NAME

POE::Filter::LZW - A POE filter wrapped around Compress::LZW

SYNOPSIS

    use POE::Filter::LZW;

    my $filter = POE::Filter::LZW->new();
    my $scalar = 'Blah Blah Blah';
    my $compressed_array   = $filter->put( [ $scalar ] );
    my $uncompressed_array = $filter->get( $compressed_array );

    use POE qw(Filter::Stackable Filter::Line Filter::LZW);

    my ($filter) = POE::Filter::Stackable->new();
    $filter->push( POE::Filter::LZW->new(),
                   POE::Filter::Line->new( InputRegexp => '\015?\012', OutputLiteral => "\015\012" ),

DESCRIPTION

POE::Filter::LZW provides a POE filter for performing compression/decompression using Compress::LZW. It is suitable for use with POE::Filter::Stackable.

CONSTRUCTOR

new: Creates a new POE::Filter::LZW object.

METHODS

get_one_start
get_one
get: Takes an arrayref which is contains lines of compressed input. Returns an arrayref of decompressed lines.
put: Takes an arrayref containing lines of uncompressed output, returns an arrayref of compressed lines.
clone: Makes a copy of the filter, and clears the copy's buffer.
level: Sets the compression level. Consult Compress::LZW for details.

AUTHOR

Chris BinGOs Williams <chris@bingosnet.co.uk>

LICENSE

This module may be used, modified, and distributed under the same terms as Perl itself. Please see the license that came with your Perl distribution for details.

CPAN RT