NAME

Config::Model::Describe - Provide a description of a node element

SYNOPSIS

 use Config::Model ;

 # create your config model
 my $model = Config::Model -> new ;
 $model->create_config_class( ... ) ;

 # create instance
 my $inst = $model->instance (root_class_name => 'FooBar', 
                              instance_name => 'test1');

 # create root of config
 my $root = $inst -> config_root ;

 print $root->describe ;

 # or

 print $root->describe(element => 'foo' ) ;

DESCRIPTION

This module is used directly by Config::Model::Node to describe a node element. This module returns a human readable string that shows the content of a configuration node.

For instance (as showns by fstab example:

 name         value        type         comment
 fs_spec      [undef]      string       mandatory
 fs_vfstype   [undef]      enum         choice: auto davfs ext2 ext3 swap proc iso9660 vfat ignore, mandatory
 fs_file      [undef]      string       mandatory
 fs_freq      0            boolean
 fs_passno    0            integer

This module is also used by the ll command of Config::Model::TermUI.

CONSTRUCTOR

new ( )

No parameter. The constructor should be used only by Config::Model::Node.

Methods

describe(...)

Return a description string.

Parameters are:

node: Reference to a Config::Model::Node object. Mandatory
element: Describe only this element from the node. Optional. All elements are described if omitted.

AUTHOR

Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)

CPAN RT