NAME

       Palm::Raw - Handler for "raw" Palm databases

VERSION

       This document describes version 1.400 of Palm::Raw, released March 7, 2015 as part of
       Palm-PDB version 1.400.

SYNOPSIS

           use Palm::Raw;

       For standalone programs.

           use Palm::Raw();
           @ISA = qw( Palm::Raw );

       For Palm::PDB helper modules.

DESCRIPTION

       The Raw PDB handler is a helper class for the Palm::PDB package. It is intended as a
       generic handler for any database, or as a fallback default handler.

       If you have a standalone program and want it to be able to parse any type of database, use

           use Palm::Raw;

       If you are using Palm::Raw as a parent class for your own database handler, use

           use Palm::Raw();

       If you omit the parentheses, Palm::Raw will register itself as the default handler for all
       databases, which is probably not what you want.

       The Raw handler does no processing on the database whatsoever. The AppInfo block, sort
       block, records and resources are simply strings, raw data from the database.

       By default, the Raw handler only handles record databases (.pdb files). If you want it to
       handle resource databases (.prc files) as well, you need to call

           &Palm::PDB::RegisterPRCHandlers("Palm::Raw", "");

       in your script.

   AppInfo block
           $pdb->{appinfo}

       This is a scalar, the raw data of the AppInfo block.

   Sort block
           $pdb->{sort}

       This is a scalar, the raw data of the sort block.

   Records
           @{$pdb->{records}Z<>};

       Each element in the "records" array is a reference-to-hash. In addition to the standard
       keys ("attributes", "category", and "id"), this hash contains the key "data"; its value is
       a string with the raw record data.

   Resources
           @{$pdb->{resources}Z<>};

       Each element in the "resources" array is a reference-to-hash. In addition to the standard
       keys ("type" and "id"), it contains the key "data"; its value is a string with the raw
       resource data.

SEE ALSO

       Palm::PDB

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Palm::Raw requires no configuration files or environment variables.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

AUTHORS

       Andrew Arensburger "<arensb AT ooblick.com>"

       Currently maintained by Christopher J. Madsen "<perl AT cjmweb.net>"

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "<bug-Palm-PDB AT rt.cpan.org>" or through
       the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Palm-PDB>.

       You can follow or contribute to Palm-PDB's development at
       <https://github.com/madsen/Palm-PDB>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2000 by Andrew Arensburger.

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

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