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+use strict;
+package Tie::Memoize;
+use Tie::Hash;
+our @ISA = 'Tie::ExtraHash';
+
+our $exists_token = \undef;
+
+sub croak {require Carp; goto &Carp::croak}
+
+# Format: [0: STORAGE, 1: EXISTS-CACHE, 2: FETCH_function;
+# 3: EXISTS_function, 4: DATA, 5: EXISTS_different ]
+
+sub FETCH {
+ my ($h,$key) = ($_[0][0], $_[1]);
+ my $res = $h->{$key};
+ return $res if defined $res; # Shortcut if accessible
+ return $res if exists $h->{$key}; # Accessible, but undef
+ my $cache = $_[0][1]{$key};
+ return if defined $cache and not $cache; # Known to not exist
+ my @res = $_[0][2]->($key, $_[0][4]); # Autoload
+ $_[0][1]{$key} = 0, return unless @res; # Cache non-existence
+ delete $_[0][1]{$key}; # Clear existence cache, not needed any more
+ $_[0][0]{$key} = $res[0]; # Store data and return
+}
+
+sub EXISTS {
+ my ($a,$key) = (shift, shift);
+ return 1 if exists $a->[0]{$key}; # Have data
+ my $cache = $a->[1]{$key};
+ return $cache if defined $cache; # Existence cache
+ my @res = $a->[3]($key,$a->[4]);
+ $_[0][1]{$key} = 0, return unless @res; # Cache non-existence
+ # Now we know it exists
+ return ($_[0][1]{$key} = 1) if $a->[5]; # Only existence reported
+ # Now know the value
+ $_[0][0]{$key} = $res[0]; # Store data
+ return 1
+}
+
+sub TIEHASH {
+ croak 'syntax: tie %hash, \'Tie::AutoLoad\', \&fetch_subr' if @_ < 2;
+ croak 'syntax: tie %hash, \'Tie::AutoLoad\', \&fetch_subr, $data, \&exists_subr, \%data_cache, \%existence_cache' if @_ > 6;
+ push @_, undef if @_ < 3; # Data
+ push @_, $_[1] if @_ < 4; # exists
+ push @_, {} while @_ < 6; # initial value and caches
+ bless [ @_[4,5,1,3,2], $_[1] ne $_[3]], $_[0]
+}
+
+1;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Tiel::Memoize - add data to hash when needed
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ require Tie::Memoize;
+ tie %hash, 'Tie::Memoize',
+ \&fetch, # The rest is optional
+ $DATA, \&exists,
+ {%ini_value}, {%ini_existence};
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This package allows a tied hash to autoload its values on the first access,
+and to use the cached value on the following accesses.
+
+Only read-accesses (via fetching the value or C<exists>) result in calls to
+the functions; the modify-accesses are performed as on a normal hash.
+
+The required arguments during C<tie> are the hash, the package, and
+the reference to the C<FETCH>ing function. The optional arguments are
+an arbitrary scalar $data, the reference to the C<EXISTS> function,
+and initial values of the hash and of the existence cache.
+
+Both the C<FETCH>ing function and the C<EXISTS> functions have the
+same signature: the arguments are C<$key, $data>; $data is the same
+value as given as argument during tie()ing. Both functions should
+return an empty list if the value does not exist. If C<EXISTS>
+function is different from the C<FETCH>ing function, it should return
+a TRUE value on success. The C<FETCH>ing function should return the
+intended value if the key is valid.
+
+=head1 Inheriting from B<Tie::Memoize>
+
+The structure of the tied() data is an array reference with elements
+
+ 0: cache of known values
+ 1: cache of known existence of keys
+ 2: FETCH function
+ 3: EXISTS function
+ 4: $data
+
+The rest is for internal usage of this package. In particular, if
+TIEHASH is overwritten, it should call SUPER::TIEHASH.
+
+=head1 EXAMPLE
+
+ sub slurp {
+ my ($key, $dir) = shift;
+ open my $h, '<', "$dir/$key" or return;
+ local $/; <$h> # slurp it all
+ }
+ sub exists { my ($key, $dir) = shift; return -f "$dir/$key" }
+
+ tie %hash, 'Tie::Memoize', \&slurp, $directory, \&exists,
+ { fake_file1 => $content1, fake_file2 => $content2 },
+ { pretend_does_not_exists => 0, known_to_exist => 1 };
+
+This example treats the slightly modified contents of $directory as a
+hash. The modifications are that the keys F<fake_file1> and
+F<fake_file2> fetch values $content1 and $content2, and
+F<pretend_does_not_exists> will never be accessed. Additionally, the
+existence of F<known_to_exist> is never checked (so if it does not
+exists when its content is needed, the user of %hash may be confused).
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+FIRSTKEY and NEXTKEY methods go through the keys which were already read,
+not all the possible keys of the hash.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Ilya Zakharevich L<mailto:perl-module-hash-memoize@ilyaz.org>.
+
+=cut
+
--- /dev/null
+#!./perl -w
+
+BEGIN {
+ chdir 't' if -d 't';
+ @INC = '../lib';
+}
+
+use strict;
+use Tie::Memoize;
+use Test::More tests => 28;
+use File::Spec;
+
+sub slurp {
+ my ($key, $dir) = @_;
+ open my $h, '<', File::Spec->catfile($dir, $key) or return;
+ local $/;
+ <$h> # slurp it all
+}
+sub exists { my ($key, $dir) = @_; return -f File::Spec->catfile($dir, $key) }
+
+my $directory = File::Spec->catdir(File::Spec->updir, 'lib');
+
+tie my %hash, 'Tie::Memoize', \&slurp, $directory, \&exists,
+ { fake_file1 => 123, fake_file2 => 45678 },
+ { 'strict.pm' => 0, known_to_exist => 1 };
+
+ok(not exists $hash{'strict.pm'});
+ok(exists $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok($hash{fake_file2} eq 45678);
+ok($hash{fake_file1} eq 123);
+ok(exists $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(not exists $hash{'strict.pm'});
+ok(not defined $hash{fake_file3});
+ok(not defined $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(not exists $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(not exists $hash{'strict.pm'});
+my $c = slurp('constant.pm', $directory);
+ok($c);
+ok($hash{'constant.pm'} eq $c);
+ok($hash{'constant.pm'} eq $c);
+ok(not exists $hash{'strict.pm'});
+ok(exists $hash{'blib.pm'});
+
+untie %hash;
+
+tie %hash, 'Tie::Memoize', \&slurp, $directory;
+
+ok(exists $hash{'strict.pm'}, 'existing file');
+ok(not exists $hash{fake_file2});
+ok(not exists $hash{fake_file1});
+ok(not exists $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(exists $hash{'strict.pm'}, 'existing file again');
+ok(not defined $hash{fake_file3});
+ok(not defined $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(not exists $hash{known_to_exist});
+ok(exists $hash{'strict.pm'}, 'existing file again');
+ok($hash{'constant.pm'} eq $c);
+ok($hash{'constant.pm'} eq $c);
+ok(exists $hash{'strict.pm'}, 'existing file again');
+ok(exists $hash{'blib.pm'}, 'another existing file');
+