NAME

       Tree::Simple::Visitor::ToNestedHash - A Visitor for creating nested hash trees from Tree::Simple objects.

SYNOPSIS

         use Tree::Simple::Visitor::ToNestedHash;

         my $visitor = Tree::Simple::Visitor::ToNestedHash->new();

         # given this Tree::Simple tree
         my $tree = Tree::Simple->new("Root")
                       ->addChildren(
                           Tree::Simple->new("Child1")
                               ->addChildren(
                                   Tree::Simple->new("GrandChild1"),
                                   Tree::Simple->new("GrandChild2")
                               ),
                           Tree::Simple->new("Child2"),
                       );

         $tree->accept($visitor);

         my $array_tree = $visitor->getResults();

         # this then creates the equivalent nested array tree:
         # {
         # Root => {
         #         Child1 => {
         #                 GrandChild1 => {},
         #                 GrandChild2 => {}
         #                 },
         #         Child2 => {}
         #         }
         # }

DESCRIPTION

       Given a tree constructed from a Tree::Simple hierarchy, this Visitor will create the equivalent tree of
       nested hashes.

METHODS

       new There are no arguments to the constructor the object will be in its default state. You can use the
           "setNodeFilter" and "includTrunk" methods to customize its behavior.

       includTrunk ($boolean)
           Setting the $boolean value to true (1) will cause the node value of the tree's root to be included in
           the nested hash output, setting it to false will do the opposite.

       setNodeFilter ($filter_function)
           This method accepts a CODE reference as its $filter_function argument and throws an exception if it
           is not a code reference. This code reference is used to filter the tree nodes as they are placed into
           the hash tree. The $filter_function is passed a Tree::Simple object, and is expected to return the
           value desired for inclusion into the hash tree.

       visit ($tree)
           This is the method that is used by Tree::Simple's "accept" method. It can also be used on its own, it
           requires the $tree argument to be a Tree::Simple object (or derived from a Tree::Simple object), and
           will throw and exception otherwise.

       getResults
           This method will return the hash tree constructed.

Repository

       <https://github.com/ronsavage/Tree-Simple-VisitorFactory>

SUPPORT

       Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

       <https://github.com/ronsavage/Tree-Simple-VisitorFactory/issues>

CODE COVERAGE

       See the CODE COVERAGE section in Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory for more information.

SEE ALSO

       These Visitor classes are all subclasses of Tree::Simple::Visitor, which can be found in the Tree::Simple
       module, you should refer to that module for more information.

AUTHOR

       stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2004, 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

       <http://www.iinteractive.com>

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