NAME

Rinci::Upgrading - Upgrading from previous version of specification

VERSION

version 1.1.16

DESCRIPTION

This document gives guide on how to convert your metadata from older version.

Examples are written in Perl, but are not limited to this language.

UPGRADING FROM SUB::SPEC 1.0 TO RINCI 1.1

Upgrading function metadata

In Perl, you can use Perinci::Sub::Wrapper (which in turn is used by Perinci::Access) to automatically convert Sub::Spec 1.0 metadata to 1.1, so you can skip this document if you want.

Terminology change: (sub) spec is now called metadata: the reason is because there are now metadata for functions as well as other code entities like variables, packages, etc. clause is now called property: the reason is to avoid confusion with Data::Sah's clause.

The v (spec version) property is required, add

 v => 1.1

to your function metadata.

Each argument in the args property is now a hash, instead of a schema. Move the schema to the schema key of the hash. To specify required argument, add req set to 1 to hash key. Move arg_pos Sah clause to pos hash key. Move arg_greedy Sah clause to greedy hash key. Move arg_completion Sah clause to completion hash key.

Example, change this:

 args => {
     # a required argument
     arg1 => ['int*', {
         summary => 'Blah ...',
         min => 1, max => 100,
         arg_pos => 0,
     }],

     # an optional argument
     arg2 => ['bool', {
         summary => 'Blah ...',
         default => 0,
     }],
 }

Into this:

 args => {
     arg1 => {
         summary => 'Blah ...',
         schema => ['int*', {min=>1, max=>100}],
         req => 1,
         pos => 0,
     },

     arg2 => {
         summary => 'Blah ...',
         schema => [bool => {default=>0}],
     },
 }

It is now possible to give summary and description to the schema as well as to the argument.

Accordingly, the result property is also now a hash, instead of schema. Move the schema into the schema hash key.

Sub::Spec::HTTP

For the most part, you only need to upgrade client and server library. Client library is now Perinci::CmdLine and Perinci::Access. Server library is now Perinci::Access::HTTP::Server.

Specification is now Riap and Riap::HTTP. Terminology changes. SS request now becomes Riap request. Some key names changed (shortened). Special headers are now prefixed with X-Riap-* instead of X-SS-Req-*.

Log levels are now numeric only (1-6) instead of numeric/string.

AUTHOR

Steven Haryanto <stevenharyanto@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Steven Haryanto.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.