diff -r 6d08f4a05d93 -r 3145852acc89 releasing/cbrtools/perl/MLDBM/Serializer/Storable.pm
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+# Copyright (c) 1995-98 Gurusamy Sarathy.  All rights reserved.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 1998 Raphael Manfredi.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+package MLDBM::Serializer::Storable;
+BEGIN { @MLDBM::Serializer::Storable::ISA = qw(MLDBM::Serializer) }
+
+use Storable;
+
+sub new {
+    my $self = shift->SUPER::new();
+    $self->DumpMeth(shift);
+    # Storable doesn't honor other attributes
+    $self;
+}
+
+#
+# Serialize a reference to supplied value
+#
+sub serialize {
+    my $self = shift;
+    my $dumpmeth = $self->{'_dumpsub_'};
+    &$dumpmeth(\$_[0]);
+}
+
+#
+# Deserialize and de-reference
+#
+sub deserialize {
+    my $obj = Storable::thaw($_[1]);		# Does not care whether portable
+    defined($obj) ? $$obj : undef;
+}
+
+#
+# Change dump method when portability is requested
+#
+sub DumpMeth {
+    my $self = shift;
+    $self->{'_dumpsub_'} = 
+      ($_[0] && $_[0] eq 'portable' ? \&Storable::nfreeze : \&Storable::freeze);
+    $self->_attrib('dumpmeth', @_);
+}
+
+1;
+__END__
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+Gurusamy Sarathy <F<gsar@umich.edu>>.
+
+Support for multiple serializing packages by
+Raphael Manfredi <F<Raphael_Manfredi@grenoble.hp.com>>.
+
+Copyright (c) 1995-98 Gurusamy Sarathy.  All rights reserved.
+
+Copyright (c) 1998 Raphael Manfredi.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut