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+package DBM::Deep::Sector::File::Index;
+
+use base qw( DBM::Deep::Sector::File );
+
+my $STALE_SIZE = 2;
+
+# Please refer to the pack() documentation for further information
+my %StP = (
+ 1 => 'C', # Unsigned char value (no order needed as it's just one byte)
+ 2 => 'n', # Unsigned short in "network" (big-endian) order
+ 4 => 'N', # Unsigned long in "network" (big-endian) order
+ 8 => 'Q', # Usigned quad (no order specified, presumably machine-dependent)
+);
+
+sub _init {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $engine = $self->engine;
+
+ unless ( $self->offset ) {
+ my $leftover = $self->size - $self->base_size;
+
+ $self->{offset} = $engine->_request_index_sector( $self->size );
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $self->offset, $engine->SIG_INDEX ); # Sector type
+ # Skip staleness counter
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $self->offset + $self->base_size,
+ chr(0) x $leftover, # Zero-fill the rest
+ );
+ }
+
+ return $self;
+}
+
+#XXX Change here
+sub size {
+ my $self = shift;
+ unless ( $self->{size} ) {
+ my $e = $self->engine;
+ $self->{size} = $self->base_size + $e->byte_size * $e->hash_chars;
+ }
+ return $self->{size};
+}
+
+sub free_meth { return '_add_free_index_sector' }
+
+sub free {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $e = $self->engine;
+
+ for my $i ( 0 .. $e->hash_chars - 1 ) {
+ my $l = $self->get_entry( $i ) or next;
+ DBM::Deep::Sector::File->load( $e, $l )->free;
+ }
+
+ $self->SUPER::free();
+}
+
+sub _loc_for {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my ($idx) = @_;
+ return $self->offset + $self->base_size + $idx * $self->engine->byte_size;
+}
+
+sub get_entry {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my ($idx) = @_;
+
+ my $e = $self->engine;
+
+ DBM::Deep->_throw_error( "get_entry: Out of range ($idx)" )
+ if $idx < 0 || $idx >= $e->hash_chars;
+
+ return unpack(
+ $StP{$e->byte_size},
+ $e->storage->read_at( $self->_loc_for( $idx ), $e->byte_size ),
+ );
+}
+
+sub set_entry {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my ($idx, $loc) = @_;
+
+ my $e = $self->engine;
+
+ DBM::Deep->_throw_error( "set_entry: Out of range ($idx)" )
+ if $idx < 0 || $idx >= $e->hash_chars;
+
+ $self->engine->storage->print_at(
+ $self->_loc_for( $idx ),
+ pack( $StP{$e->byte_size}, $loc ),
+ );
+}
+
+1;
+__END__