NAME

Data::PathSimple - Navigate and manipulate data structures using paths

SYNOPSIS

use Data::PathSimple qw{
  get
  set
};

my $data = {
  Languages => {
    Perl   => {
      CurrentVersion => '5.16.1',
      URLs           => [
        'http://www.perl.org',
        'http://www.cpan.org',
      ],
    },
    PHP    => {
      CurrentVersion => '5.4.7',
      URLs           => [
        'http://www.php.net',
        'http://pear.php.net',
      ],
    },
    Python => {
      CurrentVersion => '2.7.3',
      URLs           => [
        'http://www.python.org',
      ],
    },
  },
};

my $current_perl = get( $data, '/Languages/Perl/CurrentVersion' );
my @perl_urls    = @{ get( $data, '/Languages/Perl/URLs' ) || [] };

set( $data, '/Languages/Perl/CurrentVersion', '5.16.2' );
set( $data, '/Languages/Python/URLs/1/', 'http://pypi.python.org' );

DESCRIPTION

Data::PathSimple allows you to get and set values deep within a data structure using simple paths to navigate (think XPATH without the steroids).

Why do this when we already have direct access to the data structure? The motivation is that the path will come from a user using a command line tool.

SEE ALSO

The latest version can be found at:

    https://github.com/alfie/Data-PathSimple

Watch the repository and keep up with the latest changes:

    https://github.com/alfie/Data-PathSimple/subscription

SUPPORT

Please report any bugs or feature requests at:

    https://github.com/alfie/Data-PathSimple/issues

Feel free to fork the repository and submit pull requests :)

INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

DEPENDENCIES

AUTHOR

Alfie John <alfiej@opera.com>

WARRANTY

IT COMES WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2012 by Alfie John

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.14.2 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.