NAME

WE_Content::Base - base class for all web.editor content implementations

SYNOPSIS

use WE_Content::Base;

DESCRIPTION

CONSTRUCTOR

new WE_Content::... -string => ..., -file => ..., -object => ...

Construct with either a string, content from file or a perl object.

METHODS

clone([$as])

Clone the $self object. If $as is supplied, then the cloned object is blessed to this class.

get_string([-file => ... | -string => ...])

Get a string either from file or from string.

guess_class($buf)

Guess the WE_Content::... implementation of the data in $buf. Currently WE_Content::YAML or WE_Content::PerlDD may be returned.

by_path($path)

Return the referenced content element. The path is either a string with "/" as path separator or an array reference. Leading "/" are optional.

by_dotted($path)

Same as by_path, but use the dot (".") as separator.

set_by_path($path, $new_value)

Set the referenced (scalar) path to $new_value.

set_by_dotted($path, $new_value)

Same as set_by_path, but use the dot (".") as separator.

set_by_dotted($path, $value)

is_prototype

Return true, if the current object is from "prototype" or "template" type.

AUTHOR

Slaven Rezic - slaven@rezic.de

SEE ALSO

WE_Content::Tools, WE_Content::PerlDD.