NAME

JavaScript::Const::Exporter - Convert exported Perl constants to JavaScript

VERSION

version v0.1.0

SYNOPSIS

Support a project has a module that defines constants for export:

  package MyApp::Const;

  use Exporter qw/ import /;

  our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ A B /;

  use constant A => 123;
  use constant B => "Hello";

Then you can export these constants to JavaScript for use with a web-application's front-end:

  use JavaScript::Const::Exporter;

  my $exporter = JavaScript::Const::Exporter->new(
      module    => 'MyApp::Const',
      constants => [qw/ A B /],
  );

  my $js = $exporter->process

This will return a string with the JavaScript code:

  const A = 123;
  const B = "Hello";

DESCRIPTION

This module allows you to extract a list of exported constants from a Perl module and generate JavaScript that can be included in a web application, thus allowing you to share constants between Perl and JavaScript.

ATTRIBUTES

use_var

When true, these will be defined as "var" variables instead of "const" values.

module

This is the (required) name of the Perl module to include.

constants

This is an array reference of symbols or export tags in the "module"'s namespace to export.

If it is omitted (not recommened), then it will look at the modules @EXPORT_OK list an export all modules.

You must include sigils of constants. However, the exported JavaScript will omit them, e.g. $NAME will export JavaScript that specifies a constant called NAME.

has_constants

True if there are "constants".

include

This is an array reference of paths to add to your @INC, when the "module" is not in the default path.

has_include

True if there are included paths.

pretty

When true, pretty-print any arrays or objects.

stash

This is a Package::Stash for the namespace. This is intended for internal use.

tags

This is the content of the module's %EXPORT_TAGS. This is intended for internal use.

json

This is the JSON encoder. This is intended for internal use.

METHODS

process

This method attempts to retrieve the symbols from the module and generate the JavaScript.

On success, it will return a string containing the JavaScript.

KNOWN ISSUES

When using with Const::Fast::Exporter-based modules, you must explicitly list all of the constants to be exported, as that doesn't provide an @EXPORT_OK variable that can be queried.

SEE ALSO

Const::Exporter

SOURCE

The development version is on github at https://github.com/robrwo/JavaScript-Const-Exporter and may be cloned from git://github.com/robrwo/JavaScript-Const-Exporter.git

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://github.com/robrwo/JavaScript-Const-Exporter/issues

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.

AUTHOR

Robert Rothenberg <rrwo@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by Robert Rothenberg.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

cpanm JavaScript::Const::Exporter

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install JavaScript::Const::Exporter