NAME

Win32::File::Object - Simplified object abstraction over Win32::File

SYNOPSIS

  # Get a handle for the file.
  my $object = Win32::File::Object->new( $filename, $autowrite );
  
  # Read a property flag for the file.
  my $readonly = $object->readonly;
  
  # Set a propertly flag for the file.
  $object->readonly(1);
  
  # If autowrite is false, write the changes to the file.
  $object->write;

DESCRIPTION

Win32::File is an interface to the Win32 API for file attributes.

Unfortunately it is a direct interface to the underlying Win32 API, with a completely non-Perlish interface involving CamelCase function names, bit-field flags and return-by-param.

Win32::File::Object is a straight-forward object-oriented Perlish wrapper around the raw underlying API wrapper.

METHODS

new

  my $file = Win32::File::Object->new( $path, $autowrite );

The new constructor creates a new handle to the Win32 filesystem attributes of an existing file or directory.

The compulsory $filename parameter is the name of the file or directory to create the handle on.

The optional $autowrite parameter, if true, indicates that the object should write the filesystem attributes to the file every time the method is called to set the property.

If the $autowrite param is false or not provided, you will need to call an explicit write method in order to apply the changes to the file.

path

The path accessor returns the original file path as provided to the constructor as a string.

autowrite

The autowrite accessor returns true if the object will automatically write changes to the filesystem, or false if not.

read

the read method reads (updates) the filesystem attributes, in case they have been updated since the object was originally created.

Returns true on success or throws an exception (dies) on error.

write

the write method writes the object attributes back to the filesystem.

Returns true on success or throws an exception (dies) on error.

archive

  # Get the value
  my $archive = $file->archive;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->archive(1);

The archive accessor gets or set the Win32 "archive" status for the file.

compressed

  # Get the value
  my $compressed = $file->compressed;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->compressed(1);

The compressed accessor gets or set the Win32 "compressed" status for the file.

directory

  # Get the value
  my $directory = $file->directory;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->directory(1);

The directory accessor gets or set the Win32 "directory" status for the file.

hidden

  # Get the value
  my $hidden = $file->hidden;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->hidden(1);

The hidden accessor gets or set the Win32 "hidden" status for the file.

normal

  # Get the value
  my $normal = $file->normal;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->normal(1);

The normal accessor gets or set the Win32 "normal" status for the file.

offline

  # Get the value
  my $offline = $file->offline;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->offline(1);

The offline accessor gets or set the Win32 "offline" status for the file.

readonly

  # Get the value
  my $readonly = $file->readonly;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->readonly(1);

The readonly accessor gets or set the Win32 "readonly" status for the file.

system

  # Get the value
  my $system = $file->system;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->system(1);

The system accessor gets or set the Win32 "system" status for the file.

temporary

  # Get the value
  my $temporary = $file->temporary;
  
  # Set the value
  $file->temporary(1);

The temporary accessor gets or set the Win32 "temporary" status for the file.

SUPPORT

Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Win32-File-Object

For other issues, or commercial enhancement or support, contact the author.

AUTHOR

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

Win32::File

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

cpanm Win32::File::Object

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Win32::File::Object