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<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <!-- saved from url=(0017)http://localhost/ --> <script language="JavaScript" src="../../../displayToc.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="../../../tocParas.js"></script> <script language="JavaScript" src="../../../tocTab.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../scineplex.css"> <title>APR::Table - Perl API for manipulating APR opaque string-content tables</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../Active.css" type="text/css" /> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link rev="made" href="mailto:" /> </head> <body> <!-- INDEX BEGIN --> <div name="index"> <script>writelinks('__top__',3);</script> <h1><a>APR::Table - Perl API for manipulating APR opaque string-content tables</a></h1> <p><a name="__index__"></a></p> <ul> <li><a href="#name">NAME</a></li> <li><a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li> <li><a href="#description">Description</a></li> <li><a href="#api">API</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="#add"><code>add</code></a></li> <li><a href="#clear"><code>clear</code></a></li> <li><a href="#compress"><code>compress</code></a></li> <li><a href="#copy"><code>copy</code></a></li> <li><a href="#do"><a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#do"><code>do</code></a></a></li> <li><a href="#get"><code>get</code></a></li> <li><a href="#make"><code>make</code></a></li> <li><a href="#merge"><code>merge</code></a></li> <li><a href="#overlap"><code>overlap</code></a></li> <li><a href="#overlay"><code>overlay</code></a></li> <li><a href="#set"><code>set</code></a></li> <li><a href="#unset"><code>unset</code></a></li> </ul> <li><a href="#tie_interface">TIE Interface</a></li> <ul> <li><a href="#exists"><code>EXISTS</code></a></li> <li><a href="#clear"><code>CLEAR</code></a></li> <li><a href="#store"><code>STORE</code></a></li> <li><a href="#delete"><code>DELETE</code></a></li> <li><a href="#fetch"><code>FETCH</code></a></li> </ul> <li><a href="#see_also">See Also</a></li> <li><a href="#copyright">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="#authors">Authors</a></li> </ul> <hr name="index" /> </div> <!-- INDEX END --> <p> </p> <h1><a name="name">NAME</a></h1> <p>APR::Table - Perl API for manipulating APR opaque string-content tables</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h1> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table</span> <span class="operator">();</span> <span class="variable">$table</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$nelts</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table_copy</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">copy</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$pool</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">clear</span><span class="operator">();</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">unset</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">@val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">merge</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">compile</span> <span class="string">qw(:table)</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$table_overlay</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table_base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlay</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$table_overlay</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$pool</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table_overlay</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">compress</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table_a</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlap</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$table_b</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="keyword">do</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="keyword">sub</span><span class="variable"> </span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="string">"key </span><span class="variable">$_</span><span class="string">[0], value </span><span class="variable">$_</span><span class="string">[1]\n"</span><span class="operator">},</span> <span class="variable">@valid_keys</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="comment">#Tied Interface</span> <span class="variable">$value</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">}</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$value</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="string">"got it"</span> <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="keyword">exists</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">foreach</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$key</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="keyword">keys</span> <span class="variable">%</span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">{</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="string">"</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="string"> = </span><span class="variable">$table</span><span class="string">->{</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="string">}\n"</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="operator">}</span> </pre> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="description">Description</a></h1> <p><code>APR::Table</code> allows its users to manipulate opaque string-content tables.</p> <p>On the C level the "opaque string-content" means: you can put in '\0'-terminated strings and whatever you put in your get out.</p> <p>On the Perl level that means that we convert scalars into strings and store those strings. Any special information that was in the Perl scalar is not stored. So for example if a scalar was marked as utf8, tainted or tied, that information is not stored. When you get the data back as a Perl scalar you get only the string.</p> <p>The table's structure is somewhat similar to the Perl's hash structure, but allows multiple values for the same key. An access to the records stored in the table always requires a key.</p> <p>The key-value pairs are stored in the order they are added.</p> <p>The keys are case-insensitive.</p> <p>However as of the current implementation if more than value for the same key is requested, the whole table is lineary searched, which is very inefficient unless the table is very small.</p> <p><code>APR::Table</code> provides a <a href="#tie_interface">TIE Interface</a>.</p> <p>See <em>apr/include/apr_tables.h</em> in ASF's <em>apr</em> project for low level details.</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="api">API</a></h1> <p><code>APR::Table</code> provides the following functions and/or methods:</p> <p> </p> <h2><a name="add"><code>add</code></a></h2> <p>Add data to a table, regardless of whether there is another element with the same key.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong><a name="table" class="item">obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The table to add to.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="key" class="item">arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The key to use.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="val" class="item">arg2: <code>$val</code> ( string )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The value to add.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value19" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00275" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>When adding data, this function makes a copy of both the key and the value.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a name="clear"><code>clear</code></a></h2> <p>Delete all of the elements from a table.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">clear</span><span class="operator">();</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to clear.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value20" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00276" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="compress"><code>compress</code></a></h2> <p>Eliminate redundant entries in a table by either overwriting or merging duplicates:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">compress</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$flags</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to compress.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="flags" class="item">arg1: <code>$flags</code> (<code>APR::Const constant|docs::2.0::api::APR::Const</code>)</a></strong> <dd> <pre> APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE -- to merge APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET -- to overwrite</pre> </dd> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value21" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00277" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>Converts multi-valued keys in <code>$table</code> into single-valued keys. This function takes duplicate table entries and flattens them into a single entry. The flattening behavior is controlled by the (mandatory) <code>$flags</code> argument.</p> <p>When <code>$flags</code> == <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>, each key will be set to the last value seen for that key. For example, given key/value pairs 'foo => bar' and 'foo => baz', 'foo' would have a final value of 'baz' after compression -- the 'bar' value would be lost.</p> <p>When <code>$flags</code> == <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a>, multiple values for the same key are flattened into a comma-separated list. Given key/value pairs 'foo => bar' and 'foo => baz', 'foo' would have a final value of 'bar, baz' after compression.</p> <p>Access the constants via:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">compile</span> <span class="string">qw(:table)</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> <p>or an explicit:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">compile</span> <span class="string">qw(OVERLAP_TABLES_SET OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE)</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> <p><code>compress()</code> combined with <code>overlay()|/C_overlay_</code> does the same thing as <code>overlap()|/C_overlap_</code>.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a name="apr_const_overlap_tables_set" class="item"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a></strong> <p>Start with table <code>$table</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two" foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>which is done by:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="string">compile</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">':table'</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$table</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">bar</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'beer'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'one'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'two'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'three'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now compress it using <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">compress</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now table <code>$table</code> contains:</p> <pre> foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>The value <em>three</em> for the key <em>foo</em>, that was added last, took over the other values.</p> </li> <li><strong><a name="apr_const_overlap_tables_merge" class="item"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a></strong> <p>Start with table <code>$table</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two" foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>as in the previous example, now compress it using <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a>:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">compress</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now table <code>$table</code> contains:</p> <pre> foo => "one, two, three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>All the values for the same key were merged into one value.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><a name="copy"><code>copy</code></a></h2> <p>Create a new table and copy another table into it.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table_copy</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">copy</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$p</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to copy.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="p" class="item">arg1: <code>$p</code> ( <code>APR::Pool object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Pool</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The pool to allocate the new table out of.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="table_copy" class="item">ret: <code>$table_copy</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>A copy of the table passed in.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00278" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="do"><a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#do"><code>do</code></a></a></h2> <p>Iterate over all the elements of the table, invoking provided subroutine for each element. The subroutine gets passed as argument, a key-value pair.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="keyword">do</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="keyword">sub</span><span class="variable"> </span><span class="operator">{...},</span> <span class="variable">@filter</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to operate on.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="sub" class="item">arg1: <code>$sub</code> ( CODE ref/string )</a></strong> <dd> <p>A subroutine reference or name to be called on each item in the table. The subroutine can abort the iteration by returning 0 and should always return 1 otherwise.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="filter" class="item">opt arg3: <code>@filter</code> ( ARRAY )</a></strong> <dd> <p>If passed, only keys matching one of the entries in f<code>@filter</code> will be processed.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value22" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00279" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li> <p>This filter simply prints out the key/value pairs and counts how many pairs did it see.</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">constant</span> <span class="string">TABLE_SIZE</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="number">20</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">our</span> <span class="variable">$filter_count</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$table</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="comment"># populate the table with ascii data</span> <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="operator">..</span><span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">{</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="keyword">chr</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$_</span><span class="operator">+</span><span class="number">97</span><span class="operator">),</span> <span class="variable">$_</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="operator">}</span> <span class="variable">$filter_count</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="keyword">do</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">"my_filter"</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="string">"Counted </span><span class="variable">$filter_count</span><span class="string"> elements"</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">sub</span><span class="variable"> my_filter </span><span class="operator">{</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$value</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">@_</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">warn</span> <span class="string">"</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="string"> => </span><span class="variable">$value</span><span class="string">\n"</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$filter_count</span><span class="operator">++;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="operator">}</span> </pre> <p>Notice that <code>my_filter</code> always returns 1, ensuring that <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#do"><code>do()</code></a> will pass all the key/value pairs.</p> </li> <li> <p>This filter is similar to the one from the previous example, but this time it decides to abort the filtering after seeing half of the table, by returning 0 when this happens.</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">sub</span><span class="variable"> my_filter </span><span class="operator">{</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$value</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">@_</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$filter_count</span><span class="operator">++;</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="variable">$filter_count</span> <span class="operator">==</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">)/</span><span class="number">2</span> <span class="operator">?</span> <span class="number">0</span> <span class="operator">:</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="operator">}</span> </pre> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><a name="get"><code>get</code></a></h2> <p>Get the value(s) associated with a given key. After this call, the data is still in the table.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">@val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to search for the key.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The key to search for.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_val_or_val" class="item">ret: <code>$val</code> or <code>@val</code></a></strong> <dd> <p>In the scalar context the first matching value returned (the oldest in the table, if there is more than one value). If nothing matches <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#undef"><code>undef</code></a> is returned.</p> </dd> <dd> <p>In the list context the whole table is traversed and all matching values are returned. An empty list is returned if nothing matches.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00280" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="make"><code>make</code></a></h2> <p>Make a new table.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$p</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$nelts</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$p</code> ( <code>APR::Pool object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Pool</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The pool to allocate the pool out of.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="nelts" class="item">arg1: <code>$nelts</code> ( integer )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The number of elements in the initial table. At least 1 or more. If 0 is passed APR will still allocate 1.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>ret: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The new table.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00281" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>This table can only store text data.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a name="merge"><code>merge</code></a></h2> <p>Add data to a table by merging the value with data that has already been stored using ", " as a separator:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">merge</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to search for the data.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The key to merge data for.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg2: <code>$val</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The data to add.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value23" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00282" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>If the key is not found, then this function acts like <code>add()|/C_add_</code>.</p> <p>If there is more than one value for the same key, only the first (the oldest) value gets merged.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Start with a pair:</p> <pre> merge => "1"</pre> <p>and merge "a" to the value:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span> <span class="string">merge</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'1'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">merge</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">merge</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'a'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">'merge'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Result:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">==</span> <span class="string">"1, a"</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> </li> <li> <p>Start with a multivalued pair:</p> <pre> merge => "1" merge => "2"</pre> <p>and merge "a" to the first value;</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span> <span class="string">merge</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'1'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span> <span class="string">merge</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'2'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">merge</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">merge</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'a'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">@val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">'merge'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Result:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="operator">]</span> <span class="operator">==</span> <span class="string">"1, a"</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="operator">]</span> <span class="operator">==</span> <span class="string">"2"</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> <p>Only the first value for the same key is affected.</p> </li> <li> <p>Have no entry and merge "a";</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">merge</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">miss</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'a'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">get</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">'miss'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Result:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$val</span> <span class="operator">==</span> <span class="string">"a"</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><a name="overlap"><code>overlap</code></a></h2> <p>For each key/value pair in <code>$table_b</code>, add the data to <code>$table_a</code>. The definition of <code>$flags</code> explains how <code>$flags</code> define the overlapping method.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table_a</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlap</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$table_b</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$flags</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong><a name="table_a" class="item">obj: <code>$table_a</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The table to add the data to.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="table_b" class="item">arg1: <code>$table_b</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The table to iterate over, adding its data to table <code>$table_a</code></p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg2: <code>$flags</code> ( integer )</strong> <dd> <p>How to add the table to table <code>$table_a</code>.</p> </dd> <dd> <p>When <code>$flags</code> == <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>, if another element already exists with the same key, this will over-write the old data.</p> </dd> <dd> <p>When <code>$flags</code> == <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a>, the key/value pair from <code>$table_b</code> is added, regardless of whether there is another element with the same key in <code>$table_a</code>.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value24" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00283" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>Access the constants via:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">compile</span> <span class="string">qw(:table)</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> <p>or an explicit:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">compile</span> <span class="string">qw(OVERLAP_TABLES_SET OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE)</span><span class="operator">;</span> </pre> <p>This function is highly optimized, and uses less memory and CPU cycles than a function that just loops through table <code>$table_b</code> calling other functions.</p> <p>Conceptually, <code>overlap()</code> does this:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">apr_array_header_t</span> <span class="variable">*barr</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">apr_table_elts</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">b</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">apr_table_entry_t</span> <span class="variable">*belt</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">apr_table_entry_t</span> <span class="operator">*)</span><span class="variable">barr</span><span class="operator">-</span><span class="variable">E</span><span class="operator"><</span><span class="keyword">gt</span><span class="operator">></span><span class="variable">elts</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">i</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="variable">i</span> <span class="operator"><</span> <span class="variable">barr</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">nelts</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="operator">++</span><span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">{</span> <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">flags</span> <span class="operator">&</span> <span class="variable">APR_OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">{</span> <span class="variable">apr_table_mergen</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">a</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">belt</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">]</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="variable">key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">belt</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">]</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="variable">val</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="operator">}</span> <span class="keyword">else</span> <span class="operator">{</span> <span class="variable">apr_table_setn</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">a</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">belt</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">]</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="variable">key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">belt</span><span class="operator">[</span><span class="variable">i</span><span class="operator">]</span><span class="operator">.</span><span class="variable">val</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="operator">}</span> <span class="operator">}</span> </pre> <p>Except that it is more efficient (less space and cpu-time) especially when <code>$table_b</code> has many elements.</p> <p>Notice the assumptions on the keys and values in <code>$table_b</code> -- they must be in an ancestor of <code>$table_a</code>'s pool. In practice <code>$table_b</code> and <code>$table_a</code> are usually from the same pool.</p> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li><strong><a name="apr_const_overlap_tables_set2" class="item"><a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a></a></strong> <p>Start with table <code>$base</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>and table <code>$add</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "three"</pre> <p>which is done by:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="string">compile</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">':table'</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$base</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$add</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">bar</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'beer'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'one'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'two'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'three'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now overlap using <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlap</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now table <code>$add</code> is unmodified and table <code>$base</code> contains:</p> <pre> foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>The value from table <code>add</code> has overwritten all previous values for the same key both had (<em>foo</em>). This is the same as doing <code>overlay()|/C_overlay_</code> followed by <code>compress()|/C_compress_</code> with <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>.</p> </li> <li><strong><a name="apr_const_overlap_tables_merge2" class="item"><a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a></a></strong> <p>Start with table <code>$base</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two"</pre> <p>and table <code>$add</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>which is done by:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="string">compile</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">':table'</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$base</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$add</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'one'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'two'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'three'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">bar</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'beer'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now overlap using <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a>:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlap</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now table <code>$add</code> is unmodified and table <code>$base</code> contains:</p> <pre> foo => "one, two, three" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>Values from both tables for the same key were merged into one value. This is the same as doing <code>overlay()|/C_overlay_</code> followed by <code>compress()|/C_compress_</code> with <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_merge"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_MERGE</code></a>.</p> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><a name="overlay"><code>overlay</code></a></h2> <p>Merge two tables into one new table. The resulting table may have more than one value for the same key.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table_base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlay</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$table_overlay</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$p</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong><a name="table_base" class="item">obj: <code>$table_base</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The table to add at the end of the new table.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="table_overlay" class="item">arg1: <code>$table_overlay</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</a></strong> <dd> <p>The first table to put in the new table.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg2: <code>$p</code> ( <code>APR::Pool object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Pool</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The pool to use for the new table.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>ret: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>A new table containing all of the data from the two passed in.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00284" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>Examples:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Start with table <code>$base</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two" bar => "beer"</pre> <p>and table <code>$add</code>:</p> <pre> foo => "three"</pre> <p>which is done by:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">use</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const</span> <span class="operator">-</span><span class="string">compile</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">':table'</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$base</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$add</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">APR::Table::make</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$r</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">pool</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">TABLE_SIZE</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">bar</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'beer'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'one'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'two'</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">foo</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="string">'three'</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>Now overlay using <a href="#apr_const_overlap_tables_set"><code>APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</code></a>:</p> <pre> <span class="keyword">my</span> <span class="variable">$overlay</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$base</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">overlay</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$add</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">APR::Const::OVERLAP_TABLES_SET</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <p>That resulted in a new table <code>$overlay</code> (tables <code>add</code> and <code>$base</code> are unmodified) which contains:</p> <pre> foo => "one" foo => "two" foo => "three" bar => "beer"</pre> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><a name="set"><code>set</code></a></h2> <p>Add a key/value pair to a table, if another element already exists with the same key, this will over-write the old data.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">set</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to add the data to.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The key to use.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg2: <code>$val</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The value to add.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value25" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00285" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>When adding data, this function makes a copy of both the key and the value.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a name="unset"><code>unset</code></a></h2> <p>Remove data from the table.</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">unset</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dd> <p>The table to remove data from.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dd> <p>The key of the data being removed.</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value26" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00286" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="tie_interface">TIE Interface</a></h1> <p><code>APR::Table</code> also implements a tied interface, so you can work with the <code>$table</code> object as a hash reference.</p> <p>The following tied-hash function are supported: <code>FETCH</code>, <code>STORE</code>, <code>DELETE</code>, <code>CLEAR</code>, <code>EXISTS</code>, <code>FIRSTKEY</code>, <code>NEXTKEY</code> and <code>DESTROY</code>.</p> <p>Note regarding the use of <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#values"><code>values()</code></a>. <code>APR::Table</code> can hold more than one key-value pair sharing the same key, so when using a table through the tied interface, the first entry found with the right key will be used, completely disregarding possible other entries with the same key. With Perl 5.8.0 and higher <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#values"><code>values()</code></a> will correctly list values the corresponding to the list generated by <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#keys"><code>keys()</code></a>. That doesn't work with Perl 5.6. Therefore to portably iterate over the key-value pairs, use <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#each"><code>each()</code></a> (which fully supports multivalued keys), or <code>APR::Table::do</code>.</p> <p> </p> <h2><a name="exists"><code>EXISTS</code></a></h2> <pre> <span class="variable">$ret</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">EXISTS</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong><a name="ret" class="item">ret: <code>$ret</code> ( integer )</a></strong> <dd> <p>true or false</p> </dd> </li> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00287" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="clear"><code>CLEAR</code></a></h2> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">CLEAR</span><span class="operator">();</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value27" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00288" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="store"><code>STORE</code></a></h2> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">STORE</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$val</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong>arg2: <code>$val</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value28" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00289" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="delete"><code>DELETE</code></a></h2> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">DELETE</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong><a name="ret_no_return_value29" class="item">ret: no return value</a></strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00290" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p> </p> <h2><a name="fetch"><code>FETCH</code></a></h2> <pre> <span class="variable">$ret</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">FETCH</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$key</span><span class="operator">);</span> </pre> <dl> <dt><strong>obj: <code>$table</code> ( <code>APR::Table object|docs::2.0::api::APR::Table</code> )</strong> <dt><strong>arg1: <code>$key</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong>ret: <code>$ret</code> ( string )</strong> <dt><strong><a name="since_2_0_00291" class="item">since: 2.0.00</a></strong> </dl> <p>When iterating through the table's entries with <a href="../../../lib/pods/perlfunc.html#each"><code>each()</code></a>, <code>FETCH</code> will return the current value of a multivalued key. For example:</p> <pre> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">"a"</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">"b"</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="variable">add</span><span class="operator">(</span><span class="string">"a"</span> <span class="operator">=></span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="operator">);</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$k</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$v</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">each</span> <span class="variable">%$table</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># (a, 1)</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="string">a</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># prints 1</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$k</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$v</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">each</span> <span class="variable">%$table</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># (b, 2)</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="string">a</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># prints 1</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$k</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$v</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">each</span> <span class="variable">%$table</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># (a, 3)</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="string">a</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># prints 3 !!!</span> <span class="operator">(</span><span class="variable">$k</span><span class="operator">,</span> <span class="variable">$v</span><span class="operator">)</span> <span class="operator">=</span> <span class="keyword">each</span> <span class="variable">%$table</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># (undef, undef)</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="variable">$table</span><span class="operator">-></span><span class="operator">{</span><span class="string">a</span><span class="operator">}</span><span class="operator">;</span> <span class="comment"># prints 1</span> </pre> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="see_also">See Also</a></h1> <p><a href="../../../docs/2.0/index.html">mod_perl 2.0 documentation</a>.</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="copyright">Copyright</a></h1> <p>mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.</p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h1><a name="authors">Authors</a></h1> <p><a href="../../../about/contributors/people.html">The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors</a>.</p> </body> </html>