Meta::IO::File - extend IO::File.

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	MANIFEST: File.pm
	PROJECT: meta
	VERSION: 0.00

	package foo;
	use Meta::IO::File qw();
	my($object)=Meta::IO::File->new_reader("/etc/passwd");
	while(!$object->eof()) {
		my($line)=$io->getline();
		Meta::Utils::Output::print($line);
	}
	$object->close();

This class extends IO::File. I'm not actually adding a lot of IO stuff but rather making the code which uses IO::File cleaner by having my Meta::IO::File throw exception instead of returning error codes so that it will fit nicer in OO systems.

	new($$$)
	new_reader($$);
	new_writer($$);
	cgetline($);
	TEST($)

new($$$)

This is a constructor for the Meta::IO::File object. It overrides the IO::File file,mode constructor, calls it, and throws an exception if something bad happens.

new_reader($$)

Convenience method for creating a file handle for reading a file.

new_writer($$)

Converniece method for creating a file handle for writing to a file.

cgetline($)

Same as getline except the output is chopped.

TEST($)

This is a testing suite for the Meta::IO::File module. This test is should be run by a higher level management system at integration or release time or just as a regular routine to check that all is well. Currently this just opens /etc/passwd and closes it which should be enough.

IO::File(3)

None.

	Name: Mark Veltzer
	Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
	WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
	CPAN id: VELTZER

	0.00 MV md5 issues

Error(3), IO::File(3), strict(3)

-make the TEST procedure as the test framework for a readonly existing file and not count on /etc/passwd being there.