package DBM_Filter::utf8 ;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp;
our $VERSION = '0.03';
BEGIN
{
eval { require Encode; };
croak "Encode module not found.\n"
if $@;
}
sub Store { $_ = Encode::encode_utf8($_) if defined $_ }
sub Fetch { $_ = Encode::decode_utf8($_) if defined $_ }
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
DBM_Filter::utf8 - filter for DBM_Filter
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use SDBM_File; # or DB_File, GDBM_File, NDBM_File, or ODBM_File
use DBM_Filter;
$db = tie %hash, ...
$db->Filter_Push('utf8');
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This Filter will ensure that all data written to the DBM will be encoded
in UTF-8.
This module uses the Encode module.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<DBM_Filter>, L<perldbmfilter>, L<Encode>
=head1 AUTHOR
Paul Marquess pmqs@cpan.org
