package MooseX::Storage::Format::Storable;
BEGIN {
  $MooseX::Storage::Format::Storable::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
}
# ABSTRACT: A Storable serialization role
$MooseX::Storage::Format::Storable::VERSION = '0.46';
use Moose::Role;
use Storable ();
use namespace::autoclean;

requires 'pack';
requires 'unpack';

sub thaw {
    my ( $class, $stored, @args ) = @_;
    $class->unpack( Storable::thaw($stored), @args );
}

sub freeze {
    my ( $self, @args ) = @_;
    Storable::nfreeze( $self->pack(@args) );
}

no Moose::Role;

1;

__END__

=pod

=encoding UTF-8

=for :stopwords Chris Prather Stevan Little יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) Infinity
Interactive, Inc. IPC Storable's

=head1 NAME

MooseX::Storage::Format::Storable - A Storable serialization role

=head1 VERSION

version 0.46

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  package Point;
  use Moose;
  use MooseX::Storage;

  with Storage('format' => 'Storable');

  has 'x' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');
  has 'y' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');

  1;

  my $p = Point->new(x => 10, y => 10);

  ## methods to freeze/thaw into
  ## a specified serialization format

  # pack the class with Storable
  my $storable_data = $p->freeze();

  # unpack the storable data into the class
  my $p2 = Point->thaw($storable_data);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This module will C<thaw> and C<freeze> Moose classes using Storable. It
uses C<Storable::nfreeze> by default so that it can be easily used
in IPC scenarios across machines or just locally.

One important thing to note is that this module does not mix well
with the IO modules. The structures that C<freeze> and C<thaw> deal with
are Storable's memory representation, and (as far as I know) that
is not easily just written onto a file. If you want file based
serialization with Storable, the please look at the
L<MooseX::Storage::IO::StorableFile> role instead.

=head1 METHODS

=over 4

=item B<freeze>

=item B<thaw ($stored)>

=back

=head2 Introspection

=over 4

=item B<meta>

=back

=head1 BUGS

All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no
exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug
to cpan-RT.

=head1 AUTHORS

=over 4

=item *

Chris Prather <chris.prather@iinteractive.com>

=item *

Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>

=item *

יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

=back

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut
