package Tie::StdHandle;

use strict;

use Tie::Handle;
use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION);
@ISA = 'Tie::Handle';
$VERSION = '4.2';

=head1 NAME

Tie::StdHandle - base class definitions for tied handles

=head1 SYNOPSIS

package NewHandle;
require Tie::Handle;

@ISA = qw(Tie::Handle);

sub READ { ... } # Provide a needed method
sub TIEHANDLE { ... } # Overrides inherited method


package main;

tie *FH, 'NewHandle';

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The B<Tie::StdHandle> package provide most methods for file handles described
in L<perltie> (the exceptions are C<UNTIE> and C<DESTROY>). It causes tied
file handles to behave exactly like standard file handles and allow for
selective overwriting of methods.

=cut

sub TIEHANDLE
{
my $class = shift;
my $fh = \do { local *HANDLE};
bless $fh,$class;
$fh->OPEN(@_) if (@_);
return $fh;
}

sub EOF { eof($_[0]) }
sub TELL { tell($_[0]) }
sub FILENO { fileno($_[0]) }
sub SEEK { seek($_[0],$_[1],$_[2]) }
sub CLOSE { close($_[0]) }
sub BINMODE { binmode($_[0]) }

sub OPEN
{
$_[0]->CLOSE if defined($_[0]->FILENO);
@_ == 2 ? open($_[0], $_[1]) : open($_[0], $_[1], $_[2]);
}

sub READ { read($_[0],$_[1],$_[2]) }
sub READLINE { my $fh = $_[0]; <$fh> }
sub GETC { getc($_[0]) }

sub WRITE
{
my $fh = $_[0];
print $fh substr($_[1],0,$_[2])
}


1;