package Algorithm::Dependency::Weight; =pod =head1 NAME Algorithm::Dependency::Weight - Calculate dependency 'weights' =head1 SYNOPSIS # Create a source from a file my $Source = Algorithm::Dependency::Source->new( 'file.txt' ); # Create a Weight algorithm object my $alg = Algorithm::Dependency::Weight->new( source => $Source ); # Find the weight for a single item my $weight = $alg->weight('foo'); print "The weight of 'foo' is $weight\n"; # Or a group my $hash = $alg->weight_hash('foo', 'bar', 'baz'); print "The weight of 'foo', 'bar', and 'bar' are $hash->{foo}," . " $hash->{bar} and $hash->{baz} respectively\n"; # Or all of the items my $all = $alg->weight_all; print "The following is a list from heaviest to lightest:\n"; foreach ( sort { $all->{$b} <=> $all->{$a} } keys %$all ) { print "$_: $all->{$_}\n"; } =head1 DESCRIPTION In dependency systems, it can often be very useful to calculate an aggregate or sum for one or all items. For example, to find the "naive install weight" of a Perl distribution (where "naive" means you treat each distribution equally), you would want the distribtion (1) + all its dependencies (n) + all B dependencies (n2) recursively downwards. If calculated using a normal L object, the result would be (in a simple systems) equal to: # Create your normal (non-ordered alg:dep) my $dependency = Algorithm::Dependency->new( ... ); # Find the naive weight for an item my $weight = scalar($dependency->schedule('itemname')); C provides a way of doing this with a little more sophistication, and in a way that should work reasonable well across all the L family. Please note that the this might be a little (or more than a little) slower than it could be for the limited case of generating weights for all of the items at once in a dependency system with no selected items and no circular dependencies. BUT you can at least rely on this class to do the job properly regardless of the particulars of the situation, which is probably more important. =head2 METHODS =cut use strict; use List::Util (); use Algorithm::Dependency (); use Params::Util qw{_INSTANCE _IDENTIFIER}; use vars qw{$VERSION}; BEGIN { $VERSION = '1.104'; } ##################################################################### # Constructor and Accessors =pod =head2 new @params The C constructor creates a new C object. It takes a number of key/value pairs as parameters (although at the present time only one). =over 4 =item source => $Source The C param is mostly the same as for L. The one addition is that as a source you can provide an L object, and the L for that will be used. =back Returns a new C object, or C on error. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; my %args = @_; # Get the source object, or derive it from an existing alg-dep my $source = _INSTANCE($args{source}, 'Algorithm::Dependency') ? $args{source}->source : _INSTANCE($args{source}, 'Algorithm::Dependency::Source') or return undef; # Build the alg-dep object we use my $algdep = Algorithm::Dependency->new( source => $source, ignore_orphans => 1, ) or return undef; # Create the basic object my $self = bless { source => $source, algdep => $algdep, weight => {}, }, $class; $self; } =pod =head2 source The C accessor returns the source used for the weight calculations. This will be either the one passed to the constructor, or the source from inside the C object passed as the C param (B the object itself, B source). =cut sub source { $_[0]->{source} } ##################################################################### # Algorithm::Dependency::Weight Methods =pod =head2 weight $name The C method takes the name of a single item and calculates its weight based on the configuration of the C object. Returns the weight as a scalar (which in the naive case will be an integer, but in more complex uses may be any real number), or C on error. =cut sub weight { my $self = shift; my $id = _IDENTIFIER(shift) or return undef; $self->{weight}->{$id} or $self->{weight}->{$id} = $self->_weight($id); } sub _weight { my $self = shift; my $items = $self->{algdep}->schedule($_[0]) or return undef; scalar(@$items); } =pod =head2 weight_hash @names The C method takes a list of item names, and calculates their weights. Returns a reference to a C with the item names as keys and weights as values, or C on error. =cut sub weight_hash { my $self = shift; my @names = @_; # Iterate over the list my %hash = (); foreach my $name ( @names ) { if ( $self->{weight}->{$name} ) { $hash{$name} = $self->{weight}->{$name}; next; } $hash{$name} = $self->weight($name) or return undef; } \%hash; } =pod =head2 weight_all The C method provides the one-shot method for getting the weights of all items at once. Please note that this does not do anything different or special, but is slightly faster than iterating yourself. Returns a reference to a C with the item names as keys and weights as values, or C on error. =cut sub weight_all { my $self = shift; my @items = $self->source->items; defined $items[0] or return undef; $self->weight_hash( map { $_->id } @items ); } 1; =pod =head1 TO DO - Add support for non-naive weights via either custom code or method name =head1 SUPPORT Bugs should be submitted via the CPAN bug tracker, located at L For general comments, contact the author. =head1 AUTHOR Adam Kennedy Eadamk@cpan.orgE, L =head1 SEE ALSO L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (c) 2003 - 2005 Adam Kennedy. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module. =cut