NAME
    IO::Any - open anything

SYNOPSIS
        # NOTE commented out lines doesn't work (jet)
        use IO::Any;

        $fh = IO::Any->read('filename');
        $fh = IO::Any->read('file://var/log/syslog');
        #$fh = IO::Any->read('http://search.cpan.org/');
        #$fh = IO::Any->read('-');
        $fh = IO::Any->read(['folder', 'other-folder', 'filename']);
        $fh = IO::Any->read('folder');
        $fh = IO::Any->read("some text\nwith more lines\n");
        $fh = IO::Any->read(\"some text\nwith more lines\n");
        $fh = IO::Any->read('{"123":[1,2,3]}');
        $fh = IO::Any->read('<root><element>abc</element></root>');
        #$fh = IO::Any->read(IO::String->new("cba"));
        #$fh = IO::Any->read($object_with_toString_method);

        $fh = IO::Any->write('filename');
        $fh = IO::Any->write('file://var/log/syslog');
        #$fh = IO::Any->write('-');
        $fh = IO::Any->write(['folder', 'filename']);
        #$fh = IO::Any->write('=');
        my $string;
        $fh = IO::Any->write(\$string);

        my $content = IO::Any->slurp(['folder', 'filename']);
        IO::Any->spew(['folder2', 'filename'], $content);

        perl -MIO::Any -le 'print IO::Any->slurp("/etc/passwd")'
        perl -MIO::Any -le 'IO::Any->spew("/tmp/timetick", time())'

DESCRIPTION
    The aim is to provide read/write anything. The module tries to guess
    `$what' the "anything" is based on some rules. See `/new' method Pod for
    examples and `/new' and `/_guess_what' code for the implementation.

    There are two methods `/slurp' and `/spew' to read/write whole `$what'.

METHODS
  new($what, $how)

    Open `$what' in `$how' mode.

    `$what' can be:

                    'filename'                => [ 'file' => 'filename' ],
                    'folder/filename'         => [ 'file' => 'folder/filename' ],
                    'file:///folder/filename' => [ 'file' => '/folder/filename' ],
                    [ 'folder', 'filename' ]  => [ 'file' => File::Spec->catfile('folder', 'filename') ],
                    'http://a/b/c'            => [ 'http' => 'http://a/b/c' ],
                    'https://a/b/c'           => [ 'http' => 'https://a/b/c' ],
                    '{"123":[1,2,3]}'         => [ 'string' => '{"123":[1,2,3]}' ],
                    '[1,2,3]'                 => [ 'string' => '[1,2,3]' ],
                    '<xml></xml>'             => [ 'string' => '<xml></xml>' ],
                    "a\nb\nc\n"               => [ 'string' => "a\nb\nc\n" ],    

    Returns filehandle. IO::String for 'string', IO::File for 'file'. 'http'
    not implemented jet :)

  _guess_what

    Returns ($type, $what). $type can be:

        file
        string
        http

    `$what' is normalized path that can be used for IO::*.

  read($what)

    Same as `<IO::Any-'new($what, '<');>> or `<IO::Any-'new($what);>>.

  write($what)

    Same as `<IO::Any-'new($what, '>');>>

  slurp($what)

    Returns content of `$what'.

  spew($what, $data)

    Writes `$data' to `$what'.

AUTHOR
    Jozef Kutej, `<jkutej at cpan.org>'

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to `bug-io-any at
    rt.cpan.org', or through the web interface at
    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=IO-Any. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

        perldoc IO::Any

    You can also look for information at:

    * RT: CPAN's request tracker
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=IO-Any

    * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/IO-Any

    * CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/IO-Any

    * Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/IO-Any

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2009 Jozef Kutej, all rights reserved.

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