NAME
Hash::Inflator - Access hash entries through methods
VERSION
version 1.100820
SYNOPSIS
my %h = (
persons => [
{
last_name => 'Shindou',
first_name => 'Hikaru',
},
{
last_name => 'Touya',
first_name => 'Akira',
},
],
# ...
);
my $obj = Hash::Inflator->new(%h);
print $obj->persons->[0]->first_name;
DESCRIPTION
This class can inflate a hash so that you can access it using methods
instead of plain hash keys. So instead of "$x->{foo}" you can do
"$x->foo()".
Why would we want to do this?
First, because this way you can quickly prototype a class. Your class
can inherit from Hash::Inflator and the code using your class can just
assume the attributes are there. You can bother with writing the methods
later. Although tools like Class::Accessor and friends make this very
easy anyway.
Second, because we can.
You can call any method on the object. If the name corresponds to a hash
key, its value will be returned. If there is no such key, "undef" will
be returned. If the hash contains other hashes (however deep down),
those will become inflated as well.
The code has been taken, with very little adaption, from Net::Jaiku by
Rick Measham, with his permission.
METHODS
new
Takes a hash or a hash ref and returns the inflated hash as a reference.
INSTALLATION
See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl
modules.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at
<
http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Hash-Inflator>.
AVAILABILITY
The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive
Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <
http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a
CPAN site near you, or see <
http://search.cpan.org/dist/Hash-Inflator/>.
The development version lives at
<
http://github.com/hanekomu/Hash-Inflator/>. Instead of sending patches,
please fork this project using the standard git and github
infrastructure.
AUTHORS
Marcel Gruenauer <
[email protected]>
Rick Measham <
[email protected]>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2008 by Marcel Gruenauer.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
