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use v5.12.0;
package Config::INI::Reader 0.029;
# ABSTRACT: a subclassable .ini-file parser
#pod =head1 SYNOPSIS
#pod
#pod If F<family.ini> contains:
#pod
#pod admin = rjbs
#pod
#pod [rjbs]
#pod awesome = yes
#pod height = 5' 10"
#pod
#pod [mj]
#pod awesome = totally
#pod height = 23"
#pod
#pod Then when your program contains:
#pod
#pod my $hash = Config::INI::Reader->read_file('family.ini');
#pod
#pod C<$hash> will contain:
#pod
#pod {
#pod '_' => { admin => 'rjbs' },
#pod rjbs => {
#pod awesome => 'yes',
#pod height => q{5' 10"},
#pod },
#pod mj => {
#pod awesome => 'totally',
#pod height => '23"',
#pod },
#pod }
#pod
#pod =head1 DESCRIPTION
#pod
#pod Config::INI::Reader is I<yet another> config module implementing I<yet another>
#pod slightly different take on the undeniably easy to read L<".ini" file
#pod format|Config::INI>. Its default behavior is quite similar to that of
#pod L<Config::Tiny>, on which it is based.
#pod
#pod The chief difference is that Config::INI::Reader is designed to be subclassed
#pod to allow for side-effects and self-reconfiguration to occur during the course
#pod of reading its input.
#pod
#pod =cut
use Carp ();
our @CARP_NOT = qw(Mixin::Linewise::Readers);
#pod =head1 METHODS FOR READING CONFIG
#pod
#pod These methods are all that most users will need: they read configuration from a
#pod source of input, then they return the data extracted from that input. There
#pod are three reader methods, C<read_string>, C<read_file>, and C<read_handle>.
#pod The first two are implemented in terms of the third. It iterates over lines in
#pod a file, calling methods on the reader when events occur. Those events are
#pod detailed below in the L</METHODS FOR SUBCLASSING> section.
#pod
#pod All of the reader methods return an unblessed reference to a hash.
#pod
#pod All throw an exception when they encounter an error.
#pod
#pod =head2 read_file
#pod
#pod my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_file($filename);
#pod
#pod Given a filename, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that file.
#pod
#pod =head2 read_string
#pod
#pod my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_string($string);
#pod
#pod Given a string, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that string.
#pod
#pod =head2 read_handle
#pod
#pod my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_handle($io_handle);
#pod
#pod Given an IO::Handle, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that
#pod handle.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub read_handle {
my ($invocant, $handle) = @_;
my $self = ref $invocant ? $invocant : $invocant->new;
# parse the file
LINE: while (my $line = $handle->getline) {
if ($handle->input_line_number == 1 && $line =~ /\A\x{FEFF}/) {
Carp::confess("input handle appears to start with a BOM");
}
$self->preprocess_line(\$line);
next LINE if $self->can_ignore($line, $handle);
# Handle section headers
if (defined (my $name = $self->parse_section_header($line, $handle))) {
# Create the sub-hash if it doesn't exist.
# Without this sections without keys will not
# appear at all in the completed struct.
$self->change_section($name);
next LINE;
}
if (my ($name, $value) = $self->parse_value_assignment($line, $handle)) {
$self->set_value($name, $value);
next LINE;
}
$self->handle_unparsed_line($line, $handle);
}
$self->finalize;
return $self->{data};
}
#pod =head1 METHODS FOR SUBCLASSING
#pod
#pod These are the methods you need to understand and possibly change when
#pod subclassing Config::INI::Reader to handle a different format of input.
#pod
#pod =head2 current_section
#pod
#pod my $section_name = $reader->current_section;
#pod
#pod This method returns the name of the current section. If no section has yet
#pod been set, it returns the result of calling the C<starting_section> method.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub current_section {
$_[0]->{section} // $_[0]->starting_section;
}
#pod =head2 parse_section_header
#pod
#pod my $name = $reader->parse_section_header($line, $handle);
#pod
#pod Given a line of input, this method decides whether the line is a section-change
#pod declaration. If it is, it returns the name of the section to which to change.
#pod If the line is not a section-change, the method returns false.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub parse_section_header {
return $1 if $_[1] =~ /^\s*\[\s*(.+?)\s*\]\s*$/;
return;
}
#pod =head2 change_section
#pod
#pod $reader->change_section($section_name);
#pod
#pod This method is called whenever a section change occurs in the file.
#pod
#pod The default implementation is to change the current section into which data is
#pod being read and to initialize that section to an empty hashref.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub change_section {
my ($self, $section) = @_;
$self->{section} = $section;
if (!exists $self->{data}{$section}) {
$self->{data}{$section} = {};
}
}
#pod =head2 parse_value_assignment
#pod
#pod my ($name, $value) = $reader->parse_value_assignment($line, $handle);
#pod
#pod Given a line of input, this method decides whether the line is a property
#pod value assignment. If it is, it returns the name of the property and the value
#pod being assigned to it. If the line is not a property assignment, the method
#pod returns false.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub parse_value_assignment {
return ($1, $2) if $_[1] =~ /^\s*([^=\s\pC][^=\pC]*?)\s*=\s*(.*?)\s*$/;
return;
}
#pod =head2 set_value
#pod
#pod $reader->set_value($name, $value);
#pod
#pod This method is called whenever an assignment occurs in the file. The default
#pod behavior is to change the value of the named property to the given value.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub set_value {
my ($self, $name, $value) = @_;
$self->{data}{ $self->current_section }{$name} = $value;
}
#pod =head2 starting_section
#pod
#pod my $section = Config::INI::Reader->starting_section;
#pod
#pod This method returns the name of the starting section. The default is: C<_>
#pod
#pod =cut
sub starting_section { q{_} }
#pod =head2 can_ignore
#pod
#pod do_nothing if $reader->can_ignore($line, $handle)
#pod
#pod This method returns true if the given line of input is safe to ignore. The
#pod default implementation ignores lines that contain only whitespace or comments.
#pod
#pod This is run I<after> L<preprocess_line>.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub can_ignore {
my ($self, $line, $handle) = @_;
# Skip comments and empty lines
return $line =~ /\A\s*(?:;|$)/ ? 1 : 0;
}
#pod =head2 preprocess_line
#pod
#pod $reader->preprocess_line(\$line);
#pod
#pod This method is called to preprocess each line after it's read but before it's
#pod parsed. The default implementation just strips inline comments. Alterations
#pod to the line are made in place.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub preprocess_line {
my ($self, $line) = @_;
# Remove inline comments
${$line} =~ s/\s+;.*$//g;
}
#pod =head2 handle_unparsed_line
#pod
#pod $reader->handle_unparsed_line( $line, $handle );
#pod
#pod This method is called when the reader encounters a line that doesn't look like
#pod anything it recognizes. By default, it throws an exception.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub handle_unparsed_line {
my ($self, $line, $handle) = @_;
my $lineno = $handle->input_line_number;
Carp::croak "Syntax error at line $lineno: '$line'";
}
#pod =head2 finalize
#pod
#pod $reader->finalize;
#pod
#pod This method is called when the reader has finished reading in every line of the
#pod file.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub finalize { }
#pod =head2 new
#pod
#pod my $reader = Config::INI::Reader->new;
#pod
#pod This method returns a new reader. This generally does not need to be called by
#pod anything but the various C<read_*> methods, which create a reader object only
#pod ephemerally.
#pod
#pod =cut
sub new {
my ($class) = @_;
my $self = { data => {}, };
bless $self => $class;
}
#pod =head1 ORIGIN
#pod
#pod Originaly derived from L<Config::Tiny>, by Adam Kennedy.
#pod
#pod =cut
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Config::INI::Reader - a subclassable .ini-file parser
=head1 VERSION
version 0.029
=head1 SYNOPSIS
If F<family.ini> contains:
admin = rjbs
[rjbs]
awesome = yes
height = 5' 10"
[mj]
awesome = totally
height = 23"
Then when your program contains:
my $hash = Config::INI::Reader->read_file('family.ini');
C<$hash> will contain:
{
'_' => { admin => 'rjbs' },
rjbs => {
awesome => 'yes',
height => q{5' 10"},
},
mj => {
awesome => 'totally',
height => '23"',
},
}
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Config::INI::Reader is I<yet another> config module implementing I<yet another>
slightly different take on the undeniably easy to read L<".ini" file
format|Config::INI>. Its default behavior is quite similar to that of
L<Config::Tiny>, on which it is based.
The chief difference is that Config::INI::Reader is designed to be subclassed
to allow for side-effects and self-reconfiguration to occur during the course
of reading its input.
=head1 PERL VERSION
This library should run on perls released even a long time ago. It should work
on any version of perl released in the last five years.
Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the
minimum required version will not be increased. The version may be increased
for any reason, and there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower
the minimum required perl.
=head1 METHODS FOR READING CONFIG
These methods are all that most users will need: they read configuration from a
source of input, then they return the data extracted from that input. There
are three reader methods, C<read_string>, C<read_file>, and C<read_handle>.
The first two are implemented in terms of the third. It iterates over lines in
a file, calling methods on the reader when events occur. Those events are
detailed below in the L</METHODS FOR SUBCLASSING> section.
All of the reader methods return an unblessed reference to a hash.
All throw an exception when they encounter an error.
=head2 read_file
my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_file($filename);
Given a filename, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that file.
=head2 read_string
my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_string($string);
Given a string, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that string.
=head2 read_handle
my $hash_ref = Config::INI::Reader->read_handle($io_handle);
Given an IO::Handle, this method returns a hashref of the contents of that
handle.
=head1 METHODS FOR SUBCLASSING
These are the methods you need to understand and possibly change when
subclassing Config::INI::Reader to handle a different format of input.
=head2 current_section
my $section_name = $reader->current_section;
This method returns the name of the current section. If no section has yet
been set, it returns the result of calling the C<starting_section> method.
=head2 parse_section_header
my $name = $reader->parse_section_header($line, $handle);
Given a line of input, this method decides whether the line is a section-change
declaration. If it is, it returns the name of the section to which to change.
If the line is not a section-change, the method returns false.
=head2 change_section
$reader->change_section($section_name);
This method is called whenever a section change occurs in the file.
The default implementation is to change the current section into which data is
being read and to initialize that section to an empty hashref.
=head2 parse_value_assignment
my ($name, $value) = $reader->parse_value_assignment($line, $handle);
Given a line of input, this method decides whether the line is a property
value assignment. If it is, it returns the name of the property and the value
being assigned to it. If the line is not a property assignment, the method
returns false.
=head2 set_value
$reader->set_value($name, $value);
This method is called whenever an assignment occurs in the file. The default
behavior is to change the value of the named property to the given value.
=head2 starting_section
my $section = Config::INI::Reader->starting_section;
This method returns the name of the starting section. The default is: C<_>
=head2 can_ignore
do_nothing if $reader->can_ignore($line, $handle)
This method returns true if the given line of input is safe to ignore. The
default implementation ignores lines that contain only whitespace or comments.
This is run I<after> L<preprocess_line>.
=head2 preprocess_line
$reader->preprocess_line(\$line);
This method is called to preprocess each line after it's read but before it's
parsed. The default implementation just strips inline comments. Alterations
to the line are made in place.
=head2 handle_unparsed_line
$reader->handle_unparsed_line( $line, $handle );
This method is called when the reader encounters a line that doesn't look like
anything it recognizes. By default, it throws an exception.
=head2 finalize
$reader->finalize;
This method is called when the reader has finished reading in every line of the
file.
=head2 new
my $reader = Config::INI::Reader->new;
This method returns a new reader. This generally does not need to be called by
anything but the various C<read_*> methods, which create a reader object only
ephemerally.
=head1 ORIGIN
Originaly derived from L<Config::Tiny>, by Adam Kennedy.
=head1 AUTHOR
Ricardo Signes <cpan@semiotic.systems>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Ricardo Signes.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut