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+package DBM::Deep::Sector::File::Scalar;
+
+use 5.006_000;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings FATAL => 'all';
+
+use base qw( DBM::Deep::Sector::File::Data );
+
+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 free {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $chain_loc = $self->chain_loc;
+
+ $self->SUPER::free();
+
+ if ( $chain_loc ) {
+ DBM::Deep::Sector::File->load( $self->engine, $chain_loc )->free;
+ }
+
+ return;
+}
+
+sub type { $_[0]{engine}->SIG_DATA }
+sub _init {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $engine = $self->engine;
+
+ unless ( $self->offset ) {
+ my $data_section = $self->size - $self->base_size - $engine->byte_size - 1;
+
+ $self->{offset} = $engine->_request_data_sector( $self->size );
+
+ my $data = delete $self->{data};
+ my $dlen = length $data;
+ my $continue = 1;
+ my $curr_offset = $self->offset;
+ while ( $continue ) {
+
+ my $next_offset = 0;
+
+ my ($leftover, $this_len, $chunk);
+ if ( $dlen > $data_section ) {
+ $leftover = 0;
+ $this_len = $data_section;
+ $chunk = substr( $data, 0, $this_len );
+
+ $dlen -= $data_section;
+ $next_offset = $engine->_request_data_sector( $self->size );
+ $data = substr( $data, $this_len );
+ }
+ else {
+ $leftover = $data_section - $dlen;
+ $this_len = $dlen;
+ $chunk = $data;
+
+ $continue = 0;
+ }
+
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $curr_offset, $self->type ); # Sector type
+ # Skip staleness
+ $engine->storage->print_at( $curr_offset + $self->base_size,
+ pack( $StP{$engine->byte_size}, $next_offset ), # Chain loc
+ pack( $StP{1}, $this_len ), # Data length
+ $chunk, # Data to be stored in this sector
+ chr(0) x $leftover, # Zero-fill the rest
+ );
+
+ $curr_offset = $next_offset;
+ }
+
+ return;
+ }
+}
+
+sub data_length {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ my $buffer = $self->engine->storage->read_at(
+ $self->offset + $self->base_size + $self->engine->byte_size, 1
+ );
+
+ return unpack( $StP{1}, $buffer );
+}
+
+sub chain_loc {
+ my $self = shift;
+ return unpack(
+ $StP{$self->engine->byte_size},
+ $self->engine->storage->read_at(
+ $self->offset + $self->base_size,
+ $self->engine->byte_size,
+ ),
+ );
+}
+
+sub data {
+ my $self = shift;
+# my ($args) = @_;
+# $args ||= {};
+
+ my $data;
+ while ( 1 ) {
+ my $chain_loc = $self->chain_loc;
+
+ $data .= $self->engine->storage->read_at(
+ $self->offset + $self->base_size + $self->engine->byte_size + 1, $self->data_length,
+ );
+
+ last unless $chain_loc;
+
+ $self = DBM::Deep::Sector::File->load( $self->engine, $chain_loc );
+ }
+
+ return $data;
+}
+
+1;
+__END__