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NAME

Nile::Var - Application Shared variables.

SYNOPSIS

    # get  a reference to the the shared var object
    $var = $self->app->var;

    # set some variables
    $var->set('email', 'ahmed@mewsoft.com');
    $var->set('path', '/var/home/public_html/app');
    $var->set('lang', 'en-US');
    
    # auto setters
    $var->email('ahmed@mewsoft.com');
    $var->lang('en-US');

    # get some variables
    $mail = $var->get('email');
    $path = $var->get('path');
    $lang = $var->get('lang');
    
    # auto getters
    $mail = $var->email;
    $lang = $var->lang;

    # get variables or default values
    $value = $var->get('name', 'default');
    $path = $var->get('email', 'root@localhost');

    # set a list of variables 
    $var->set(%vars);
    $var->set(fname=>'Ahmed', lname=>'Elsheshtawy', email=>'ahmed@mewsoft.com');

    # get a list of variables 
    @values = $var->list(@vars);

    # get a list of variables names
    @names = $var->keys;
    
    # get a hash reference to the variables
    $vars = $var->vars;
    $vars->{path} = '/app/path';
    say $vars->{theme};

    # check if variables exist
    $found = $self->exists($name);

    # delete some vars
    $self->delete(@vars);

    # clear all vars
    $self->clear;

DESCRIPTION

Nile::Var - Application Shared variables.

clear()

    # delete entire xml object data.
    $xml->clear();

Completely clears all loaded xml data from memory. This does not apply to the file until file is updated or saved.

vars()

    # get all variables as a hash or a hash ref.
    %vars = $var->vars();
    $vars = $var->vars();

Returns all variables as a hash or a hash reference.

set()

    # set variables.
    $var->set("users_count", $count);
    $var->set(%vars);

    # automatic setter support
    $var->email('ahmed@mewsoft.com'); # same as $var->set('email', 'ahmed@mewsoft.com');

Set shared variables.

get()

    # get variables
    say $var->get("email");
    say $var->get("website", "default value");
        
    # automatic getter support
    say $var->email; # same as $var->get('email');

Returns shared variables.

list()

    # get a list of shared variables.
    @vars = $var->list(@names);

Returns a list of shared variables.

keys()

    # returns all variables names.
    @names = $var->keys($);

Returns all shared variables names.

exists()

    # check if a variable exist or not.
    $found = $var->exists($name);

Check if a shared variable exist or not.

delete()

    # delete shared variables.
    $var->delete(@names);

Delete a list of shared variables.

Bugs

This project is available on github at https://github.com/mewsoft/Nile.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Nile.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/mewsoft/Nile.

SEE ALSO

See Nile for details about the complete framework.

AUTHOR

Ahmed Amin Elsheshtawy, احمد امين الششتاوى <mewsoft@cpan.org> Website: http://www.mewsoft.com

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2014-2015 by Dr. Ahmed Amin Elsheshtawy احمد امين الششتاوى mewsoft@cpan.org, support@mewsoft.com, https://github.com/mewsoft/Nile, http://www.mewsoft.com

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