From: martinahansen <martinahansen@74ccb610-7750-0410-82ae-013aeee3265d>
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:13:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: added DB.pm
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added DB.pm

git-svn-id: http://biopieces.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@790 74ccb610-7750-0410-82ae-013aeee3265d
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diff --git a/code_perl/Maasha/DB.pm b/code_perl/Maasha/DB.pm
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+package Maasha::KISS;
+
+# Copyright (C) 2009 Martin A. Hansen.
+
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+# http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DESCRIPTION <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+# Routines for manipulating DBM files.
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+use warnings;
+use strict;
+use Data::Dumper;
+use Maasha::Common;
+use DB_File;
+use vars qw( @ISA @EXPORT );
+
+@ISA = qw( Exporter );
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+sub db_open
+{
+    # Martin A. Hansen, December 2009.
+
+    # Ties a hash to a DBM file and returns the hash.
+
+    my ( $path,   # path to DBM file
+       ) = @_;
+
+    # Returns a hash.
+
+    my ( %hash );
+
+    tie( %hash, 'DB_File', $path ) or Maasha::Common::error( qq(Could not tie-open file: "$path": $!) );
+
+    return wantarray ? %hash : \%hash;
+}
+
+
+sub db_close
+{
+    # Martin A. Hansen, December 2009.
+
+    # Unties a hash tied to a DBM file.
+
+    my ( $db,   # hashref
+       ) = @_;
+
+    # Returns nothing.
+
+    untie %{ $db };
+}
+
+
+# >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
+
+
+1;
+