File::Attributes::Simple(3)

NAME
File::Attributes::Simple - the simplest implementation of File::Attributes

SYNOPSIS
This is the fallback for File::Attributes if it can't find anything better. It stores attributes as YAML files (named .filename.attributes) containing key/value pairs.

You probably shouldn't use this class directly, see File::Attributes instead.

METHODS
All the standard ones, namely:

  get

  set

  unset

  list

  applicable
Applicable for every file.

  priority
Priority 1 (low).

EXTENDING
If you want to implement a file attribute scheme, and can do so doing hashrefs, this class might make your life easier. Simply subclass "File::Attributes::Simple" (this class), and override the following (private) methods:

_attribute_file($filename)
    If you just want the attributes to be stored somewhere else, override this method. It takes a filename and returns the filename that stores the attributes. If you override _load and _save, you don't need to worry about this method; it isn't called from anywhere else.

_load($filename)
    This method takes a filename and returns the hash(ref) of attributes.

_save($filename, \%attributes)
    This method takes a filename and the attributes hashref and stores it to disk (or wherever, the method doesn't care if it's a disk or not).

I think OS X uses a format for storing filesystem attributes that could be implemented by overriding this class, but I don't have a Mac and couldn't find any documentation.

BUGS
See bug reporting instructions in "BUGS" in File::Attributes.

AUTHOR
Jonathan Rockway "<jrockway at cpan.org>"