NAME

VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryFileOrDirectory - An object in the repository.

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Represents a CVS object in the repository, either a file or a directory. You shouldn't use this directly, instead you should use RepositoryFile and RepositoryDirectory which inherit from it.

CLASS ROUTINES

find()

$rep_obj = VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryFileOrDirectory->find($repository, $name)

return type: subclass of VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryFileOrDirectory

argument 1 type: VCS::LibCVS::Repository

argument 2 type: string scalar

The path of a file or directory within the repository.

It will return either a VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryDirectory or VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryFile object, depending on what the second argument names.

INSTANCE ROUTINES

get_name()

$name = $r_obj->get_name({abs => 1})

return type: scalar string

argument 1 type: hash ref of options

All options default to false.

  $opts->{abs}     False: Don't return absolute filename
  $opts->{no_dir}  False: Include directory names
  $opts->{no_base} False: Include the filename within the directory

Returns the filename of the object with the repository, formatted according to the options.

get_repository()

$rep_obj->get_repository()

return type: VCS::LibCVS::Repository

Returns the repository in which this object lives.

get_directory_of()

$r_dir = $r_obj->get_directory_of()

return type: VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryDirectory

Returns the repository directory in which the object lives.

For a top level relative repository directory (one with no / in the name), the parent directory returned will be ".". For "." an exception will be thrown.

equals()

if ($ford1->equals($ford2)) {

return type: boolean

argument 1 type: VCS::LibCVS::RepositoryFileOrDirectory

Returns true if this and the other "f or d" represent the same thing in the repository.

SEE ALSO

  VCS::LibCVS