NAME

CGI::FormBuilder::Source::YAML - Initialize FormBuilder from YAML file

SYNOPSIS

use CGI::FormBuilder;

my $form = CGI::FormBuilder->new(
   source  => {
       source  => 'form.fb',
       type    => 'YAML',
   },
);

my $lname = $form->field('lname');  # like normal

DESCRIPTION

This reads a YAML (YAML::Syck) file that contains FormBuilder config options and returns a hash to be fed to CGI::FormBuilder->new().

Instead of the syntax read by CGI::FormBuilder::Source::File, it uses pure YAML syntax as read by YAML::Syck. That means you fully specify the entire data structure -- the module doesn't do any fancy processing.

LoadCode is enabled, so you can use YAML syntax for defining subroutines.

Well there is one exception to the "pure YAML syntax", you can specify references as string values that start with \&, \$, \@, or \%. If you have a full direct package reference, it will look there, but it must already be loaded. Otherwise it will traverse up the caller stack and take the first it finds.

EXAMPLE

method:     GET
header:     0
title:      test
name:       test
action:     /test
submit:     test it
linebreaks: 1

required:   
   - test1
   - test2

fields:
   - test1
   - test2
   - test3
   - test4

fieldopts:
   test1:
       type:       text
       size:       10
       maxlength:  32

   test2:
       type:       text
       size:       10
       maxlength:  32

   test3:
       type:       radio
       options:
           -
               - 1
               - Yes
           -
               - 0
               - No

   test4:
       options:    \&test4opts
       sort:       \&Someother::Package::sortopts

validate:
   test1:      /^\w{3,10}$/
   test2:
       javascript: EMAIL
       perl:       eq 'test@test.foo'
   test3:
       - 0
       - 1
   test4:  \&test4opts

You get the idea. A bit more whitespace, but it works in a standardized way.

METHODS

new()

Normally not used directly; it is called from CGI::FormBuilder. Creates the CGI::FormBuilder::Source::YAML object. Arguments from the 'source' hash passed to CGI::FormBuilder->new() will become defaults, unless specified in the file.

parse($source)

Normally not used directly; it is called from CGI::FormBuilder. Parses the specified source file. No fancy params -- just a single filename is accepted. If the file isn't acceptable to YAML::Syck, I suppose it will die.

SEE ALSO

CGI::FormBuilder, CGI::FormBuilder::Source

REVISION

$Id: YAML.pm 2 2006-11-02 16:00:00Z markle $

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 2006 Mark Hedges <hedges@ucsd.edu>. All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This module is free software; you may copy it under terms of the Perl license (GNU General Public License or Artistic License.) http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html