internal records now associated with parent

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+NEXT:	Records created by Crypt::PWSafe3 (eg. the ones fetched
+	with getrecords) are now associated with the parent
+	object, so that you can modify them directly and call
+	$vault->save afterwards without using $vault->modifyrecord.
+
 1.21:
 	forgot to load File::Spec
 	

lib/Crypt/PWSafe3.pm

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 use Exporter ();
 use vars qw(@ISA @EXPORT);
 
-$Crypt::PWSafe3::VERSION = '1.21';
+$Crypt::PWSafe3::VERSION = '1.22';
 
 use Crypt::PWSafe3::Field;
 use Crypt::PWSafe3::HeaderField;
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ sub read {
   }
 
   # read db records
-  my $record = Crypt::PWSafe3::Record->new();
+  my $record = Crypt::PWSafe3::Record->new(super => $this);
   $this->{record} = {};
   while (1) {
     my $field = $this->readfield();
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ sub read {
     }
     if ($field->type == 0xff) {
       $this->addrecord($record);
-      $record = Crypt::PWSafe3::Record->new();
+      $record = Crypt::PWSafe3::Record->new(super => $this);
     }
     else {
       $record->addfield($field);
@@ -589,6 +589,7 @@ sub newrecord {
   }
   $this->markmodified();
   $this->addrecord($record);
+  $this->{records}->{$record->uuid}->{super} = $this;
   return $record->uuid;
 }
 
@@ -859,16 +860,21 @@ which is a unique identifier. You can access the uuid by:
 Accessing other record properties works the same. For
 more details, refer to L<Crypt::PWSafe3::Record>.
 
-Please note that record objects accessed this way are
+B<Note>: record objects returned by getrecords() are
-copies. If you change such a record object and save the
+still associated with the L<Crypt::PWSafe3> object. So,
-database, nothing will in fact change. In this case you
+if you modify a field of such a record, the change will
-need to put the changed record back into the record
+be populated back into the vault. Of course you'd still
-list of the Crypt::PWSafe3 object by:
+need to save it.
 
- $vault->addrecord($record):
+Sample:
 
-See section L<addrecord()> for more details on this.
+ foreach my $rec ($vault->getrecords) {
+   $rec->note('blah fasel');
+ }
+ $vault->save();
 
+However, it's also possible to use the B<modifyrecord()>
+method, see below.
 
 =head2 B<looprecord()>
 
@@ -998,7 +1004,7 @@ License 2.0, see: L<http://www.perlfoundation.org/artistic_license_2_0>
 
 =head1 VERSION
 
-Crypt::PWSafe3 Version 1.21.
+Crypt::PWSafe3 Version 1.22.
 
 =cut
 

lib/Crypt/PWSafe3/Record.pm

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ my %map2type = %Crypt::PWSafe3::Field::map2type;
 
 my %map2name = %Crypt::PWSafe3::Field::map2name;
 
-$Crypt::PWSafe3::Record::VERSION = '1.09';
+$Crypt::PWSafe3::Record::VERSION = '1.10';
 
 foreach my $field (keys %map2type ) {
   eval  qq(
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ foreach my $field (keys %map2type ) {
 sub new {
   #
   # new record object
-  my($this) = @_;
+  my($this, %param) = @_;
   my $class = ref($this) || $this;
-  my $self = { };
+  my $self = \%param;
   bless($self, $class);
   $self->{field} = ();
 
@@ -123,6 +123,35 @@ sub modifyfield {
 					       name  => "lastmod",
 					       value => $time
 					      ));
+
+    my ($package, $filename, $line, $subroutine, @ignore) = caller(1);
+
+    # this looks a little bit weird but it's a cool feat.
+    # 'super' contains the vault object (of class Crypt::PWSafe3),
+    # which initially called our new() method, so we know to which
+    # vault we belong.
+    # therefore, if the user just calls $record->passwd('newpw'),
+    # then we can update the record directly on the vault object,
+    # so that the user doesn't have to call modifyrecord. this is
+    # especially usefull inside a loop.
+    # also note, that the 'super' parameter to Crypt::PWSafe3::Record::new()
+    # is not documented, so it's an internal parameter not to be used
+    # by users. however, maybe in the future it would be useful to
+    # have it populated so that if a user has a function which takes a
+    # record as parameter, then in this function he could access the
+    # vault as well. maybe.
+    #
+    # Thu May 21 10:04:15 CEST 2015 tlinden\@cpan.org
+    if (exists $this->{super} &&
+	"${package}::${subroutine}" !~ /Crypt::PWSafe3::modifyrecord$/ &&
+       	"${package}::${subroutine}" !~ /Crypt::PWSafe3::newrecord$/ &&
+ 	"${package}::${subroutine}" !~ /Crypt::PWSafe3::Record::modifyfield$/
+       ) {
+      # we've been called from the outside (the user in fact) and
+      # we're attached to a vault, so update ourselfes there as well
+      $this->{super}->modifyrecord($this->uuid, $name, $value);
+    }
+
     return $field;
   }
   else {
@@ -189,6 +218,12 @@ It is also possible to access the raw unencoded values of the fields
 by accessing them directly, refer to L<Crypt::PWSafe3::Field> for more
 details on this.
 
+If the record object has been created by L<Crypt::PWSafe3> (and fetched with
+Crypt::PWSafe3::getrecord), then it's still associated with the L<Crypt::PWSafe3>
+parent object. Changes to the record will therefore automatically populated
+back into the parent object (the vault). This is not the case if you created
+the record object yourself.
+
 =head1 METHODS
 
 =head2 B<uuid([string])>

sample/test.pl

@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ Passwd: %s
  Notes: %s
 ), $rec->uuid, $rec->user, $rec->passwd, $rec->group, $rec->title, $rec->notes;
 
-    $vault->modifyrecord($rec->uuid, notes => scalar localtime(time));
+    $rec->notes( scalar localtime(time));
+#    $vault->modifyrecord($rec->uuid, notes => scalar localtime(time));
   }
 
   $vault->save;

t/run.t

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 #
 
 use Data::Dumper;
-use Test::More tests => 11;
+use Test::More tests => 13;
 #use Test::More qw(no_plan);
 
 
@@ -39,17 +39,19 @@ sub rdpw {
 BEGIN { use_ok "Crypt::PWSafe3"};
 require_ok( 'Crypt::PWSafe3' );
 
+{
   # I'm going to replace the secure random number generator
   # backends with this very primitive and insecure one, because
   # these are only unit tests and because we use external modules
   # for the purpose anyway (which are not to be tested with these
   # unit tests).
-# This has to be done, so that unit tests running on cpantesters
+  # This has to be done so that unit tests running on cpantesters
-# don't block if we use a real random source, which has reportedly
+  # don't block if we use a real (and exhausted) random source,
-# happened in the past.
+  # which has reportedly happened in the past.
   # ***** CAUTION: DO NOT USE THIS CODE IN PRODUCTION. EVER. ****
+  no warnings 'redefine';
   *Crypt::PWSafe3::random  = sub { return join'',map{chr(int(rand(255)))}(1..$_[1]); };
-
+};
 
 ### 2
 # open vault and read in all records
@@ -77,7 +79,7 @@ my $tmpfile = "$fd";
 close($fd);
 
 eval {
-  my $vault = Crypt::PWSafe3->new(file => $tmpfile, password => 'tom', random => $trand) or die "$!";
+  my $vault = Crypt::PWSafe3->new(file => $tmpfile, password => 'tom') or die "$!";
   $vault->newrecord(%record);
   $vault->save();
 };
@@ -116,8 +118,30 @@ eval {
     $rdata3{$name} = $rec3->$name();
   }
 };
-ok(!$@, "read a pwsafe3 database and change a record ($@)");
+ok(!$@, "read a pwsafe3 database and change a record, traditional method ($@)");
-is_deeply(\%record, \%rdata3, "Change a record an check if changes persist after saving");
+is_deeply(\%record, \%rdata3, "Change a record an check if changes persist after saving, traditional method");
+diag("3 done\n");
+
+### 3a
+# modify an existing record, new method
+my $uuid3a;
+my %rdata3a;
+my $rec3a;
+
+eval {
+  my $vault3a = &rdpw('t/tom.psafe3');
+  foreach my $rec ($vault3a->getrecords) {
+    $rec->notes('n3a');
+    $uuid3a = $rec->uuid;
+    last;
+  }
+  $vault3a->save(file=>'t/3a.out');
+
+  my $rvault3a = &rdpw('t/3a.out');
+  $rec3a       = $rvault3a->getrecord($uuid3a);
+};
+ok(!$@, "read a pwsafe3 database and change a record, new method ($@)");
+is_deeply($rec3a->notes, 'n3a', "Change a record an check if changes persist after saving, new method");
 
 
 ### 4