NAME

       Config::MethodProxy - Integrate dynamic logic with static configuration.

SYNOPSIS

           use Config::MethodProxy;

           $config = get_your_config_somewhere();
           $config = apply_method_proxies( $config );

DESCRIPTION

       A method proxy is a particular data structure which, when found, is replaced by the value returned by
       calling that method.  In this way static configuration can be setup to call your code and return dynamic
       contents.  This makes static configuration much more powerful, and gives you the ability to be more
       declarative in how dynamic values make it into your configuration.

EXAMPLE

       Consider this static YAML configuration:

           ---
           db:
               dsn: DBI:mysql:database=foo
               username: bar
               password: abc123

       Putting your database password inside of a configuration file is usually considered a bad practice.  You
       can use a method proxy to get around this without jumping through a bunch of hoops:

           ---
           db:
               dsn: DBI:mysql:database=foo
               username: bar
               password:
                   - $proxy
                   - MyApp::Config
                   - get_db_password
                   - bar

       When "apply_method_proxies" is called on the above data structure it will see the method proxy and will
       replace the array ref with the return value of calling the method.

       A method proxy, in Perl syntax, looks like this:

           ['$proxy', $package, $method, @args]

       The $proxy string can also be written as &proxy.  The above is then converted to a method call and
       replaced by the return value of the method call:

           $package->$method( @args );

       In the above database password example the method call would be this:

           MyApp::Config->get_db_password( 'bar' );

       You would still need to create a "MyApp::Config" package, and add a "get_db_password" method to it.

FUNCTIONS

       Only the "apply_method_proxies" function is exported by default.

   apply_method_proxies
           $config = apply_method_proxies( $config );

       Traverses the supplied data looking for method proxies, calling them, and replacing them with the return
       value of the method.  Any value may be passed, such as a hash ref, an array ref, a method proxy, an
       object, a scalar, etc.  Array and hash refs will be recursively searched for method proxies.

       If a circular reference is detected an error will be thrown.

   is_method_proxy
           if (is_method_proxy( $some_data )) { ... }

       Returns true if the supplied data is an array ref where the first value is the string $proxy or &proxy.

   call_method_proxy
           call_method_proxy( ['$proxy', $package, $method, @args] );

       Calls a method proxy and returns the value.

AUTHOR

       Aran Clary Deltac <bluefeet@gmail.com>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Thanks to ZipRecruiter <https://www.ziprecruiter.com/> for encouraging their employees to contribute back
       to the open source ecosystem.  Without their dedication to quality software development this distribution
       would not exist.

LICENSE

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