CAD::Drawing::IO::Split - Fast distributed text file methods.

Eric L. Wilhelm <ewilhelm at cpan dot org>

http://scratchcomputing.com

This module is copyright (C) 2004-2006 by Eric L. Wilhelm. Portions copyright (C) 2003 by Eric L. Wilhelm and A. Zahner Co.

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  CAD::Drawing
  CAD::Drawing::IO

See CAD::Drawing::IO for a description of the plug-in architecture.

Returns true if $type is "split" or $filename is a directory (need a tag?)

  $fact = check_type($filename, $type);

Concept here is to strip data down to the absolute bare minumum in an effort to find a generic and extensible incarnation of same.

Saves data into $toplevel_directory under a directory for each layer, each type, and a file for each id.

  save($drw, $toplevel_directory, \%options);

Requires that the directory already exists.

Selective saves not yet supported.

Unfortunately, the file-formats are rather primitive and the code needs refactoring. These are nowhere near stable, so don't expect version compatibility yet!

Needs a clear_all_like => $regex option.

  load($drw, $toplevel_directory, \%options);

%options may include selective-load arguments

  @list = _dir_list($dir);

Creates nested directories which are required to save %obj and returns the filename which should be saved into.

  _sp_filename(\%obj, \%data);

Removes layers (and items) from the split directory $dir.

Defaults to removing all.

  $drw->clear_dir($dir, \%options);

Available options:

  like    => qr/regex/,  # if regex matches layer name
  not_like => qr/regex/,  # negative of above (compounded)

check_select() options:

%options is passed through CAD::Drawing::Defined::check_select(), so the selections returned by it will be utilized here.

  select_layers => \@layer_list,
  select_types => \@types_list,

Returns the number of items removed or undef() if $dir does not exist.