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## Data::Transform::ExplicitMetadata
Transform a Perl data structure into one with basic data types and
explicit metadata. This data structure can be safely JSON encoded.
## Description
The JSON module can only encode Perl data structures directly representable
as JSON strings: simple scalars, arrayrefs and hashrefs.
This module transforms a perl data structure into one which may safely
be JSON encoded, while maintaining Perl-specific metadata that isn't directly
expressable in JSON such as blessed and tied references, self-referential
data, typeglobs, reference addresses, etc.
When destrializing, it recreates the original data as closely as possible.
It also includes a Javascript library to manipulate the data structure
created from the JSON string.
## Usage
use Data::Transform::ExplicitMetadata;
use JSON;
my $encoded = Data::Transform::ExplicitMetadata::encode($perl_data);
my $json_string = JSON::encode_json($encoded);
my $perl_copy = Data::Transform::ExplicitMetadata::decode($encoded);
