Config-Model-2.157

Changes for version 2.157 - 2026-03-03

New feature:
- Value model: add update parameter to specify how to load value from INI, YAML, JSON or TOML file when running "cme update" comand
- Loader: add function to load data from INI files
- Node: can extract gist from a array element
- Warper: allow warping from hidden element
- AnyId: add fetch_size method
Bug fixes:
- Loader: fix bug with function call like .b("bar","foo(a > b)")
- ObjTreeScanner: add missing callbacks for file and dir value types
Doc update:
- Node: add filter parameter doc for apply_fixes()
Dependencies:
- switch from Config::IniFiles to Config::INI::Reader and make this dependency optional
- switch YAML::Tiny to YAML::PP and make this dependency optional
- make JSON and TOML::Tiny dependencies optional

Documentation

README.install

Config::Model::Cookbook::CreateModelFromDoc

Create a configuration model from application documentation

Config::Model::Manual::ModelCreationAdvanced

Creating a model with advanced features

Config::Model::Manual::ModelCreationIntroduction

Introduction to model creation with Config::Model

Config::Model::models::Fstab

Configuration class Fstab

Config::Model::models::Fstab::FsLine

Configuration class Fstab::FsLine

Config::Model::models::PopCon

Configuration class PopCon

Modules

Config::Model

a framework to validate, migrate and edit configuration files

Config::Model::Annotation

Read and write configuration annotations

Config::Model::AnyId

Base class for hash or list element

Config::Model::AnyThing

Base class for configuration tree item

Config::Model::Backend::Any

Virtual class for other backends

Config::Model::Backend::CdsFile

Read and write config as a Cds data structure

Config::Model::Backend::Fstab

Read and write config from fstab file

Config::Model::Backend::IniFile

Read and write config as a INI file

Config::Model::Backend::Json

Read and write config as a JSON data structure

Config::Model::Backend::PerlFile

Read and write config as a Perl data structure

Config::Model::Backend::PlainFile

Read and write config as plain file

Config::Model::Backend::ShellVar

Read and write config as a SHELLVAR data structure

Config::Model::BackendMgr

Load configuration node on demand

Config::Model::BackendTrackOrder

Track read order of elements from configuration

Config::Model::CheckList

Handle check list element

Config::Model::Describe

Provide a description of a node element

Config::Model::DumpAsData

Dump configuration content as a perl data structure

Config::Model::Dumper

Serialize data of config tree

Config::Model::Exception

Exception mechanism for configuration model

Config::Model::FuseUI

Fuse virtual file interface for Config::Model

Config::Model::HashId

Handle hash element for configuration model

Config::Model::IdElementReference

Refer to id element(s) and extract keys

Config::Model::Instance

Instance of configuration tree

Config::Model::Iterator

Iterates forward or backward a configuration tree

Config::Model::ListId

Handle list element for configuration model

Config::Model::Lister

List available models and applications

Config::Model::Loader

Load serialized data into config tree

Config::Model::Node

Class for configuration tree node

Config::Model::ObjTreeScanner

Scan config tree and perform call-backs for each element or node

Config::Model::Report

Reports data from config tree

Config::Model::Role::ComputeFunction

compute &index or &element functions

Config::Model::Role::Constants

Provide some constant data.

Config::Model::Role::FileHandler

role to read or write configuration files

Config::Model::Role::Grab

Role to grab data from elsewhere in the tree

Config::Model::Role::HelpAsText

Translate element help from pod to text

Config::Model::Role::NodeLoader

Load Node element in configuration tree

Config::Model::Role::Utils

Provide some utilities

Config::Model::Role::WarpMaster

Config::Model::SearchElement

Search an element in a configuration model

Config::Model::SimpleUI

Simple interface for Config::Model

Config::Model::TermUI

Interactive command line interface for cme

Config::Model::TreeSearcher

Search tree for match in value, description...

Config::Model::TypeConstraints

Mouse type constraints for Config::Model

Config::Model::Utils::GenClassPod

generate pod documentation from configuration models

Config::Model::Value

Strongly typed configuration value

Config::Model::Value::LayeredInclude

Include a sub layer configuration

Config::Model::Value::Update

Retrieve data from several external files

Config::Model::Value::UpdateFromFile

Retrieve data from external file

Config::Model::ValueComputer

Provides configuration value computation

Config::Model::WarpedNode

Node that change config class properties

Config::Model::Warper

Warp tree properties