NAME

       Shell::Perl::Dumper - Dumpers for Shell::Perl

SYNOPSYS

           use Shell::Perl::Dumper;
           $dumper = Shell::Perl::Dumper::Plain->new;
           print $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);
           print $dumper->dump_list(@list);

DESCRIPTION

       In "pirl", the result of the evaluation is transformed into a string to be printed. As
       this result may be a pretty complex data structure, the shell provides a hook for you to
       pretty-print these answers just the way you want.

       By default, "pirl" will try to convert the results via "Data::Dump". That means the output
       will be Perl code that may be run to get the data structure again.  Alternatively, the
       shell may use "Data::Dumper" or "Data::Dump::Streamer" with almost the same result with
       respect to the representation as Perl code. (But the output of the modules differ enough
       for sufficiently complex data.)

       Other options are to set the output to produce YAML or a plain simple-minded solution
       which basically turns the result to string via simple interpolation.

       All of these are implemented via dumper objects.  Dumpers are meant to be used like that:

          $dumper = Some::Dumper::Class->new; # build a dumper

          $s = $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar); # from scalar to string

          $s = $dumper->dump_list(@list); # from list to string

   METHODS
       The following methods compose the expected API of a dumper, as used by Shell::Perl.

       new
               $dumper = $class->new(@args);

           Constructs a dumper.

       dump_scalar
               $s = $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);

           Turns a scalar into a string representation.

       dump_list
               $s = $dumper->dump_list(@list);

           Turns a list into a string representation.

       is_available
               $ok = $class->is_available

           This is an optional class method. If it exists, it means that the class has external
           dependencies (like "Shell::Perl::Data::Dump" depends on "Data::Dump") and whether
           these may be loaded when needed. If they can, this method returns true. Otherwise,
           returning false means that a dumper instance of this class probably cannot work. This
           is typically because the dependency is not installed or cannot be loaded due to an
           installation problem.

           This is the algorithm used by Shell::Perl XXX XXX XXX

               1.

THE STANDARD DUMPERS

       Shell::Perl provides four standard dumpers:

           * Shell::Perl::Data::Dump
           * Shell::Perl::Data::Dumper
           * Shell::Perl::Data::Dump::Streamer
           * Shell::Perl::Dumper::YAML
           * Shell::Perl::Dumper::Plain

       which corresponds to the four options of the command " :set out ": "D", "DD", "DDS", "Y",
       and "P" respectively.

   Data::Dump
       The package "Shell::Perl::Data::Dump" implements a dumper which uses Data::Dump to turn
       Perl variables into a string representation.

       It is used like this:

           use Shell::Perl::Dumper;

           if (!Shell::Perl::Data::Dump->is_available) {
               die "the dumper cannot be loaded correctly"
           }
           $dumper = Shell::Perl::Data::Dump->new;
           print $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);
           print $dumper->dump_list(@list);

       Examples of its output:

           pirl > :set out D

           pirl > { a => 3 } #scalar
           { a => 3 }

           pirl > (1, 2, "a") #list
           (1, 2, "a")

   Data::Dumper
       The package "Shell::Perl::Data::Dumper" implements a dumper which uses Data::Dumper to
       turn Perl variables into a string representation.

       It is used like this:

           use Shell::Perl::Dumper;

           if (!Shell::Perl::Data::Dumper->is_available) {
               die "the dumper cannot be loaded correctly"
           }
           $dumper = Shell::Perl::Data::Dumper->new;
           print $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);
           print $dumper->dump_list(@list);

       Examples of its output:

           pirl > :set out DD

           pirl > { a => 3 } #scalar
           @var = (
                    {
                      'a' => 3
                    }
                  );

           pirl > (1, 2, "a") #list
           @var = (
                    1,
                    2,
                    'a'
                  );

   YAML
       The package "Shell::Perl::Dumper::YAML" implements a dumper which uses YAML::Syck or YAML
       to turn Perl variables into a string representation.

       It is used like this:

           use Shell::Perl::Dumper;

           if (!Shell::Perl::Dumper::YAML->is_available) {
               die "the dumper cannot be loaded correctly"
           }
           $dumper = Shell::Perl::Dumper::YAML->new;
           print $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);
           print $dumper->dump_list(@list);

       Examples of its output:

           pirl > :set out Y

           pirl @> { a => 3 } #scalar
           ---
           a: 3

           pirl @> (1, 2, "a") #list
           --- 1
           --- 2
           --- a

       When loading, "YAML::Syck" is preferred to "YAML". If it is not avaiable, the "YAML"
       module is the second option.

   Data::Dump::Streamer
       The documentation is yet to be written.

   Plain Dumper
       The package "Shell::Perl::Dumper::Plain" implements a dumper which uses string
       interpolation to turn Perl variables into strings.

       It is used like this:

           use Shell::Perl::Dumper;

           $dumper = Shell::Perl::Dumper::Plain->new;
           print $dumper->dump_scalar($scalar);
           print $dumper->dump_list(@list);

       Examples of its output:

           pirl > :set out P

           pirl > { a => 3 } #scalar
           HASH(0x1094d2c0)

           pirl > (1, 2, "a") #list
           1       2       a

SEE ALSO

           Shell::Perl

BUGS

       Please report bugs via CPAN RT <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Shell-Perl> or
       <mailto://bugs-Shell-Perl@rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHORS

       Adriano R. Ferreira, <ferreira@cpan.org>

       Caio Marcelo, <cmarcelo@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2007aXX2011 by Adriano R. Ferreira

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