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NAME

       Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory - A factory object for dispensing Visitor objects

SYNOPSIS

         use Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory;

         my $tf = Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory->new();

         my $visitor = $tf->get("PathToRoot");

         # or call it as a class method
         my $visitor = Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory->getVisitor("PathToRoot");

DESCRIPTION

       This object is really just a factory for dispensing Tree::Simple::Visitor::* objects. It
       is not required to use this package in order to use all the Visitors, it is just a
       somewhat convenient way to avoid having to type their long class names.

       I considered making this a Singleton, but I did not because I thought that some people
       might not want that. I know that I am very picky about using Singletons, especially in
       multiprocess environments like mod_perl, so I implemented the smallest instance I knew how
       to, and made sure all other methods could be called as class methods too.

METHODS

       new Returns an minimal instance of this object, basically just a reference back to the
           package (literally, see the source if you care).

       get ($visitor_type)
           Attempts to load the $visitor_type and returns an instance of it if successful. If no
           $visitor_type is specified an exception is thrown, if $visitor_type fails to load, and
           exception is thrown.

       getVisitor ($visitor_type)
           This is an alias of "get".

AVAILABLE VISITORS

       This distribution provides a number of Visitor objects which can be loaded just by giving
       their name. Below is a description of the available Visitors and a sort description of
       what they do. I have attempted to classify the Visitors into groups which are related to
       their use.

       This factory will load any module contained inside the Tree::Simple::Visitor::* namespace.
       Given a name, it will attempt to "require" the module Tree::Simple::Visitor::<Name>.pm.
       This allows others to create Visitors which can be accessed with this factory, without
       needed to include them in this distribution.

   Search/Path Related Visitors
       PathToRoot
           Given a Tree::Simple object, this Visitor will find the path back to the tree's root
           node.

       FindByPath
           Given a path and Tree::Simple hierarchy, this Visitor will attempt to find the node
           specified by the path.

       FindByUID
           Given a UID and Tree::Simple hierarchy, this Visitor will attempt to find the node
           with the same UID.

       FindByNodeValue
           Given a node value and Tree::Simple hierarchy, this Visitor will attempt to find the
           node with the same node value.

   Traversal Visitors
       BreadthFirstTraversal
           This implements a breadth-first traversal of a Tree::Simple hierarchy.

       PostOrderTraversal
           Post-order traversal is a variation of the depth-first traversal in which the sub-
           tree's are processed before the parent.

       PreOrderTraversal
           Pre-order traversal is a depth-first traversal method in which the sub-tree's are
           processed after the parent.

   FileSystem Visitors
       LoadDirectoryTree
           This visitor can be used to load a directory tree into a Tree::Simple hierarchy.

       CreateDirectoryTree
           This visitor can be used to create a set of directories and files from a Tree::Simple
           object hierarchy.

   Conversion Visitors
       FromNestedArray
           Given a tree constructed from nested arrays, this Visitor will create the equivalent
           Tree::Simple hierarchy.

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

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

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

   Reflective Visitors
       LoadClassHierarchy
           Given a class name or instance, this Visitor will create a Tree::Simple hierarchy
           which models the classes inheritance hierarchy.

   Misc. Visitors
       GetAllDescendents
           Given a Tree::Simple instance this Visitor will return all the descendents recursively
           on down the hierarchy.

       Sort
           This implements a multi-level sort of a Tree::Simple hierarchy.

       VariableDepthClone
           A Visitor for cloning parts of Tree::Simple hierarchy

BUGS

       None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to
       fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

       I use Devel::Cover to test the code coverage of my tests, below is the Devel::Cover report
       on this module test suite.

        -------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
        File                                           stmt branch   cond    sub    pod   time  total
        -------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
        Tree/Simple/VisitorFactory.pm                 100.0  100.0    n/a  100.0  100.0    0.4  100.0
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/BreadthFirstTraversal.pm  100.0  100.0   66.7  100.0  100.0    2.5   96.3
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/PostOrderTraversal.pm     100.0  100.0   77.8  100.0  100.0    1.7   96.3
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/PreOrderTraversal.pm      100.0    n/a   33.3  100.0  100.0    0.7   90.5
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/CreateDirectoryTree.pm    100.0   85.7   86.7  100.0  100.0    3.4   95.8
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/LoadClassHierarchy.pm     100.0   73.1   33.3  100.0  100.0    4.9   89.2
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/LoadDirectoryTree.pm      100.0   89.3   85.2  100.0  100.0   26.1   94.7
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/FindByNodeValue.pm        100.0  100.0   86.7  100.0  100.0    3.1   98.3
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/FindByPath.pm             100.0  100.0   66.7  100.0  100.0    1.2   97.9
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/FindByUID.pm              100.0  100.0   86.7  100.0  100.0    2.9   98.3
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/GetAllDescendents.pm      100.0  100.0   77.8  100.0  100.0    2.3   97.1
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/PathToRoot.pm             100.0   87.5   75.0  100.0  100.0    0.8   95.1
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/Sort.pm                   100.0  100.0   77.8  100.0  100.0    8.8   98.1
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/ToNestedArray.pm          100.0  100.0   66.7  100.0  100.0    1.5   96.5
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/ToNestedHash.pm           100.0  100.0   66.7  100.0  100.0    1.4   96.5
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/FromNestedArray.pm        100.0   94.4   81.8  100.0  100.0    8.1   96.6
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/FromNestedHash.pm         100.0   91.7   77.8  100.0  100.0    4.8   95.9
        Tree/Simple/Visitor/VariableDepthClone.pm     100.0  100.0   66.7  100.0  100.0   25.5   97.3
        -------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------
        Total                                         100.0   93.8   76.3  100.0  100.0  100.0   96.1
        -------------------------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

SEE ALSO

       These Visitor classes are meant to work with Tree::Simple hierarchies, you should refer to
       that module for more information.

AUTHOR

       stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

       Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au> has taken over maintenance as of V 0.11.

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.