NAME

Apache::CVS::Revision - class that implements a CVS revision

SYNOPSIS

 use Rcs();
 use Apache::CVS::Revision();

 $revision = Apache::CVS::Revision->new($rcs, '1.2');

 $person_who_broke_build = $revision->author();
 $number =          $revision->number();
 $state =           $revision->state();
 $symbol =          $revision->symbol();
 $epoch =           $revision->date();
 $the_bright_idea = $revision->comment();
 %age =             %{ $revision->age() };
 $is_binary =       $revision->is_binary();
 $fh =              $revision->filehandle();
 $content =         $revision->content();
 $rcs =             $revision->rcs();

DESCRIPTION

The Apache::CVS::Revision class implements a CVS revision.

Apache::CVS::Revision->new($rcs, $revision_number)

Construct a new Apache::CVS::Revision. The first argument is a instance of the Rcs class. The second is the revision number of this revision.

$revision->number()

Returns the number of the revision.

$revision->author()

Returns the author of the revision.

$revision->state()

Returns the state of the revision.

$revision->symbol()

Returns the symbol of the revision.

$revision->date()

Returns the date of the revision in Unix epoch time.

$revision->comment()

Returns the comments associated with this revision.

$revision->age()

Returns a hash that indicates the age of the revision. The keys of this hash are: days, hours, minutes, and seconds.

$revision->is_binary()

Returns true if the revision is binary and false otherwise.

$revision->filehandle()

Returns the filehandle of a checkout of this revision. The consumer is is responsible for closing this filehandle once they are done.

$revision->content()

Returns the content of this revision as a string.

$revision->rcs()

Returns the Rcs object of this revision.

SEE ALSO

Apache::CVS, Rcs

AUTHOR

John Barbee <barbee@veribox.net>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001-2002 John Barbee

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.