NAME

Data::Sah::Filter - Filtering for Data::Sah

VERSION

This document describes version 0.003 of Data::Sah::Filter (from Perl distribution Data-Sah-Filter), released on 2020-02-11.

SYNOPSIS

use Data::Sah::Filter qw(gen_filter);

# a utility routine: gen_filter
my $c = gen_filter(
    filter_names       => ['Str::ltrim', 'Str::rtrim'],
);

my $val = $c->("foo");        # unchanged, "foo"
my $val = $c->(" foo ");      # "foo"

DESCRIPTION

This distribution contains a standard set of filter rules for Data::Sah (to be used in prefilters and postfilter cause). It is separated from the Data-Sah distribution and can be used independently.

A filter rule is put in Data::Sah::Filter::$COMPILER::$CATEGORY:$DESCRIPTION module, for example: Data::Sah::Filter::perl::Str::trim for trimming whitespace at the beginning and end of string.

Basically, a filter rule will provide an expression (expr_filter) to convert data to another. Multiple filter rules will be combined to form the final filtering code.

The filter rule module must contain meta subroutine which must return a hashref (DefHash) that has the following keys (* marks that the key is required):

• v* => int (default: 1)

  Metadata specification version. From DefHash. Currently at 1.

• summary => str

  From DefHash.

The filter rule module must also contain filter subroutine which must generate the code for filtering. The subroutine must accept a hash of arguments (* indicates required arguments):

• data_term => str

The filter subroutine must return a hashref with the following keys (* indicates required keys):

• might_fail => bool

  Whether coercion might fail, e.g. because of invalid input. If set to 1, expr_filter key that the filter() routine returns must be an expression that returns an array (envelope) of (error_msg, data) instead of just filtered data. Error message should be a string that is set when filtering fails and explains why. Otherwise, if filtering succeeds, the string should be set to undefined value.

  This is used for filtering rules that act as a data checker.

• expr_filter => str

  Expression in the target language to actually convert data.

• modules => hash

  A list of modules required by the expression.

Basically, the filter subroutine must generate a code that accepts a non-undef data and must convert this data to the desired value.

Program/library that uses Data::Sah::Filter can collect rules from the rule modules then compose them into the final code, something like (in pseudo-Perl code):

if (!defined $data) {
  return undef;
} else {
  $data = expr-filter-from-rule1($data);
  $data = expr-filter-from-rule2($data);
  ...
  return $data;
}

VARIABLES

$Log_Filter_Code => bool (default: from ENV or 0)

If set to true, will log the generated filter code (currently using Log::ger at trace level). To see the log message, e.g. to the screen, you can use something like:

% TRACE=1 perl -MLog::ger::LevelFromEnv -MLog::ger::Output=Screen \
    -MData::Sah::Filter=gen_filter -E'my $c = gen_filter(...)'

FUNCTIONS

gen_filter

Usage:

gen_filter(%args) -> any

Generate filter code.

This is mostly for testing. Normally the filter rules will be used from Data::Sah.

This function is not exported by default, but exportable.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• filter_names* => array[str]

• return_type => str (default: "val")

Return value: (any)

ENVIRONMENT

LOG_SAH_FILTER_CODE => bool

Set default for $Log_Filter_Code.

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Sah-Filter.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Sah-Filter.

BUGS

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

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

Data::Sah

Data::Sah::FilterJS

App::SahUtils, including filter-with-sah to conveniently test filter from the command-line.

Data::Sah::Coerce. Filtering works very similarly to coercion in the Data::Sah framework (see l<Data::Sah::Coerce>) but is simpler and composited differently to form the final filtering code. Mainly, input data will be passed to all filtering expressions.

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2020 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.

cpanm Data::Sah::Filter

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::Sah::Filter