Sort::Key::Types - handle Sort::Key data types

SYNOPSIS

  use Sort::Key::Types qw(register_type);
  register_type(Color => sub { $_->R, $_->G, $_->B }, qw(int, int, int));

  # you better
  # use Sort::Key::Register ...

DESCRIPTION

The Sort::Key family of modules can be extended to support new key types using this module (or the more friendly Sort::Key::Register).

FUNCTIONS

The following functions are provided:

Sort::Key::register_type($name, \&gensubkeys, @subkeystypes)

registers a new datatype named $name defining how to convert it to a multikey.

&gensubkeys should convert the object of type $name passed on $_ to a list of values composing the multikey.

@subkeystypes is the list of types for the generated multikeys.

For instance:

  Sort::Key::Types::register_type
                 'Person',
                 sub { $_->surname,
                       $_->name,
                       $_->middlename },
                 qw(str str str);

  Sort::Key::Types::register_type
                 'Color',
                 sub { $_->R, $_->G, $_->B },
                 qw(int int int);

Once a datatype has been registered it can be used in the same way as types supported natively, even for defining new types, i.e.:

  Sort::Key::Types::register_type
                 'Family',
                 sub { $_->father, $_->mother },
                 qw(Person Person);

SEE ALSO

Sort::Key, Sort::Key::Merger, Sort::Key::Register.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2005-2007 by Salvador Fandiño, <sfandino@yahoo.com>.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.