NAME

Data::Hive::Store::Param - CGI::param-like store for Data::Hive

VERSION

version 0.054

METHODS

new

# use default method name 'param'
my $store = Data::Hive::Store::Param->new($obj);

# use different method name 'info'
my $store = Data::Hive::Store::Param->new($obj, { method => 'info' });

# escape certain characters in keys
my $store = Data::Hive::Store::Param->new($obj, { escape => './!' });

Return a new Param store.

Several interesting arguments can be passed in a hashref after the first (mandatory) object argument.

method

Use a different method name on the object (default is 'param').

escape

List of characters to escape (prepend '\' to) in keys.

Defaults to the separator.

separator

String to join path segments together with; defaults to either the first character of the escape option (if given) or '.'.

exists

Coderef that describes how to see if a given parameter name (separator-joined path) exists. The default is to treat the object like a hashref and look inside it.

delete

Coderef that describes how to delete a given parameter name. The default is to treat the object like a hashref and call delete on it.

get

Join the path together with the separator and get it from the object.

set

See "get".

name

Join path together with separator and return it.

exists

Return true if the name of this hive is a parameter.

delete

Delete the entry for the name of this hive and return its old value.

AUTHORS

• Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>

• Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Hans Dieter Pearcey.

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