NAME

       Perl::Critic::Utils::DataConversion - Utilities for converting from one type of data to
       another.

DESCRIPTION

       Provides data conversion functions.

INTERFACE SUPPORT

       This is considered to be a public module.  Any changes to its interface will go through a
       deprecation cycle.

IMPORTABLE SUBS

       "boolean_to_number( $value )"
           Return 0 or 1 based upon the value of parameter in a boolean context.

       "dor( $value, $default )"
           Return either the value or the default based upon whether the value is defined or not.

       "dor_n( $value0, $value1, ... )"
           Returns the first defined value among its arguments. If none is defined, simply
           returns.

       "defined_or_empty( $value )"
           Return either the parameter or an empty string based upon whether the parameter is
           defined or not.

AUTHOR

       Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Elliot Shank.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file
       included with this module.