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<h2 class="class">Class DirDBM</h2>

<dl><dt><b>Known Subclasses:</b></dt>
<dd>
    <a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.Shelf.html"><code>Shelf</code></a></dd></dl>

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<p>A directory with a DBM interface.</p>
This class presents a hash-like interface to a directory of small, 
flat files. It can only use strings as keys or values.
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  <th colspan="2">Method Summary</th></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__init__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__init__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>name</span>)</span></code>
</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__contains__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__contains__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>)</span></code>
<br />
<code>key in dirdbm</code></td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__delitem__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__delitem__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>k</span>)</span></code>
<br />
<code>del dirdbm[foo]</code> Delete a file in this directory.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__getitem__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__getitem__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>k</span>)</span></code>
<br />
<code>dirdbm[k]</code> Get the contents of a file in this directory as 
a string.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__len__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__len__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return the number of key/value pairs in this Shelf</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">&nbsp;</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#__setitem__" class="summary-sig-name"><code>__setitem__</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>k</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>v</span>)</span></code>
<br />
<code>dirdbm[k] = v</code> Create or modify a textfile in this 
directory</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#_decode" class="summary-sig-name"><code>_decode</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>k</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Decode a filename to get the key.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#_encode" class="summary-sig-name"><code>_encode</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>k</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Encode a key so it can be used as a filename.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#_readFile" class="summary-sig-name"><code>_readFile</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>path</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Read in the contents of a file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#_writeFile" class="summary-sig-name"><code>_writeFile</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>path</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>data</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Write data to a file.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#clear" class="summary-sig-name"><code>clear</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Delete all key/value pairs in this dirdbm.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#close" class="summary-sig-name"><code>close</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Close this dbm: no-op, for dbm-style interface compliance.</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right" valign="top" width="15%"><font size="-1">        <code>DirDBM</code>
</font></td>
  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#copyTo" class="summary-sig-name"><code>copyTo</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>path</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Copy the contents of this dirdbm to the dirdbm at 
<code>path</code>.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#get" class="summary-sig-name"><code>get</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>default</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return the value associated with <code>key</code> or <code>default</code> if 
not <code>self.has_key(key)</code></td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#getModificationTime" class="summary-sig-name"><code>getModificationTime</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Returns modification time of an entry.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#has_key" class="summary-sig-name"><code>has_key</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a true value if this dirdbm has the specified key, a faluse value 
otherwise.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#items" class="summary-sig-name"><code>items</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a <code>list</code> of 2-tuples containing key/value pairs.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#keys" class="summary-sig-name"><code>keys</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a <code>list</code> of filenames (keys).</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#setdefault" class="summary-sig-name"><code>setdefault</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>key</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>value</span>)</span></code>
</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#update" class="summary-sig-name"><code>update</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=summary-sig-arg>dict</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Add all the key/value pairs in <code>dict</code> to this dirdbm.</td></tr>
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  <td><code><span class="summary-sig"><a href="twisted.persisted.dirdbm.DirDBM.html#values" class="summary-sig-name"><code>values</code></a>(<span class=summary-sig-arg>self</span>)</span></code>
<br />
Return a <code>list</code> of file-contents (values).</td></tr>
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<a name="__init__"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__init__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>name</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Constructor)</i>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>name</b></code> -
         Base path to use for the directory storage.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__contains__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(In operator)</i>
  </h3>
  <code>key in dirdbm</code>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>key</b></code> -
         The key to test
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        A true value if <code>self.has_key(key)</code>, a false value 
        otherwise.
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__delitem__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>k</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Index deletion operator)</i>
  </h3>
  <code>del dirdbm[foo]</code> Delete a file in this directory.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>k</b></code> -
         key to delete
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>KeyError</b></code> -
        Raised when there is no such key
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="__getitem__"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__getitem__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>k</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Indexing operator)</i>
  </h3>
  <code>dirdbm[k]</code> Get the contents of a file in this directory 
  as a string.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>k</b></code> -
         key to lookup
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The value associated with <code>k</code>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>KeyError</b></code> -
        Raised when there is no such key
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__len__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Length operator)</i>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The number of key/value pairs in this Shelf
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">__setitem__</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>k</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>v</span>)</span>
    <br /><i>(Index assignment operator)</i>
  </h3>
  <code>dirdbm[k] = v</code> Create or modify a textfile in this 
  directory
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>k</b></code> -
         key to set
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      <dd><code><b>v</b></code> -
         value to associate with <code>k</code>
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">_decode</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>k</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Decode a filename to get the key.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="_encode"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">_encode</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>k</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Encode a key so it can be used as a filename.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">_readFile</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>path</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Read in the contents of a file.</p>
  Override in subclasses to e.g. provide transparently encrypted 
  dirdbm.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="_writeFile"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">_writeFile</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>path</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>data</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <p>Write data to a file.</p>
  Override in subclasses to e.g. provide transparently encrypted 
  dirdbm.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="clear"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">clear</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Delete all key/value pairs in this dirdbm.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="close"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">close</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Close this dbm: no-op, for dbm-style interface compliance.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="copyTo"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">copyTo</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>path</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Copy the contents of this dirdbm to the dirdbm at 
  <code>path</code>.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>path</b></code> -
         The path of the dirdbm to copy to. If a dirdbm exists at the 
        destination path, it is cleared first.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>str</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The dirdbm this dirdbm was copied to.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=<code>DirDBM</code>)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="get"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">get</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>default</span>=<span class=sig-default>None</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>key</b></code> -
         The key to lookup
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      <dd><code><b>default</b></code> -
         The value to return if the given key does not exist
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        The value associated with <code>key</code> or 
        <code>default</code> if not <code>self.has_key(key)</code>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="getModificationTime"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">getModificationTime</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Returns modification time of an entry.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        Last modification date (seconds since epoch) of entry 
        <code>key</code>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Raises:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>KeyError</b></code> -
        Raised when there is no such key
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="has_key"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">has_key</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>key</b></code> -
         The key to test
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        A true value if this dirdbm has the specified key, a faluse 
        value otherwise.
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
</td></tr></table>

<a name="items"></a>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">items</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a <code>list</code> of 2-tuples containing key/value 
        pairs.
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">keys</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a <code>list</code> of filenames (keys).
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">setdefault</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>key</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>value</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>key</b></code> -
         The key to lookup
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=str)</i>
      <dd><code><b>value</b></code> -
         The value to associate with key if key is not already 
        associated with a value.
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">update</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>,
          <span class=sig-arg>dict</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  Add all the key/value pairs in <code>dict</code> to this dirdbm. Any 
  conflicting keys will be overwritten with the values from 
  <code>dict</code>.
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Parameters:</b></dt>
      <dd><code><b>dict</b></code> -
         A mapping of key/value pairs to add to this dirdbm.
        <br /><i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
        (type=mapping)</i>
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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  <h3><span class="sig"><span class="sig-name">values</span>(<span class=sig-arg>self</span>)</span>
  </h3>
  <dl><dt></dt><dd>
    <dl><dt><b>Returns:</b></dt>
      <dd>
        a <code>list</code> of file-contents (values).
      </dd>
    </dl>
  </dd></dl>
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