NAME

       RoPkg::Simba - the main class of simba

VERSION

       0.8.4

SYNOPSIS

        !#/usr/bin/perl

        use RoPkg::DB;
        use RoPkg::Simba;

        sub main {
          my $simba = new RoPkg::Simba(cfgFile => '/etc/simba.cfg');

          $simba->Run({ Name => 'debian'});
        }

        main();

DESCRIPTION

       This class encapsulates all the necesary code required to run Simba.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

   new()
       new() expects a hash ref as a parameter. The hash can contain (for the moment) only the
       cfgFile (the configuration file). All other hash keys are ignored.

   SimbaURL
       Returns the url with simba website

   VERSION
       Returns a string with simba version

   MirrorsNo($fields)
       returns the number of the mirrors from the database. The mirrors can be filtered using the
       $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   Mirrors($fields)
       returns a array of RoPkg::Simba::Mirror initialized objects.  The mirrors can be filtered
       using the $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   CommandsNo($fields)
       returns the number of commands from the database.  The commands can be filtered using the
       $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   Commands
       returns a array of RoPkg::Simba::Command initialized objects.  The commands can be
       filtered using the $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   ExcludeNo
       returns the number of excludes from the database.  The excludes can be filtered using the
       $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   Excludes
       returns a array of RoPkg::Simba::Excludes initialized objects.  The excludes can be
       filtered using the $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract - where)

   LoadMirror($fields)
       load a mirror (and the related objects: command and exclude list) from the database and
       return a list of 3 objects:

       the mirror object (RoPkg::Simba::Mirror)
       the command object (RoPkg::Simba::Command)
       the excludes object (RoPkg::Simba::Excludes)

       Ex:
        my ($mirror, $command, $excludes);

        ($mirror, $command, $excludes) = $simba->LoadMirror({ Name => 'debian'});

       The mirrors can be filtered using the $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract -
       where).  This method also checks if all necesary values are defined and well formed; for
       example checks if the command file name really exists.

   Run($fields)
       The most used method by simba. This method loads the mirror from the database, the command
       and the exclude list, builds the command line (with respect to username and password if
       necesary), signals mirror in progress, executes the command, parses the sync raw log and
       updates the database. Also, the afterSync handler callback is registered to this method.
       The mirrors can be filtered using the $fields parameter (as documented in SQL::Abstract -
       where).

   RunCallbacks($cbName, @mirrors)
       call the plugin methods for $cbName callback name.

   CheckDB()
       Checks if database has at least one mirror and one command defined.

   dbh()
       returns the database handler used by Simba

   dbo()
       returns the instance of RoPkg::DB object, used by Simba

   dbo_method()
       returns the method used by Simba's dbo() object to access the mirrors database.

SEE ALSO

       RoPkg::Simba::Mirror RoPkg::Simba::Command RoPkg::Simba::Exclude RoPkg::Simba::Mirrors
       RoPkg::Simba::Commands RoPkg::Simba::Excludes

PERL CRITIC

       This module is perl critic level 2 compliant (with one exception)

DIAGNOSTICS

       This module has his own tests in the t directory. To run the tests, unpack the source and
       use 'make test' command.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       This class use a configuration file. No environment variables are used.  The configuration
       file format and the complete list of options (with detailed explanations) can be found on
       the community website: http://simba.packages.ro

DEPENDENCIES

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       Please check the Makefile.PL for a detalied list of dependencies and their versions.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs known. For now, Simba can work only with rsync.

AUTHOR

       Subredu Manuel <diablo@iasi.roedu.net>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2005 Subredu Manuel.  All Rights Reserved.  This module is free software;
       you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  The LICENSE
       file contains the full text of the license.