use strict; use warnings; package Config::INI::Writer; use Mixin::Linewise::Writers; =head1 NAME Config::INI::Writer - a subclassable .ini-file emitter =head1 VERSION version 0.014 =cut our $VERSION = '0.014'; =head1 SYNOPSIS If <$hash> contains: { '_' => { admin => 'rjbs' }, rjbs => { awesome => 'yes', height => q{5' 10"}, }, mj => { awesome => 'totally', height => '23"', }, } Then when your program contains: my $hash = Config::INI::Writer->write_file($hash, 'family.ini'); F will contains: admin = rjbs [rjbs] awesome = yes height = 5' 10" [mj] awesome = totally height = 23" =head1 DESCRIPTION Config::INI::Writer is I config module implementing I slightly different take on the undeniably easy to read L<".ini" file format|Config::INI>. Its default behavior is quite similar to that of L, on which it is based. The chief difference is that Config::INI::Writer is designed to be subclassed to allow for side-effects and self-reconfiguration to occur during the course of reading its input. =head1 METHODS FOR WRITING CONFIG There are three writer methods, C, C, and C. The first two are implemented in terms of the third. It iterates over a collection of data, emitting lines to the filehandle as it goes. The lines are generated by events produced by iterating over the data. Those events are detailed below in the L section. The given data should be a hashref of hashrefs: { section_name_1 => { prop1 => 'value1', prop2 => 'value2' }, section_name_2 => ... } ...or an arrayref of section name and arrayref pairs: [ section_name_1 => [ prop1 => 'value1', prop2 => 'value2' ], section_name_2 => ... ] ...or a combination of those: [ section_name_1 => { prop1 => 'value1', prop2 => 'value2' }, section_name_2 => [ prop3 => 'value3', prop4 => 'value4' ], section_name_3 => ... ] All the reader methods throw an exception when they encounter an error. =head2 write_file Config::INI::Writer->write_file($input, $filename); This method writes out the configuration represented by C<$data> to the file named by C<$filename>. If a file by that name exists, it is overwritten. This method will either succeed or raise an exception. (Its return value is not defined.) =head2 write_string my $string = Config::INI::Writer->write_string($input); This method returns a string containing the INI content describing the given data. =head2 write_handle Config::INI::Writer->write_handle($input, $handle); This method writes the data in C<$data> to the IO::Handle-like object in C<$handle>. This method should either succeed or throw an exception. =cut sub write_handle { my ($invocant, $input, $handle) = @_; my $self = ref $invocant ? $invocant : $invocant->new; $input = $self->preprocess_input($input); $self->validate_input($input); my $starting_section_name = $self->starting_section; SECTION: for (my $i = 0; $i < $#$input; $i += 2) { my ($section_name, $section_data) = @$input[ $i, $i + 1 ]; $self->change_section($section_name); $handle->print($self->stringify_section($section_data)) or Carp::croak "error writing section $section_name: $!"; $self->finish_section; } } =head1 METHODS FOR SUBCLASSING These are the methods you need to understand and possibly change when subclassing Config::INI::Reader to handle a different format of input. =head2 preprocess_input my $processed_input = $writer->preprocess_input($input_data); This method is called to ensure that the data given to the C methods are in a canonical form for processing and emitting. The default implementation converts hashrefs to arrayrefs and, if the input is a hashref, moves the L to the beginning of the produced arrayref. In other words, given: { section_1 => { a => 1, b => 2 }, section_2 => { c => 3, c => 4 }, _ => { d => 5, e => 6 }, } This method will return: [ _ => [ d => 5, e => 6 ], section_2 => [ c => 3, c => 4 ], section_1 => [ a => 1, b => 2 ], ] The only guaranteed ordering when hashes are provided as input is that the starting section will appear first. =cut sub preprocess_input { my ($self, $data) = @_; my @new_data; if (ref $data eq 'HASH') { my $starting_section_name = $self->starting_section; for my $name ( $starting_section_name, grep { $_ ne $starting_section_name } keys %$data ) { my $props = $data->{ $name }; next unless defined $props; push @new_data, $name => ((ref($props) || '') eq 'HASH') ? [ %$props ] : $props; } } elsif (ref $data eq 'ARRAY') { for (my $i = 0; $i < $#$data; $i += 2) { my ($name, $props) = @$data[ $i, $i + 1 ]; push @new_data, $name, (ref $props eq 'HASH') ? [ %$props ] : $props; } } else { my $class = ref $self; Carp::croak "can't output $data via $class"; } return \@new_data; } =head2 validate_input $writer->validate_input($input); This method is called on the input data once they've been preprocessed by C>. It ensures that the processed input is structurally sound before beginning to output it. For example, it ensures that no property is ever assigned more than once in a given section. This method either raises an exception or it doesn't. =cut sub validate_input { my ($self, $input) = @_; my %seen; for (my $i = 0; $i < $#$input; $i += 2) { my ($name, $props) = @$input[ $i, $i + 1 ]; $seen{ $name } ||= {}; Carp::croak "illegal section name '$name'" if $name =~ /(?:\n|\s;|^\s|\s$)/; for (my $j = 0; $j < $#$props; $j += 2) { my $property = $props->[ $j ]; my $value = $props->[ $j + 1 ]; Carp::croak "property name '$property' contains illegal character" if $property =~ /(?:\n|\s;|^\s|\s|=$)/; Carp::croak "value for $name.$property contains illegal character" if defined $value and $value =~ /(?:\n|\s;|^\s|\s$)/; if ( $seen{ $name }{ $property }++ ) { Carp::croak "multiple assignments found for $name.$property"; } } } } =head2 change_section $writer->change_section($section_name); This method is called each time a new section is going to be written out. If the same section appears twice in a row in the input, this method will still be called between instances of that section. In other words, given this input: [ section_1 => [ a => 1 ], section_1 => [ b => 2 ], ] C will be called twice: once before the first C and once before the second C. =cut sub change_section { my ($self, $section_name) = @_; $self->{current_section} = $section_name; } =head2 current_section $writer->current_section This method returns the section currently being written out. =cut sub current_section { my ($self) = @_; return $self->{current_section}; } =head2 finish_section $writer->finish_section This method is called after all of the current section's properties have been written. =cut sub finish_section { my ($self) = @_; return $self->{did_section}{ $self->current_section }++; } =head2 done_sections my @names = $writer->done_sections; This method returns a list of all sections that have been written out and finished. The fact that a section name is returned by C does not mean that there will be no more data for that section, but that at least one entire set of data has been written out for it. =cut sub done_sections { my ($self) = @_; return keys %{ $self->{did_section} }; } =head2 stringify_section my $string = $writer->stringify_section($props); This method returns a string assigning all the properties set in the given data. This still will include the section header, if needed. (The only case in which it is not needed is when the C> method returns false, no other sections have been done, and the section about to be stringified is the C>. This method is implemented in terms of C> and C>. =cut sub stringify_section { my ($self, $section_data) = @_; my $output = ''; my $current_section_name = $self->current_section; my $starting_section_name = $self->starting_section; unless ( $starting_section_name and $starting_section_name eq $current_section_name and ! $self->done_sections and ! $self->explicit_starting_header ) { $output .= $self->stringify_section_header($self->current_section); } $output .= $self->stringify_section_data($section_data); return $output; } =head2 stringify_section_data my $string = $writer->stringify_section_data($props) This method returns a string containing a series of lines, each containing a value assignment for the given properties. =cut sub stringify_section_data { my ($self, $values) = @_; my $output = ''; for (my $i = 0; $i < $#$values; $i += 2) { $output .= $self->stringify_value_assignment(@$values[ $i, $i + 1]); } return $output; } =head2 stringify_value_assignment my $string = $writer->stringify_value_assignment($name => $value); This method returns a string that assigns a value to a named property. If the value is undefined, an empty string is returned. =cut sub stringify_value_assignment { my ($self, $name, $value) = @_; return '' unless defined $value; return $name . ' = ' . $self->stringify_value($value) . "\n"; } =head2 stringify_value my $string = $writer->stringify_value($value); This method returns the string that will represent the given value in a property assignment. =cut sub stringify_value { my ($self, $value) = @_; $value = defined $value ? $value : ''; return $value; } =head2 stringify_section_header my $string = $writer->stringify_section_header($section_name); This method returns the string (a line) that represents the given section name. Basically, this returns: [section_name] =cut sub stringify_section_header { my ($self, $section_name) = @_; my $output = ''; $output .= "\n" if $self->done_sections; $output .= "[$section_name]\n"; return $output; } =head2 starting_section This method returns the name of the starting section. If this section appears first (as it will, when given a hashref as input) and if C> returns false, its section header can be omitted. =cut sub starting_section { return '_' } =head2 explicit_starting_header If this method returns true (which it does I, by default), then the section header for the starting section will be emitted, even if it appears first. =cut sub explicit_starting_header { 0 } =head2 new my $reader = Config::INI::Writer->new; This method returns a new writer. This generally does not need to be called by anything but the various C methods, which create a writer object only ephemerally. =cut sub new { my ($class) = @_; my $self = bless { did_section => {} } => $class; return $self; } =head1 TODO =over =item * more tests =back =head1 BUGS Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at L For other issues, or commercial enhancement or support, contact the author. =head1 AUTHOR Ricardo SIGNES, C<< Erjbs@cpan.orgE >> Originaly derived from L, by Adam Kennedy. The first pass at refactoring this code into Config::INI::Writer was performed by Florian Ragwitz. =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2007, Ricardo SIGNES. This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut 1;