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Datify-0.14.163
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/ Datify

NAME

Datify - Simple stringification of data.

VERSION

version 0.14.163

SYNOPSIS

 use Datify;

 my $datify = Datify->new( ... );   # See OPTIONS below
 $datify = $datify->set( ... );     # See OPTIONS below

 print $datify->varify( data => [...] ), "\n";  # "@data = (...);\n"

 # Or

 print Datify->varify( data => [...] ), "\n";
 # "@data = (...);\n"

DESCRIPTION

Datify is very similar to Data::Dumper, except that it's easier to use, and has better formatting and options.

OPTIONS

Varify options

name => '$self'

The neame of the default variable. This is also set as the first parameter to varify.

assign => '$var = $value;'

What an assignment statement should look like. If the generated code is to be run under use strict;, then you may want to change this to 'my $var = $value;'.

list => '($_)'

The delimiters for a list.

beautify => undef

Set this to a CODE reference that you would like to use to beautify the code. It should accept the code as the first parameter, process it, and return the code after all the beauty modifications have been completed.

An example:

 use Datify;
 use Perl::Tidy;

 sub beautify {
     my $source = shift;

     my ($dest, $stderr);
     Perl::Tidy::perltidy(
         argv => [ qw(
             --noprofile
             --nostandard-output
             --standard-error-output
             --nopass-version-line
         ) ],
         source      => \$source,
         destination => \$dest,
         stderr      => \$stderr,
         errorfile   => \$stderr,
     ) && die $stderr;

     return $dest;
 }

 Datify->set( beautify => \&beautify );

 say Datify->varify( var => $var );

Undefify options

null => 'undef'

What to use as the null value.

Booleanify options

true => 1
false => "''"

What to use as the values for true and false, respectively. Since Perl does not have native boolean values, these are placeholders.

Stringify options

quote => undef

What to use as the default quote character. If set to a false value, then use the best guess. See "stringify( value )".

quote1 => "'"

The default single-quoting character.

quote2 => '"'

The default double-quoting character.

q1 => 'q'

The special single-quoting character starter.

q2 => 'qq'

The special double-quoting character starter.

sigils => '$@'

The characters in a double quoted sting that need to be quoted, or they may be interpreted as variable interpolation.

longstr => 1_000

How long a string needs to be before it's considered long. See "stringify( value )". Change to a false value to indicate no string is long. Change to a negative value to indicate every string is long.

encode => { 0 => '\0', 7 => '\a', 9 => '\t', 10 => '\n', 12 => '\f', 13 => '\r', 27 => '\e', 255 => '\x%02x', 65535 => '\x{%04x}' }

How to encode characters that need encoding.

qpairs => [ qw\ () <> [] {} \ ]
qquotes => [ qw\ ! # % & * + , - . / : ; = ? ^ | ~ $ @ ` \ ]

When determining the quote character to use, go through these lists to see which character would work best.

Numify options

num_sep => '_'

What character to use to seperate sets of numbers.

LValueify options

lvalue => 'substr($lvalue, 0)'

How to generate a LValue.

VStringify options

vformat => 'v%vd'
vsep => undef

The formatting string to use. If vsep is set, then vformat should use the * format to inidicate what vsep will be: vformat => 'v%*vd', vsep => '.'.

Regexpify options

quote3 => '/'
q3 => 'qr'

Arrayify options

array_ref => '[$_]'

The representation of an array reference.

list_sep => ', '

The representation of the separator between list elements.

Hashify options

hash_ref => '{$_}'

The representation of a hash reference.

pair => '$key => $value'

The representation of a pair.

keysort => \&Datify::keysort

How to sort the keys in a hash. This has a performance hit, but it makes the output much more readable. See the description of "keysort" below.

keywords => [qw(undef)]

Any keywords that should be quoted, even though they may not need to be.

Objectify options

overloads => [ '""', '0+' ]

The list of overloads to check for before deconstructing the object. See overload for more information on overloading.

object => 'bless($data, $class_str)'

The representation of an object. Other possibilities include '$class($data)' or '$class->new($data)'.

io => '*UNKNOWN{IO}'

The representation of unknown IO objects.

Codeify options

code => 'sub {$_}'

The representation of a code reference. This module does not currently support decompiling code to make a complete representation, but if passed a representation, can wrap it in this.

body => '...'

The representation of the body to a code reference. This module does not currently support decompiling code to make a complete representation.

Refify options

reference => '\\$_'

The representation of a reference.

dereference => '$referent->$place'

The representation of dereferencing.

nested => '$referent$place'

The representation of dereferencing a nested reference.

Formatify options

format => "format UNKNOWN =\n.\n"

The representation of a format. This module does not currently support showing the acutal representation.

METHODS

add_handler( 'Class::Name' => \&code_ref )

Add a handler to handle an object of type 'Class::Name'. \&code_ref should take two parameters, a reference to Datify, and the object to be Datify'ed. It should return a representation of the object.

 # Set URI's to stringify as "URI->new('http://example.com')"
 # instead of "bless(\'http://example.com', 'URI')"
 Datify->add_handler( 'URI' => sub {
     my ( $datify, $uri ) = @_;
     my $s = $datify->stringify("$uri");
     return "URI->new($s)";
 } );

new( name => value, name => value, ... )

Create a Datify object with the following options.

See "OPTIONS" for a description of the options and their default values.

set( name => value, name => value, ... )

Change the "OPTIONS" settings. When called as a class method, changes default options. When called as an object method, changes the settings and returns a new object.

See "OPTIONS" for a description of the options and their default values.

NOTE: When called as a object method, this returns a new instance with the values set, so you will need to capture the return if you'd like to persist the change:

 $datify = $datify->set( ... );

get( name, name, ... )

Get one or more existing values for one or more settings. If passed no names, returns all parameters and values.

Can be called as a class method or an object method.

varify( name => value, value, ... )

Returns an assignment statement for the values. If name does not begin with a sigil ($, @, or %), will determine which sigil to use based on values.

Some examples:

Common case, determine the type and add the correct sigil to 'foo'.

 Datify->varify(   foo  => $foo )

Specify the type.

 Datify->varify( '$foo' => $foo )

Handle a list: @foo = (1, 2, 3);

 Datify->varify( '@foo' =>   1, 2, 3   )
 Datify->varify( '@foo' => [ 1, 2, 3 ] )
 Datify->varify(   foo  =>   1, 2, 3   )
 Datify->varify(   foo  => [ 1, 2, 3 ] )

Handle a hash: %foo = (a => 1, b => 2, c => 3); (Note: Order may be rearranged.)

 Datify->varify( '%foo' =>   a => 1, b => 2, c => 3   )
 Datify->varify( '%foo' => { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 } )
 Datify->varify(   foo  => { a => 1, b => 2, c => 3 } )

Keep in mind that without proper hints, this would be interpretted as a list, not a hash:

 Datify->varify(   foo  =>   a => 1, b => 2, c => 3   )
 # "@foo = ('a', 1, 'b', 2, 'c', 3);"

undefify

Returns the string that should be used for an undef value.

booleanify( value )

Returns the string that represents the true or false interpretation of value.

stringify1( value , delimiters )

Returns the string that represents value as a single-quoted string. The delimiters parameter is optional.

stringify2( value , delimiters )

Returns the string that represents value as a double-quoted string. The delimiters parameter is optional.

stringify( value )

Returns the string the represents value. It will be a double-quoted string if it is longer than the longstr option or contains control characters. It will be a single-quoted string unless there are single-quotes within the string, then it will be a double-quoted string, unless it also contains double-quotes within the string, then it will attempt to find the best quote character.

numify( value )

Returns value with seperators between the hundreds and thousands, hundred-thousands and millions, etc. Similarly for the fractional parts.

 Datify->numify(1234.5678901) # "1_234.56_789_01"

scalarify( value )

Returns value as a scalar. If value is not a reference, performs some magic to correctly print vstrings and numbers, otherwise assumes it's a string. If value is a reference, hands off to the correct function to create the string.

Handles reference loops.

lvalueify( value )

Returns an approximate representation of what the lvalue is.

vstringify( value )

A representation of the VString, in dotted notation.

regexpify( value, delimiters )

A representation of the Regexp in value.

listify( value, value, ... )

Returns value(s) as a list.

 Datify->listify( 1, 2, 3 ) # '1, 2, 3'

arrayify( value, value, ... )

Returns value(s) as an array.

 Datify->arrayify( 1, 2, 3 ) # '[1, 2, 3]'

keyify( value )

Returns value as a key. If value does not need to be quoted, it will not be. Verifies that value is not a keyword.

pairify( value, value, ... )

Returns value(s) as a pair.

 Datify->pairify( a => 1, b => 2 ) # 'a => 1, b => 2'

hashify( value, value, ... )

Returns value(s) as a hash.

 Datify->hashify( a => 1, b => 2 ) # '{a => 1, b => 2}'

overloaded( $object )

Returns the first method from the overloads list that $object has overloaded. If nothing is overloaded, then return nothing.

objectify( value )

Returns value as an object.

 Datify->objectify( $object ) # "bless({}, 'Object')"

ioify( value )

Returns a representation of value that is accurate if value is STDIN, STDOUT, or STDERR. Otherwise, returns the io setting.

codeify( value )

Returns a subroutine definition that is not likely to encode value.

 Datify->codeify( \&subroutine ) # 'sub {...}'

However, if value is a string, then wrap that string with code, or if value is a reference to something other than CODE, represent that reference by wrapping it with code.

refify( value )

Returns value as reference.

formatify( value )

Returns a value that is not completely unlike value.

globify( value )

Returns a representation of value. For normal values, remove the leading main::.

FUNCTIONS

keysort

Not a method, but a sorting routine that sorts numbers (using <=>) before strings (using cmp).

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/rkleemann/Datify/issues or by email to bug-Datify@rt.cpan.org.

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

TODO

  • Handle formats better.

SEE ALSO

Data::Dumper

AUTHOR

Bob Kleemann <bobk@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Bob Kleemann.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)