NAME

       Path::Dispatcher::Rule - predicate and codeblock

VERSION

       version 1.08

SYNOPSIS

           my $rule = Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Regex->new(
               regex => qr/^quit/,
               block => sub { die "Program terminated by user.\n" },
           );

           $rule->match("die"); # undef, because "die" !~ /^quit/

           my $match = $rule->match("quit"); # creates a Path::Dispatcher::Match

           $match->run; # exits the program

DESCRIPTION

       A rule has a predicate and an optional codeblock. Rules can be matched (which checks the
       predicate against the path) and they can be ran (which invokes the codeblock).

       This class is not meant to be instantiated directly, because there is no predicate
       matching function. Instead use one of the subclasses such as
       Path::Dispatcher::Rule::Tokens.

ATTRIBUTES

   block
       An optional block of code to be run. Please use the "run" method instead of invoking this
       attribute directly.

   prefix
       A boolean indicating whether this rule can match a prefix of a path. If false, then the
       predicate must match the entire path. One use-case is that you may want a catch-all rule
       that matches anything beginning with the token "ticket".  The unmatched, latter part of
       the path will be available in the match object.

METHODS

   match path -> match
       Takes a path and returns a Path::Dispatcher::Match object if it matched the predicate,
       otherwise "undef". The match object contains information about the match, such as the
       results (e.g. for regex, a list of the captured variables), the "leftover" path if
       "prefix" matching was used, etc.

   run
       Runs the rule's codeblock. If none is present, it throws an exception.

SUPPORT

       Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker
       <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Path-Dispatcher> (or
       bug-Path-Dispatcher@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Path-Dispatcher@rt.cpan.org>).

AUTHOR

       Shawn M Moore, "<sartak at bestpractical.com>"

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2020 by Shawn M Moore.

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