Provided by: libmetabase-fact-perl_0.022-1_all 
NAME
Metabase::Resource - factory class for Metabase resource descriptors
VERSION
version 0.022
SYNOPSIS
my $resource = Metabase::Resource->new(
'cpan:///distfile/RJBS/Metabase-Fact-0.001.tar.gz',
);
my $resource_meta = $resource->metadata;
my $typemap = $resource->metadata_types;
DESCRIPTION
Metabase is a framework for associating metadata with arbitrary resources. A Metabase can
be used to store test reports, reviews, coverage analysis reports, reports on static
analysis of coding style, or anything else for which Metabase::Fact types are constructed.
Resources in Metabase are URI's that consist of a scheme and scheme specific information.
For example, a standard URI framework for a CPAN distribution is defined by the URI::cpan
class.
cpan:///distfile/RJBS/URI-cpan-1.000.tar.gz
Metabase::Resource is a factory class for resource descriptors. It provide a common
interface to extract scheme-specific indexing metadata from a scheme-specific resource
subclass.
For example, the Metabase::Resource::cpan class will deconstruct the example above this
into a Metabase resource metadata structure with the following elements:
type => Metabase-Resource-cpan-distfile
dist_file => RJBS/URI-cpan-1.000.tar.gz
cpan_id => RJBS
dist_name => URI-cpan
dist_version => 1.000
Only the "type" field is mandatory for all resources. The other fields are all specific
to Metabase::Resource::cpan.
COMMON METHODS
new
my $resource = Metabase::Resource->new(
'cpan:///distfile/RJBS/Metabase-Fact-0.001.tar.gz',
);
Takes a single resource string argument and constructs a new Resource object from a
resource subtype determined by the URI scheme. Throws an error if the required resource
subclass is not available.
resource
Returns the string used to initialize the resource object.
scheme
Returns a string containing the scheme.
_cache (private)
Returns a hash reference for subclasses to use to store data derived from the "content"
string.
OVERLOADING
Resources have stringification overloaded to call "content". Equality (==) and inequality
(!=) are overloaded to perform string comparison instead.
SUBCLASSING AND SUBCLASS METHODS
Metabase::Resource relies on subclasses to implement scheme-specific parsing of the URI
into relevant index metadata.
Subclasses SHOULD NOT implement a "new" constructor, as the Metabase::Resource constructor
will load the subclass, construct the object, bless the object into the subclass, and and
then call "validate" on the object. Subclasses MAY store structured data derived from the
content string during validation.
Subclasses SHOULD use the "content" method to access the resource string and the "scheme"
method to access the scheme. Subclasses MAY use the "_cache" accessor to store derived
metadata data. Subclasses MUST provide a "metadata_types" method to return data types for
all elements stored in "_cache".
All subclasses MUST implement the "validate", "metadata" and "metadata_types" methods, as
described below.
All methods MUST throw an exception if an error occurs.
validate
$resource->validate
This method is called by the constructor. It SHOULD return true if the resource string is
valid according to scheme-specific rules. It MUST die if the resource string is invalid.
metadata
$meta = $resource->metadata;
This method MUST return a hash reference with resource-specific indexing metadata for the
Resource. The key MUST be the name of the field for indexing. The "scheme" key MUST be
present and the "scheme" value MUST be identical to the string from the "scheme" accessor.
Other keys SHOULD provide dimensions to differentiate one resource from another in the
context of "scheme". If a scheme has subcategories, the key "type" SHOULD be used for the
subcategory. Values MUST be simple scalars, not references.
Here is a hypothetical example of a "metadata" function for a metabase user resource like
'metabase:user:ec2726a4-070c-11df-a2e0-0018f34ec37c':
sub metadata {
my $self = shift;
my ($uuid) = $self =~ m{\Ametabase:user:(.+)\z};
return {
scheme => 'metabase',
type => 'user',
user => $uuid,
}
}
Field names should be valid perl identifiers, consisting of alphanumeric characters or
underscores. Hyphens and periods are allowed, but are not recommended.
metadata_types
my $typemap = $resource->metadata_types;
This method is used to identify the datatypes of keys in the data structure provided by
"metadata". It MUST return a hash reference. It SHOULD contain a key for every key that
could appear in the data structure generated by "metadata" and provide a value
corresponding to a datatype for each key. It MAY contain keys that do not always appear
in the result of "metadata".
Data types are loosely based on Data::RX. Type SHOULD be one of the following:
'//str' -- indicates a value that should be compared stringwise
'//num' -- indicates a value that should be compared numerically
Here is a hypothetical example of a "metadata_types" function for a metabase user resource
like 'metabase:user:ec2726a4-070c-11df-a2e0-0018f34ec37c':
sub metadata_types {
return {
scheme => '//str',
type => '//str',
user => '//str',
}
}
Consumers of "metadata_types" SHOULD assume that any "metadata" key not found in the
result of "metadata_types" is a '//str' resource.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature using the CPAN Request Tracker. Bugs can be submitted
through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Metabase-Fact>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing
test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
AUTHORS
• David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>
• Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>
• H.Merijn Brand <hmbrand@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by David Golden.
This is free software, licensed under:
The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004