NAME

       Config::Model::DumpAsData - Dump configuration content as a perl data structure

VERSION

       version 2.153

SYNOPSIS

        use Config::Model ;
        use Data::Dumper ;

        # define configuration tree object
        my $model = Config::Model->new ;
        $model ->create_config_class (
           name => "MyClass",
           element => [
               [qw/foo bar/] => {
                   type => 'leaf',
                   value_type => 'string'
               },
               baz => {
                   type => 'hash',
                   index_type => 'string' ,
                   cargo => {
                       type => 'leaf',
                       value_type => 'string',
                   },
               },

           ],
        ) ;

        my $inst = $model->instance(root_class_name => 'MyClass' );

        my $root = $inst->config_root ;

        # put some data in config tree the hard way
        $root->fetch_element('foo')->store('yada') ;
        $root->fetch_element('bar')->store('bla bla') ;
        $root->fetch_element('baz')->fetch_with_id('en')->store('hello') ;

        # put more data the easy way
        my $steps = 'baz:fr=bonjour baz:hr="dobar dan"';
        $root->load( steps => $steps ) ;

        print Dumper($root->dump_as_data);
        # $VAR1 = {
        #         'bar' => 'bla bla',
        #         'baz' => {
        #                    'en' => 'hello',
        #                    'fr' => 'bonjour',
        #                    'hr' => 'dobar dan'
        #                  },
        #         'foo' => 'yada'
        #       };

DESCRIPTION

       This module is used directly by Config::Model::Node to dump the content of a configuration
       tree in perl data structure.

       The perl data structure is a hash of hash. Only CheckList content is stored in an array
       ref.

       User can pass a sub reference to apply to values of boolean type. This sub can be used to
       convert the value to an object representing a boolean like boolean. (since 2.129)

       Note that undefined values are skipped for list element. I.e. if a list element contains
       "('a',undef,'b')", the data structure then contains 'a','b'.

CONSTRUCTOR

   new
       No parameter. The constructor should be used only by Config::Model::Node.

Methods

   dump_as_data
       Return a perl data structure

       Parameters are:

       node
           Reference to a Config::Model::Node object. Mandatory

       full_dump
           Also dump default values in the data structure. Useful if the dumped configuration
           data is used by the application. This parameter is deprecated in favor of mode
           parameter.

       mode
           Note that "mode" parameter is also accepted and overrides "full_dump" parameter. See
           "fetch" in Config::Model::Value for details on "mode".

       skip_auto_write
           Skip node that have a "perl write" capability in their model. See
           Config::Model::BackendMgr.

           This option must be used when using DumpAsData: to write back configuration data. When
           a configuration model contains several backends (one at the tree root and others in
           tree nodes), setting this option ensure that the "root" configuration file does not
           contain data duplicated in configuration file of others tree nodes.

       auto_vivify
           Scan and create data for nodes elements even if no actual data was stored in them.
           This may be useful to trap missing mandatory values.

       ordered_hash_as_list
           By default, ordered hash (i.e. the order of the keys are important) are dumped as Perl
           list. This is the faster way to dump such hashed while keeping the key order. But it's
           the less readable way.

           When this parameter is 1 (default), the ordered hash is dumped as a list:

             my_hash => [ A => 'foo', B => 'bar', C => 'baz' ]

           When this parameter is set as 0, the ordered hash is dumped with a special key that
           specifies the order of keys. E.g.:

             my_hash => {
              __my_hash_order => [ 'A', 'B', 'C' ] ,
              B => 'bar', A => 'foo', C => 'baz'
             }

       to_boolean
           Sub reference to map a value of type boolean to a boolean class (since 2.129). For
           instance:

            to_boolean => sub { boolean($_[0]); }

           Default is "sub { return $_[0] }"

Methods

   dump_annotations_as_pod
       Return a string formatted in pod (See perlpod) with the annotations.

       Parameters are:

       node
           Reference to a Config::Model::Node object. Mandatory

       check_list
           Yes, no or skip

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)

SEE ALSO

       Config::Model,Config::Model::Node,Config::Model::ObjTreeScanner

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2005-2022 by Dominique Dumont.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The GNU Lesser General Public License, Version 2.1, February 1999