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.IX Title "CGI::Session::Serialize::freezethaw 3"
.TH CGI::Session::Serialize::freezethaw 3 2023-07-25 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
CGI::Session::Serialize::freezethaw \- serializer for CGI::Session
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This library can be used by CGI::Session to serialize session data. Uses FreezeThaw.
.SH METHODS
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.IP "freeze($class, \e%hash)" 4
.IX Item "freeze($class, %hash)"
Receives two arguments. First is the class name, the second is the data to be serialized. Should return serialized string on success, undef on failure. Error message should be set using \f(CW\*(C`set_error()|CGI::Session::ErrorHandler/"set_error()"\*(C'\fR
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.IX Item "thaw($class, $string)"
Received two arguments. First is the class name, second is the \fIfrozen\fR data string. Should return thawed data structure on success, undef on failure. Error message should be set using \f(CW\*(C`set_error()|CGI::Session::ErrorHandler/"set_error()"\*(C'\fR
.SH LICENSING
.IX Header "LICENSING"
For support and licensing see CGI::Session