--- nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Handler/Tangram.pm	2002/12/01 22:25:51	1.8
+++ nfo/perl/libs/Data/Storage/Handler/Tangram.pm	2002/12/03 05:29:40	1.9
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 ############################################
 #
-#  $Id: Tangram.pm,v 1.8 2002/12/01 22:25:51 joko Exp $
+#  $Id: Tangram.pm,v 1.9 2002/12/03 05:29:40 joko Exp $
 #
 #  $Log: Tangram.pm,v $
+#  Revision 1.9  2002/12/03 05:29:40  joko
+#  + sub getObject
+#  + sub getObjectAsHash
+#
 #  Revision 1.8  2002/12/01 22:25:51  joko
 #  + now utilizing metadata from storage locator when connecting to DBI in "raw"-mode
 #
@@ -56,6 +60,9 @@
 use libp qw( getNewPerlObjectByPkgName );
 use Data::Storage::Result::Tangram;
 use Data::Compare::Struct qw( isEmpty );
+use Data::Transform::Deep qw( var_deref );
+use Data::Transform::Encode qw( var2utf8 );
+
 
 # get logger instance
 my $logger = Log::Dispatch::Config->instance;
@@ -457,4 +464,22 @@
   return $storage->createDb();
 }
 
+sub getObject {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $oid = shift;
+  # TODO: review this
+  #if (!$self->{COREHANDLE}) { return; }
+  return $self->{COREHANDLE}->load($oid);
+}
+
+sub getObjectAsHash {
+  my $self = shift;
+  my $oid = shift;
+  my $options = shift;
+  my $obj = $self->getObject($oid);
+  my $deref = var_deref($obj);
+  var2utf8($deref) if ($options->{utf8});
+  return $deref;
+}
+
 1;