NAME

PerlIO::via::Limit - PerlIO layer for length restrictions

SYNOPSIS

use PerlIO::via::Limit;
PerlIO::via::Limit->length(20);
# - or -
use PerlIO::via::Limit length => 20;

# reading
open( my $fh, "<:via(Limit)", $file );

# writing
open( my $fh, ">:via(Limit)", $file );

DESCRIPTION

PerlIO::via::Limit implements a PerlIO layer that restricts length of stream.

CLASS METHODS

length

Limit length of stream. Default is undef that means unlimited.

sensitive

If set true value, an exception will be occurred when stream reaches limit of length. Default is false.

use PerlIO::via::Limit sensitive => 1;

open( my $in, "<:via(Limit)", $file ) or die;
eval {
    while( <$in> ){
        # do something...
    }
};if( $@ ){
    # "$in is trying to read exceeding the limit."
    warn "$@";
}
close $in or die;

Note that the $@ is a Exception::Class object.

BUGS

When the exception is thrown by sensitive option, the buffer for reading does not be filled.

SEE ALSO

PerlIO::via

Exception::Class

REPOSITORY

PerlIO::via::Limit is hosted on github https://github.com/hiroaki/PerlIO-via-Limit

AUTHOR

WATANABE Hiroaki <hwat@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.