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1package SelectSaver;
2
3our $VERSION = '1.00';
4
5=head1 NAME
6
7SelectSaver - save and restore selected file handle
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
11    use SelectSaver;
12
13    {
14       my $saver = new SelectSaver(FILEHANDLE);
15       # FILEHANDLE is selected
16    }
17    # previous handle is selected
18
19    {
20       my $saver = new SelectSaver;
21       # new handle may be selected, or not
22    }
23    # previous handle is selected
24
25=head1 DESCRIPTION
26
27A C<SelectSaver> object contains a reference to the file handle that
28was selected when it was created.  If its C<new> method gets an extra
29parameter, then that parameter is selected; otherwise, the selected
30file handle remains unchanged.
31
32When a C<SelectSaver> is destroyed, it re-selects the file handle
33that was selected when it was created.
34
35=cut
36
37require 5.000;
38use Carp;
39use Symbol;
40
41sub new {
42    @_ >= 1 && @_ <= 2 or croak 'usage: new SelectSaver [FILEHANDLE]';
43    my $fh = select;
44    my $self = bless [$fh], $_[0];
45    select qualify($_[1], caller) if @_ > 1;
46    $self;
47}
48
49sub DESTROY {
50    my $this = $_[0];
51    select $$this[0];
52}
53
541;
55