NAME

Metabase::Fact::Hash - fact subtype for simple hashes

VERSION

version 0.012

SYNOPSIS

  # defining the fact class
  package MyComment;
  use base 'Metabase::Fact::Hash';

  sub required_keys { qw/poster/ }

  sub optional_keys { qw/comment/ }

  sub content_metadata {
    my $self = shift;
    return {
      poster => [ '//str' => $self->content->{poster} ],
    };
  }

  sub validate_content {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->SUPER::validate_content; # required and optional keys

    # other analysis of values
  }

...and then...

  # using the fact class
  my $fact = MyFact->new(
    resource => 'RJBS/Metabase-Fact-0.001.tar.gz',
    content => {
      poster  => 'larry',
      comment => 'Metabase rocks!',
    }
  );

  $client->send_fact($fact);

DESCRIPTION

Many (if not most) facts to be stored in a Metabase are just hashes of simple data. Metabase::Fact::Hash is a subclass of Metabase::Fact with most of the required Fact methods already implemented. If you write your class as a subclass of Metabase::Fact::Hash, you can store simple hashes in it.

You may wish to implement a content_metadata method to generate metadata about the hash contents.

You should also implement a validate_content method to validate the structure of the hash you're given.

ATTRIBUTES

Arguments provided to new

resource

required

The canonical resource (URI) the Fact relates to. For CPAN distributions, this would be a cpan:///distfile/ URL. (See URI::cpan.)

content

required

A reference to the actual information associated with the fact. The exact form of the content is up to each Fact class to determine.

METHODS

For information on the methods provided by this class, see Metabase::Fact.

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) 2010 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004

cpanm Metabase::Fact

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Metabase::Fact