NAME

       Type::Tiny::Enum - string enum type constraints

STATUS

       This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.

DESCRIPTION

       Enum type constraints.

       This package inherits from Type::Tiny; see that for most documentation.  Major differences are listed
       below:

   Attributes
       "values"
           Arrayref of allowable value strings. Non-string values (e.g. objects with overloading) will be
           stringified in the constructor.

       "constraint"
           Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass a constraint coderef to the constructor.  Instead rely on the
           default.

       "inlined"
           Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass an inlining coderef to the constructor.  Instead rely on the
           default.

       "parent"
           Parent is always Types::Standard::Str, and cannot be passed to the constructor.

       "unique_values"
           The list of "values" but sorted and with duplicates removed. This cannot be passed to the
           constructor.

       "coercion"
           If "coercion => 1" is passed to the constructor, the type will have a coercion using the
           "closest_match" method.

   Methods
       "as_regexp"
           Returns the enum as a regexp which strings can be checked against. If you're checking a lot of
           strings, then using this regexp might be faster than checking each string against

             my $enum  = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(...);
             my $check = $enum->compiled_check;
             my $re    = $enum->as_regexp;

             # fast
             my @valid_tokens = grep $enum->check($_), @all_tokens;

             # faster
             my @valid_tokens = grep $check->($_), @all_tokens;

             # fastest
             my @valid_tokens = grep /$re/, @all_tokens;

           You can get a case-insensitive regexp using "$enum->as_regexp('i')".

       "closest_match"
           Returns the closest match in the enum for a string.

             my $enum = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(
               values => [ qw( foo bar baz quux ) ],
             );

             say $enum->closest_match("FO");   # ==> foo

           It will try to find an exact match first, fall back to a case-insensitive match, if it still can't
           find one, will try to find a head substring match, and finally, if given an integer, will use that as
           an index.

             my $enum = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(
               values => [ qw( foo bar baz quux ) ],
             );

             say $enum->closest_match(  0 );  # ==> foo
             say $enum->closest_match(  1 );  # ==> bar
             say $enum->closest_match(  2 );  # ==> baz
             say $enum->closest_match( -1 );  # ==> quux

   Overloading
       •   Arrayrefification calls "values".

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.

SEE ALSO

       Type::Tiny::Manual.

       Type::Tiny.

       Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum.

AUTHOR

       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2021 by Toby Inkster.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT
       LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.