---
name: "Badger::Codec::Storable"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbadger-perl"
version: "0.16-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Badger::Codec::Storable"
---

# Badger::Codec::Storable(3pm)

encode/decode data using Storable

## NAME

Badger::Codec::Storable - encode/decode data using Storable

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Badger::Codec::Storable;

    my $codec = Badger::Codec::Storable->new();
    my $enc   = $codec->encode({ pi => 3.14, e => 2.718 });
    my $dec   = $codec->decode($encoded);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module implements a subclass of Badger::Codec which uses the `"freeze()"` and `"thaw()"` subroutines provided by the Storable module to encode and decode data.

It a very thin wrapper around the Storable module and offers no functional advantage over it.  It exist only to provide a consistent API with other Badger::Codec modules.

## METHODS

### encode($data)

Encodes the data referenced by the first argument using `"freeze()"`.

```
    $encoded = Badger::Codec::Storable->encode($data);
```

### decode($html)

Decodes the encoded data passed as the first argument using `"thaw()"`.

```
    $decoded = Badger::Codec::Storable->decode($encoded);
```

### encoder()

This method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the encoding work, i.e. the `"freeze()"` method in Storable.

### decoder()

This method returns a reference to the real subroutine that's doing all the decoding work, i.e. the `"thaw()"` method in Storable.

## AUTHOR

Andy Wardley \<http://wardley.org/\>

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Andy Wardley. All rights reserved.

## SEE ALSO

Badger::Codec, Storable