NAME

       Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor - base class for TA repositories

SYNOPSIS

       This is a base class for multiple types of trustanchor repositories that know how to read,
       write, and modify trust anchor repositories.

       This package serves as both a API wrapper around a set of trust anchors as well as a base
       class for packages that need to read/write trust anchor sets into different formats.

       Trust Anchors may be either DNSKEY records or DS references.

       XXX: more documentation needed

API

       Usage API defined by this module or sub-modules.

       Note that:

         use Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor;

       is assumed to have imported some of the API routines mentioned below.

       $tar = new Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor();
           Initializes a new collection of trust anchors.

       $module = load_module("type");
           Dynamically attemps to load a TrustAnchor reader/writer sub-class of
           Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor named "Type" and return an instance of it.

           All sub-classes are assumed to contain a single letter upper-case class name followed
           by all lower case.  Any modules otherwise named will fail to load using this routine.

       $module = parse_component("type:file");
           This parses a type and file specification consisting of type separated by a colon
           (':') followed by a file-name path.  It will then load the type module using the
           load_module() rotine and return the type, the file and extra options.

           XXX: option parsing support not yet complete and will likely change the type:file
           format specification; I.E. the type:file formatting specification will likely change
           in the future and should be considered alpha-level support.

       $tar = $module->read($location, $options);
           Reads in a given TAR from a $location reference and returns a blessed copy of the
           Net::DNS::SEC::Tools::TrustAnchor object containing all the data.

           This function may be over-ridden by a sub-class.

       $tar = $module->read($location, $options);
           Reads in a given TAR from a $location reference and returns an unblessed hash the
           contents.  The read() function merely wraps around this and blesses it after being
           returned.

           Sub-modules must over-ride this function (and/or the read() function) if they expect
           the module to support loading.

       $tar->merge(@others)
           Merges the @other array of trust anchors into the $tar object's own trust anchor list.

AUTHOR

       Wes Hardaker <hardaker ATTA users.sourceforge DOTTTY net>

SEE ALSO

       convertar(1)