NAME

       Dist::Zilla::Util::ConfigDumper - A Dist::Zilla plugin configuration extraction utility

VERSION

       version 0.003007

SYNOPSIS

         ...

         with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::Plugin';
         use Dist::Zilla::Util::ConfigDumper qw( config_dumper );

         around dump_config => config_dumper( __PACKAGE__, qw( foo bar baz ) );

DESCRIPTION

       This module contains a utility function for use within the "Dist::Zilla" plugin ecosystem,
       to simplify extraction of plugin settings for plugin authors, in order for plugins like
       "Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MetaConfig" to expose those values to consumers.

       Primarily, it specializes in:

       •   Making propagating configuration from the plugins inheritance hierarchy nearly
           foolproof.

       •   Providing simple interfaces to extract values of lists of named methods or accessors

       •   Providing a way to intelligently and easily probe the value of lazy attributes without
           triggering their vivification.

FUNCTIONS

   "config_dumper"
         config_dumper( __PACKAGE__, qw( method list ) );

       Returns a function suitable for use with "around dump_config".

         my $sub = config_dumper( __PACKAGE__, qw( method list ) );
         around dump_config => $sub;

       Or

         around dump_config => sub {
           my ( $orig, $self, @args ) = @_;
           return config_dumper(__PACKAGE__, qw( method list ))->( $orig, $self, @args );
         };

       Either way:

         my $function = config_dumper( $package_name_for_config, qw( methods to call on $self ));
         my $hash = $function->( $function_that_returns_a_hash, $instance_to_call_methods_on, @somethinggoeshere );

       =~ All of this approximates:

         around dump_config => sub {
           my ( $orig , $self , @args ) = @_;
           my $conf = $self->$orig( @args );
           my $payload = {};

           for my $method ( @methods ) {
             try {
               $payload->{ $method } = $self->$method();
             };
           }
           $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = $payload;
         }

       Except with some extra "things dun goofed" handling.

   "dump_plugin"
       This function serves the other half of the equation, emulating "dzil"'s own internal
       behavior for extracting the "plugin" configuration data.

         for my $plugin ( @{ $zilla->plugins } ) {
           pp( dump_plugin( $plugin )); # could prove useful somewhere.
         }

       Its not usually something you need, but its useful in:

       •   Tests

       •   Crazy Stuff like injecting plugins

       •   Crazy Stuff like having "Child" plugins

       This serves to be a little more complicated than merely calling "->dump_config", as the
       structure "dzil" uses is:

         {
           class   => ...
           name    => ...
           version => ...
           config  => $dump_config_results_here
         }

       And of course, there's a bunch of magic stuff with "meta", "can" and "if keys
       %$configresults"

       All that insanity is wrapped in this simple interface.

ADVANCED USE

   CALLBACKS
       Internally

         config_dumper( $pkg, qw( method list ) );

       Maps to a bunch of subs, so its more like:

         config_dumper( $pkg, sub {
           my ( $instance, $payload ) = @_;
           $payload->{'method'} = $instance->method;
         }, sub {
           $_[1]->{'list'} = $_[0]->list;
         });

       So if you want to use that because its more convenient for some problem, be my guest.

         around dump_config => config_dumper( __PACKAGE__, sub {
           $_[1]->{'x'} = 'y'
         });

       is much less ugly than

         around dump_config => sub {
           my ( $orig, $self, @args ) = @_;
           my $conf = $self->$orig(@args);
           $config->{+__PACKAGE__} = { # if you forget the +, things break
              'x' => 'y'
           };
           return $config;
         };

   DETAILED CONFIGURATION
       There's an additional feature for advanced people:

         config_dumper( $pkg, \%config );

       "attrs"

         config_dumper( $pkg, { attrs => [qw( foo bar baz )] });

       This is for cases where you want to deal with "Moose" attributes, but want added safety of
       NOT loading attributes that have no value yet.

       For each item in "attrs", we'll call "Moose" attribute internals to determine if the
       attribute named has a value, and only then will we fetch it.

AUTHOR

       Kent Fredric <kentnl@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2015 by Kent Fredric <kentfredric@gmail.com>.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.