sub AUTOLOAD { our $AUTOLOAD; my $s = shift; $AUTOLOAD =~ /.*::get(_next)*(_\w+)_files*$/ or croak "No such method: $AUTOLOAD"; my ($next, $type) = ($1, $2); # Don't stomp on an already existing iterator my $last = $s->{_last_next_req}; if ($next && $last && ($last ne $type) && @{$s->{_file_queue}{$type}}) { croak "File queue not empty, cannot create iterator. Aborting."; } $s->{_last_next_req} = $type if $next; # Don't re-fetch files if we already have files in queue if ($next && @{$s->{_file_queue}{$type}}) { return $s->get_next_file($type); } # Get the files and return appropriate file(s) based on method called my $attr = "${type}_files"; my @files = @{$s->{$attr}}; return @files if !@files || !$next; return $s->get_next_file($type, @files); } sub get_next_file { my $s = shift; my $type = shift || 'all'; if (!$s->{_selected_file}) { my @files = @_ ? @_ : $s->get_files; $s->{_file_queue}{$type} = \@files; } my $next_file = shift @{$s->{_file_queue}{$type}}; $s->{_selected_file} = $next_file; return $next_file; }