NAME

Acme::CPANModules::StructuredDATA - Modules that give some structure to DATA

VERSION

This document describes version 0.001 of Acme::CPANModules::StructuredDATA (from Perl distribution Acme-CPANModules-StructuredDATA), released on 2019-01-09.

DESCRIPTION

Modules that give some structure to DATA.

The DATA file handle is a convenient feature provided by Perl to let scripts access its own source code (specifically the part after END or DATA). Scripts can usually put some data so they can run without additional data files.

Instead of just a stream of bytes, some modules allow you to access the DATA as some kind of structured storage.

INCLUDED MODULES

• Data::Section

  With this module, you can put several strings in your DATA section, each prepended with a header line containing the label for each. For example:

  __[ content1 ]__
  content for content1.
  
  __[ content2 ]__
  content
  for
  content2

  and access each string by referring to its label.

• Data::Section::Seekable

  This module is similar to Data::Section in letting you put several multipart content in DATA with the exception that it writes a table of content (TOC) of all parts at the beginning of DATA, e.g.:

  __DATA__
  Data::Section::Seekable v1
  part1,0,14
  part2,14,17,important
  
  This is part1
  This is part
  two

  The first paragraph after DATA is called the TOC which lists all the parts along with their offsets and lengths. It is therefore possible to locate any part just from reading the TOC instead of scanning for headers on the whole data. It is useful when the amount of data is quite large and you need quick access to random parts.

• Inline::Files

  This is a prior art for Data::Section but more magical (using source filters) and allows writing in addition to reading your parts. It completely replaces DATA with an unlimited number of LABEL's. I'd be wary in using it, and the module itself gives such warning.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Acme-CPANModules-StructuredDATA.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Acme-CPANModules-StructuredDATA.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Acme-CPANModules-StructuredDATA

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

SEE ALSO

Acme::CPANModules - about the Acme::CPANModules namespace

cpanmodules - CLI tool to let you browse/view the lists

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2019 by perlancar@cpan.org.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.