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NAME

CTK - CTK ToolKit library (CTKlib)

VERSION

Version 2.09

NOTE

The 2.00+ versions of this library is not compatible with earlier versions

SYNOPSIS

    use CTK;

    my $ctk = CTK->new;
    my $ctk = CTK->new (
        project => 'MyApp',
        configfile  => '/path/to/conf/file.conf',
        logfile     => '/path/to/log/file.log',
    );

DESCRIPTION

CTKlib - is library that provides "extended-features" (utilities) for your robots written on Perl. Most of the functions and methods this module written very simple language and easy to understand. To work with CTKlib, you just need to start using it!

new

    my $ctk = CTK->new;
    my $ctk = CTK->new (
        project    => 'MyApp',
        configfile => '/path/to/conf/file.conf',
        logfile    => '/path/to/log/file.log',
    );

Main constructor. All the params are optional

configfile
    configfile => '/etc/myapp/myapp.conf'

Path to the configuration file of the your project

Default: /etc/<PREFIX>/<PREFIX>.conf

datadir
    datadir => '/path/to/your/data/dir'

Directory for application data storing

Default: <getcwd()> (current directory)

debug
    debug => 1
    debug => 'on'
    debug => 'yes'

Debug mode

Default: 0

ident
    ident => "test"

Ident string for logs and debugging

Default: ""

log
    log => 1
    log => 'on'
    log => 'yes'

Log mode. For debug and error methods only!!

Default: 0

logdir
    logdir => '/var/log/myapp'

Log directory of project

Default: /var/log/<PREFIX>

logfile
    logfile => '/var/log/myapp/myapp.log'

Full path to the log file

Default: /var/log/<PREFIX>/<PREFIX>.log

options
    options => {foo => 'bar'}

Command-line options, hash-ref structure. See Getopt::Long

Default: {}

plugins
    plugins => [qw/ test /]
    plugins => "test"

Array ref of plugin list or plugin name as scalar:

Default: []

prefix
    prefix => "myapp"

Prefix of the Your project

Default: lc(<PROJECT>)

project
    project => "MyApp"
    name => "MyApp"

Project name

Default: $FindBin::Script without file extension

root
    root => "/etc/myapp"

Root dir of project

Default: /etc/<PREFIX>

suffix
    suffix => "devel"
    suffix => "alpha"
    suffix => "beta"
    suffix => ".dev"

Suffix of the your project. Can use in plugins

Default: ""

tempdir
    tempdir => "/tmp/myapp"

Temp directory of project

Default: /tmp/<PREFIX>

tempfile
    tempfile => "/tmp/myapp/myapp.tmp"

Temp file of project

Default: /tmp/<PREFIX>/<PREFIX>.tmp

test
    test => 1
    test => 'on'
    test => 'yes'

Test mode

Default: 0

verbose
    verbose => 1
    verbose => 'on'
    verbose => 'yes'

Verbose mode

Default: 0

again

For internal use only (plugins). Please not call this method

configfile

    my $configfile = $ctk->configfile;
    $ctk->configfile("/path/to/config/file.conf");

Gets and sets configfile value

datadir

    my $datadir = $ctk->datadir;
    $ctk->datadir("/path/to/data/dir");

Gets and sets datadir value

debug

    $ctk->debug( "Message" );

Prints debug information on STDOUT if is set debug mode. Also sends message to log if log mode is enabled

debugmode

    $ctk->debugmode;

Returns debug flag. 1 - on, 0 - off

error

    my $error = $ctk->error;

Returns error string if occurred any errors while creating the object

    $ctk->error("error text");

Sets new error message and returns it. Also prints message on STDERR if is set debug mode and sends message to log if log mode is enabled

exedir

    my $exedir = $ctk->exedir;

Gets exedir value

load

    $ctk->load("My::Foo::Package");

Internal method for loading modules.

Returns loading status: 0 - was not loaded; 1 - was loaded

load_plugins

    my $summary_status = $self->load_plugins( @plugins );

Loads list of plugins and returns summary status

logdir

    my $logdir = $ctk->logdir;
    $ctk->logdir("/path/to/log/dir");

Gets and sets logdir value

logfile

    my $logfile = $ctk->logfile;
    $ctk->logfile("/path/to/log/file.log");

Gets and sets logfile value

logmode

    $ctk->logmode;

Returns log flag. 1 - on, 0 - off

origin

    my $args = $ctk->origin();

Returns hash-ref structure to all origin arguments

option

    my $value = $ctk->option("key");

Returns option value by key

    my $options = $ctk->option;

Returns hash-ref structure to all options

See "options"

project, prefix, suffix

    my $project_name = $ctk->projtct;
    my $prefix = $ctk->prefix;
    my $suffix = $ctk->suffix;

Returns project, prefix and suffix values

revision

    my $revision = $ctk->revision;

Returns SVN revision number. Please not use it for your projects

root

    my $my_root = $ctk->root; # /etc/<PREFIX>

Gets my root dir value

silentmode

    $ctk->silentmode;

Returns the verbose flag in the opposite value. 0 - verbose, 1 - silent.

See "verbosemode"

status

    my $status = $ctk->status;

Returns boolean status of creating and using the object

    my $status = $ctk->status( 1 );

Sets new status and just returns it

tempfile

    my $tempfile = $ctk->tempfile;
    $ctk->tempfile("/path/to/temp/file.tmp");

Gets and sets tempfile value

tempdir

    my $tempdir = $ctk->tempdir;
    $ctk->tempdir("/path/to/temp/dir");

Gets and sets tempdir value

testmode

    $ctk->testmode;

Returns test flag. 1 - on, 0 - off

tms

    print $ctk->tms; # +0.0080 sec

Returns formatted timestamp

    print $ctk->tms(1); # 0.008000

Returns NOT formatted timestamp

verbosemode

    $ctk->verbosemode;

Returns verbose flag. 1 - on, 0 - off

See "silentmode"

VARIABLES

    use CTK qw/ WIN NULL TONULL ERR2OUT PREFIX /;
    use CTK qw/ :constants /
ERR2OUT

Returns string:

    2>&1
NULL

Returns NULL device path or name for Windows platforms

%PLUGIN_ALIAS_MAP

This hash is using for sets aliases of plugins, e.g.:

    use CTK qw/ %PLUGIN_ALIAS_MAP /;
    $PLUGIN_ALIAS_MAP{myplugin} = "My::Custom::Plugin::Module";
PREFIX

Return default prefix: ctk

TONULL

Returns string:

    >/dev/null 2>&1
WIN

Returns 1 if Windows platform

TAGS

:constants

Will be exported following variables:

    WIN, NULL, TONULL, ERR2OUT, PREFIX
:variables

Will be exported following variables:

    %PLUGIN_ALIAS_MAP

HISTORY

1.00 / 18.06.2012

Init version

2.00 Mon Apr 29 10:36:06 MSK 2019

New edition of the library

See Changes file

DEPENDENCIES

Config::General, JSON, JSON::XS, List::Util, MIME::Lite, Perl::OSType, Sys::Syslog, Term::ANSIColor, Text::SimpleTable, Time::Local, Try::Tiny, URI, XML::Simple, YAML, YAML::XS

TO DO

See TODO file

BUGS

* none noted

SEE ALSO

perl

AUTHOR

Serż Minus (Sergey Lepenkov) https://www.serzik.com <abalama@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 1998-2022 D&D Corporation. All Rights Reserved

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See LICENSE file and https://dev.perl.org/licenses