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NAME

Grep::Query::FieldAccessor - Helper object to hold methods to access fields in the supplied hashes/objects

SYNOPSIS

  use Grep::Query::FieldAccessor;

  # fill up an object with accessors
  #
  my $fieldAccessor1 = Grep::Query::FieldAccessor->new();
  $fieldAccessor1->add('name', sub { $_[0]->getName() });
  $fieldAccessor1->add('age', sub { $_[0]->calculateAge() });
  ...
  
  # equal, but provide it all in one go
  #
  my $fieldAccessor2 = Grep::Query::FieldAccessor->new
      (
          {
              name => sub { $_[0]->getName() },
              age => sub { $_[0]->calculateAge() },
              ...
          }
      );

DESCRIPTION

When using a Grep::Query holding a query denoting fields, an object of this type must be passed along.

It must contain methods, indexed on field names, that given an item in the queried list, can extract the value to compare with.

Beware: Ensure the methods supplied don't cause side-effects when they are called (such as causing the object or other things to change).

METHODS

new( [ $hash ] )

Creates a new field accessor object.

If the optional $hash is provided, fields will be populated from it, otherwise the "add" method must be used.

add( $fieldname, $sub )

Adds an accessor for the given field.

Croaks if the params don't seem to be what they should be or if a field is added more than once.

access( $fieldname, $obj )

(normally used by the internal query execution)

Looks up the code sub for the given field and executes it with obj as a parameter and returns the result.

assertField

(normally used by the internal query execution)

Retrieves the code sub for the given field.

Croaks if no such field is defined.

AUTHOR

Kenneth Olwing, <knth at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-grep-query at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Grep-Query. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Grep::Query

You can also look for information at:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2016 Kenneth Olwing.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a copy of the full license at:

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