally don't have to implement the constructor. The default
constructor implemented here will store the source and destination
codesets in the protected members "_from" and "_to".
METHODS
The class implements one method:
_getError
Returns the (protected) member "_error".
INTERFACE
New conversion classes must provide the following interface:
new (from => FROM_CODESET, to => TO_CODESET)
The constructor takes two (named) arguments:
from The canonical name of the source codeset. Aliases have
already been resolved and the name is converted to
uppercase.
to The canonical name of the destination codeset. Aliases have
already been resolved and the name is converted to
uppercase.
_getError
Should return the last error (as a string) or false if there was no
error.
This method is implemented in the base class already.
_recode STRINGREF
Should convert the argument "STRINGREF" in-place. In case of
failure, return false, and make provisions that the method
_getError() returns an informative error message.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 2002-2017 Guido Flohr <http://www.guido-flohr.net/>
(<mailto:guido.flohr@cantanea.com>), all rights reserved. See the
source code for details!code for details!
SEE ALSO
Locale::Recode::_Aliases(3pm), Locale::Recode::_Conversions(3pm),
Locale::Recode(3pm), perl(1)
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