NAME

Getopt::EX::Hashed - Hash store object automation for Getopt::Long

VERSION

Version 0.9921

SYNOPSIS

  use App::foo;
  App::foo->new->run();

  package App::foo;

  use Getopt::EX::Hashed; {
      has start    => ' =i  s begin ' , default => 1;
      has end      => ' =i  e       ' ;
      has file     => ' =s@ f       ' , is => 'rw', any => qr/^(?!\.)/;
      has score    => ' =i          ' , min => 0, max => 100;
      has answer   => ' =i          ' , must => sub { $_[1] == 42 };
      has mouse    => ' =s          ' , any => [ 'Frankie', 'Benjy' ];
      has question => ' =s          ' , any => qr/^(life|universe|everything)$/i;
  } no Getopt::EX::Hashed;

  sub run {
      my $app = shift;
      use Getopt::Long;
      $app->getopt or pod2usage();
      if ($app->{start}) {
          ...

DESCRIPTION

Getopt::EX::Hashed is a module to automate a hash object to store command line option values for Getopt::Long or compatible module including Getopt::EX::Long.

Major objective of this module is integrating initialization and specification into single place.

Module name shares Getopt::EX, but it works independently from other modules in Getopt::EX, so far.

Accessor methods are automatically generated when appropriate parameter is given.

FUNCTION

has

Declare option parameters in a form of:

    has option_name => ( param => value, ... );

If array reference is given, multiple names can be declared at once.

    has [ 'left', 'right' ] => ( spec => "=i" );

If the name start with plus (+), given parameter updates values.

    has '+left' => ( default => 1 );

Following parameters are available.

[ spec => ] string

Give option specification. spec => label can be omitted if and only if it is the first parameter.

In string, option spec and alias names are separated by white space, and can show up in any order. Declaration

    has start => ( spec => "=i s begin" );

will be compiled into string:

    start|s|begin=i

which conform to Getopt::Long definition. Of course, you can write as this:

    has start => ( spec => "s|begin=i" );

If the name and aliases contain underscore (_), another alias name is defined with dash (-) in place of underscores. So

    has a_to_z => ( spec => "=s" );

will be compiled into:

    a_to_z|a-to-z:s

If nothing special is necessary, give empty (or white space only) string as a value. Otherwise, it is not considered as an option.

alias => string

Additional alias names can be specified by alias parameter too. There is no difference with ones in spec parameter.

is => ro | rw

To produce accessor method, is parameter is necessary. Set the value ro for read-only, rw for read-write.

If you want to make accessor for all following members, use configure and set DEFAULT parameter.

    Getopt::EX::Hashed->configure( DEFAULT => [ is => 'rw' ] );

default => value

Set default value. If no default is given, the member is initialized as undef.

If the value is a reference for ARRAY or HASH, new reference with same member is assigned. This means that member data is shared across multiple new calls. Please be careful if you call new multiple times and alter the member data.

action => coderef

Parameter action takes code reference which is called to process the option. When called, hash object is passed as $_.

    has [ qw(left right both) ] => spec => '=i';
    has "+both" => action => sub {
        $_->{left} = $_->{right} = $_[1];
    };

You can use this for "<>" to catch everything. In that case, spec parameter does not matter and not required.

    has ARGV => default => [];
    has "<>" => action => sub {
        push @{$_->{ARGV}}, $_[0];
    };

In fact, default parameter takes code reference too. It is stored in the hash object and the code works almost same. But the hash value can not be used for option storage.

Following parameters are all for data validation. First must is a generic validator and can implement anything. Others are shorthand for common rules.

must => coderef | [ codoref ... ]

Parameter must takes a code reference to validate option values. It takes same arguments as action and returns boolean. With next example, option --answer takes only 42 as a valid value.

    has answer =>
        spec => '=i',
        must => sub { $_[1] == 42 };

If multiple code reference is given, all code have to return true.

    has answer =>
        spec => '=i',
        must =>[ sub { $_[1] >= 42 }, sub { $_[1] <= 42 } ];

min => number

max => number

Set the minimum and maximum limit for the argument.

any => arrayref | qr/regex/

Set the valid string parameter list. Each item is a string or a regex reference. The argument is valid when it is same as, or match to any item of the given list. If the value is not a arrayref, it is taken as a single item list (regexpref usually).

Following declarations are almost equivalent, except second one is case insensitive.

    has question => '=s',
        any => [ 'life', 'universe', 'everything ];

    has question => '=s',
        any => qr/^(life|universe|everything)$/i;

re => qr/regex/

This parameter will be deprecated soon, because any works same. Don't use.

Set the required regular expression pattern for the argument.

METHOD

new

Class method to get initialized hash object.

optspec

Return option specification list which can be given to GetOptions function.

    GetOptions($obj->optspec)

GetOptions has a capability of storing values in a hash, by giving the hash reference as a first argument, but it is not necessary.

getopt

Call GetOptions function defined in caller's context with appropriate parameters.

    $obj->getopt

is just a shortcut for:

    GetOptions($obj->optspec)

use_keys

Because hash keys are protected by Hash::Util::lock_keys, accessing non-existent member causes an error. Use this function to declare new member key before use.

    $obj->use_keys( qw(foo bar) );

If you want to access arbitrary keys, unlock the object.

    use Hash::Util 'unlock_keys';
    unlock_keys %{$obj};

You can change this behavior by configure with LOCK_KEYS parameter.

configure label => value, ...

Use class method Getopt::EX::Hashed->configure() before creating an object; this information is stored in the area unique for calling package. After calling new(), package unique configuration is copied in the object, and it is used for further operation. Use $obj->configure() to update object unique configuration.

There are following configuration parameters.

LOCK_KEYS (default: 1)

Lock hash keys. This avoids accidental access to non-existent hash entry.

REPLACE_UNDERSCORE (default: 1)

Produce alias with underscores replaced by dash.

REMOVE_UNDERSCORE (default: 0)

Produce alias with underscores removed.

GETOPT (default: 'GetOptions')

Set function name called from getopt method.

ACCESSOR_PREFIX

When specified, it is prepended to the member name to make accessor method. If ACCESSOR_PREFIX is defined as opt_, accessor for member file will be opt_file.

DEFAULT

Set default parameters. At the call for has, DEFAULT parameters are inserted before argument parameters. So if both include same parameter, later one in argument list has precedence. Incremental call with + is not affected.

Typical use of DEFAULT is is to prepare accessor method for all following hash entries. Declare DEFAULT => [] to reset.

    Getopt::EX::Hashed->configure(DEFAULT => [ is => 'ro' ]);

reset

Reset the class to the original state.

SEE ALSO

Getopt::Long

Getopt::EX, Getopt::EX::Long

AUTHOR

Kazumasa Utashiro

COPYRIGHT

The following copyright notice applies to all the files provided in this distribution, including binary files, unless explicitly noted otherwise.

Copyright 2021 Kazumasa Utashiro

LICENSE

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

cpanm Getopt::EX::Hashed

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Getopt::EX::Hashed