NAME

SPOPS::Export::Object - Dump SPOPS objects to a portable format

SYNOPSIS

 # See SPOPS::Export

DESCRIPTION

You can use this format yourself, or feed it to SPOPS::Import::Object to easily move objects from one database to another.

PROPERTIES

No extra ones beyond SPOPS::Export

METHODS

create_header()

Creates the text for the variable initialization and the two pieces of metadata we need.

create_record()

Dumps the record, each field being serialized by "serialize_field_data()".

create_footer()

Just close up the variable initialized in "create_header()".

serialize_field_data( $data )

Return a string suitable for serializing the value of $data. You must ensure that it will return properly after an "eval{}". For instance, the following:

 $object->{publisher} = "O'Reilly and Associates";

Cannot simply be returned in single quotes:

 'O'Reilly and Associates'

Because it will not evaluate properly. The default return for all object values is:

 q{O'Reilly and Associates}

But we also check the string to see if it has any braces in it and if so, try a few other characters.

BUGS

None known.

TO DO

Nothing known.

COPYRIGHT

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

AUTHORS

Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>