NAME

   Mojolicious::Plugin::CascadingConfig - Perl-ish configuration plugin
   that loads and merges config files in order

STATUS

SYNOPSIS

     # myapp.conf for production mode
     {
         # Just a value
         foo => 'bar',

         # Nested data structures are fine too
         baz => ['♥'],

         # You have full access to the application
         music_dir => app->home->child('music'),
     }

     # myapp.development.conf for development mode
     {
         foo => 'not_bar',
     }

     # myapp.staging.conf for staging mode
     {
         baz => ['♫'],
     }


     # Mojolicious in production mode
     my $config = $app->plugin('CascadingConfig');
     say $config->{foo}; # says 'bar'
     say $config->{baz}; # says '♥'

     # Mojolicious::Lite
     my $config = plugin 'Config';
     say $config->{foo}; # says 'bar'

     # foo.html.ep
     %= $config->{foo} # evaluates to 'bar'

     # The configuration is available application-wide
     my $config = app->config;
     say $config->{foo}; # says 'bar'


     # Mojolicious in development mode
     say $config->{foo}; # says 'not_bar'
     say $config->{baz}; # says '♥'


     # Mojolicious in staging mode
     say $config->{foo}; # says 'not_bar';
     say $config->{baz}; # says '♫'

DESCRIPTION

   Mojolicious::Plugin::CascadingConfig is a Perl-ish configuration plugin
   that loads and merges config files in order, based on
   Mojolicious::Plugin::Config.

   This plugin will load configs in the order specified by "modes" (ending
   with the current app mode if it is not listed in "modes"), with each
   new config adding to the previous config and overwriting any config
   key/value pairs that existed before. Once the config file is read for
   the mode matching mode, the config will be returned. A file must be
   found for each mode specified in "modes".

   Config filenames are expected to be in the form of
   "$moniker.$mode.conf". production is a special mode where the form
   should be "$moniker.conf".

   The application object can be accessed via $app or the app function in
   the config. strict, warnings, utf8 and Perl 5.10 features are
   automatically enabled.

   If the configuration value config_override has been set in "config" in
   Mojolicious when this plugin is loaded, it will not do anything.

OPTIONS

modes

     # Mojolicious::Lite

     # ['production', 'development'] is the default.
     # If staging is the current active mode for the app, the config for staging is not required since
     # it is not explicitly listed in modes.
     plugin CascadingConfig => {modes => ['production', 'development']};


     # Here a staging config file is required because it is listed in modes.
     plugin CascadingConfig => {modes => ['production', 'development', 'staging']};

   Modes in the order that their config files should be loaded and merged.
   Any config file that is reached for a mode in "modes" must exist. In
   addition to the modes listed, the current app mode will be loaded if a
   config file for it is present once all config files have been loaded
   for each mode in "modes". The config file for the current app mode is
   optional only if it is not in "modes".

   The default is ['production', 'development'].

METHODS

register

     my $config = $plugin->register($app);
     my $config = $plugin->register($app, {modes => ['prod', 'dev', 'stage', 'qa']});

   Register plugin in Mojolicious application and merge configuration.

AUTHOR

   Adam Hopkins <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

   Copyright 2019- Adam Hopkins

LICENSE

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

SEE ALSO

     * Mojolicious::Plugin::Config

     * Mojolicious

     * Mojolicious::Guides

     * https://mojolicious.org