Config::Model::Backend::DpkgSyntax - Role to read and write files with Dpkg syntax
package MyParser ; use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy); Log::Log4perl->easy_init($WARN); use Mouse ; with 'Config::Model::Backend::DpkgSyntax'; package main ; use IO::File ; use Data::Dumper ; my $data = [ [ qw/Name Foo Version 1.2/ ], [ qw/Name Bar Version 1.3/ , Files => [qw/file1 file2/] , Description => "A very\n\nlong description" ] ] ; my $fhw = IO::File->new ; $fhw -> open ( 'dpkg_file' ,'>' ) ; my $parser = MyParser->new() ; $parser->write_dpkg_file($fhw,$data) ;
dpkg_file will contain:
dpkg_file
Name: Foo Version: 1.2 Name: Bar Version: 1.3 Files: file1, file2 Description: A very . long description
This module is a Moose role to read and write dpkg control files.
Debian control file are read and transformed in a list of list matching the control file. The top level list of a list of section. Each section is mapped to a list made of keywords and values. Since this explanation is probably too abstract, here's an example of a file written with Dpkg syntax:
Name: Foo Version: 1.1 Name: Bar # boy, new version Version: 1.2 Description: A very . long description
Once parsed, this file will be stored in the following list of list :
( [ Name => 'Foo', Version => '1.1' ], [ Name => 'Bar', Version => [ '1.2' 'boy, new version' ], Description => "A very\n\nlong description" ] )
Note: The description is changed into a paragraph without the Dpkg syntax idiosyncrasies. The leading white space is removed and the single dot is transformed in to a "\n". These characters will be restored when the file is written back.
Last not but not least, this module can be re-used outside of Config::Model with some small modifications in exception handing. Ask the author if you want this module shipped in its own distribution.
Config::Model
Read a control file from the file_handle and returns a nested list (or a list ref) containing data from the file.
The returned list is of the form :
[ # section 1 [ keyword1 => value1, # for text or simple values keyword2 => value2, # etc ], # section 2 [ ... ] # etc ... ]
check is yes, skip or no. comment_allowed is boolean (default 0)
yes
skip
no
comment_allowed
When comments are provided in the dpkg files, the returned list is of the form :
[ [ keyword1 => [ value1, 'value1 comment'] keyword2 => value2, # no comment ], [ ... ] ]
Parse the dpkg date from lines (which is an array ref) and return a data structure like parse_dpkg_file.
Munge the passed list ref into a string compatible with control files and write it in the passed file handle.
The input is a list of list in a form similar to the one generated by parse_dpkg_file:
[ section [ keyword => value | value_list ] ]
Except that the value may be a SCALAR or a list ref. In case, of a list ref, the list items will be joined with the value list_sep before being written. Values will be aligned in case of multi-line output of a list.
list_sep
For instance the following code :
my $ref = [ [ Foo => 'foo value' , Bar => [ qw/v1 v2/ ] ]; write_dpkg_file ( $ioh, $ref, ', ' )
will yield:
Foo: foo value Bar: v1, v2
Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)
Config::Model, Config::Model::AutoRead, Config::Model::Backend::Any,
To install Config::Model::Dpkg, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Config::Model::Dpkg
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Config::Model::Dpkg
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.