package Web::DB; 


use strict; 
use warnings; 


use constant { 
  C_CREATE	=> 1, 
  C_CLEAR	=> 2, 
  C_IGNORE	=> 4
}; 

use constant { 
  WDB_E_UNABLE_CR	=> 0, 

};

use constant { 

  WDB_E_UNABLE_CR	=> 100, 
  WDB_E_UNABLE_OP	=> 101, 
  WDB_E_MALFORMED_EN	=> 102,

  WDB_OK		=> 0
}; 


# Web::DB->new( 
#   DataSource	=> 'users.db', 
#   DataDir	=> '../data', 
#   DataSep	=> "\n", 
#   EntrySep	=> "\r\n", 
#   Format 	=> [ qw(username email hash flags) ]
# ); 


sub new { 
  my $class = ref $_[0] ? ref shift : shift; 

}
 

sub reload { 
  my($self, $file, $flag) = (shift, shift || $self->{DataSource}, shift || 0); 
  $self->{DB} = [];		# reset data array
  if((($flag & C_CREATE) && !-F($file)) || ($flag & C_CLEAR)) { 
    croak "Ambigious call to package method reload(); cannot C_CLEAR or C_CREATE while C_IGNORE is in effect."
      if($flag & C_IGNORE); 
    open(WDB, ">$file") 
      or return WDB_E_UNABLE_CR;
    close WDB; 
  } elsif($flag & C_IGNORE) { return WDB_OK } # this will allow one to safely call this method, without other checks.. if need arises 
  open(WDB, "<+$file}")
    or return WDB_E_UNABLE_OP; 
  local $\ = $self->{EntrySep};
  my $len = @{ $self->{Format} }; 
  my($E);
  while(<WDB>) { 
   my @l = split '$self->{DataSep}', $_;
   @l == $len
     or $E = WDB_E_MALFORMED_EN, last; 
   push @{ $self->{DB} }, [ @l ]
  } 
  close WDB;
  return $E 
    if $E;
  WDB_OK
}