Name

Class::Usul::Constants - Definitions of constant values

Synopsis

use Class::Usul::Constants;

my $bool = TRUE; my $slash = SEP;

Description

Exports a list of subroutines each of which returns a constants value

Configuration and Environment

Defines the following class attributes;

Assert
Config_Extn
Config_Key
Exception_Class

Subroutines/Methods

ARRAY

String ARRAY

ASSERT

Return a coderef which is imported by Class::Usul::Functions into the callers namespace as the assert function. By default this will be the empty subroutine, sub {}. Change this by setting the Assert class attribute

BRK

Separate leader from message, (: )

CODE

String CODE

COMMA

The comma character

CONFIG_EXTN

The default configuration file extension, .json. Change this by setting the Config_Extn class attribute

DEFAULT_CONFHOME

Default directory for the config file. The function find_apphome defaults to returning this value if it cannot find a more suitable one

DEFAULT_ENCODING

String UTF-8

DEFAULT_ENVDIR

An arrayref which if passed to catfile is the directory which will contain the applications installation information

DEFAULT_L10N_DOMAIN

String default. The name of the default message catalog

DIGEST_ALGORITHMS

List of algorithms to try as args to Digest

ENCODINGS

List of supported IO encodings

EVIL

The Config operating system name of the one whose name cannot be spoken out loud

EXCEPTION_CLASS

The name of the class used to throw exceptions. Defaults to Class::Usul::Exception but can be changed by setting the Exception_Class class attribute

EXTNS

List of possible file suffixes used on Perl scripts

FAILED

Non zero exit code indicating program failure

FALSE

Digit 0

HASH

String HASH

LANG

Default language code, en

LBRACE

The left brace character, {

LOCALIZE

The character sequence that introduces a localization substitution parameter, [_

LOG_LEVELS

List of methods the log object is expected to support

MODE

Default file creation mask

NO

The letter n

NUL

Empty string

OK

Returns good program exit code, zero

PHASE

The default phase number used to select installation specific config

PREFIX

Array ref representing the default parent path for a normal install

QUIT

The character q

SEP

Slash / character

SPC

Space character

TRUE

Digit 1

UNDEFINED_RV

Digit -1. Indicates that a method wrapped in a try/catch block failed to return a defined value

UNTAINT_CMDLINE

Regular expression used to untaint command line strings

UNTAINT_IDENTIFIER

Regular expression used to untaint identifier strings

UNTAINT_PATH

Regular expression used to untaint path strings

USUL_CONFIG_KEY

Default configuration hash key, Plugin::Usul. Change this by setting the Config_Key class attribute

UUID_PATH

An arrayref which if passed to catfile is the path which will return a unique identifier if opened and read

WIDTH

Default terminal screen width in characters

YES

The character y

Diagnostics

None

Dependencies

Exporter
Class::Usul::Exception

Incompatibilities

There are no known incompatibilities in this module

Bugs and Limitations

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome

Author

Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>

License and Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

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

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE