NAME

Data::Tools provides set of basic functions for data manipulation.

SYNOPSIS

use Data::Tools qw( :all );  # import all functions
use Data::Tools;             # the same as :all :) 
use Data::Tools qw( :none ); # do not import anything, use full package names

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

my $res     = file_save( $file_name, 'file content here' );
my $content = file_load( $file_name );

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------


my $res  = dir_path_make( '/path/to/somewhere' ); # create full path with 0700
my $res  = dir_path_make( '/new/path', MASK => 0755 ); # ...with mask 0755
my $path = dir_path_ensure( '/path/s/t/h' ); # ensure path exists, check+make

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------


my $hash_str = hash2str( $hash_ref ); # convert hash to string "key=value\n"
my $hash_ref = str2hash( $hash_str ); # convert str "key-value\n" to hash

hash_uc
hash_lc
hash_uc_ipl
hash_lc_ipl


# save/load hash in str_url_escaped form to/from a file
my $res      = hash_save( $file_name, $hash_ref );
my $hash_ref = hash_load( $file_name );

# validate (nested) hash by example


# validation example nested hash
my $validate_hr = {
                  A => 'INT',
                  B => 'INT(-5,10)',
                  C => 'REAL',
                  D => {
                       E => 'RE:\d+[a-f]*',  # regexp match
                       F => 'REI:\d+[a-f]*', # case insensitive regexp match
                       },
                  DIR1  => '-d',   # must be existing directory
                  DIR2  => 'dir',  # must be existing directory
                  FILE1 => '-f',   # must be existing file  
                  FILE2 => 'file', # must be existing file  
                  };
# actual nested hash to be verified if looks like the example
my $data_hr     = {
                  A => '123',
                  B =>  '-1',
                  C =>  '1 234 567.89',
                  D => {
                       E => '123abc',
                       F => '456FFF',
                       },
                  }               


my @invalid_keys = hash_validate( $data_hr, $validate_hr );
print "YES!" if hash_validate( $data_hr, $validate_hr );

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------


my $escaped   = str_url_escape( $plain_str ); # URL-style %XX escaping
my $plain_str = str_url_unescape( $escaped );

my $escaped   = str_html_escape( $plain_str ); # HTML-style &name; escaping
my $plain_str = str_html_unescape( $escaped );


my $hex_str   = str_hex( $plain_str ); # HEX-style XX string escaping
my $plain_str = str_unhex( $hex_str );

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------


# converts perl package names to file names, f.e: returns "Data/Tools.pm"
my $perl_pkg_fn = perl_package_to_file( 'Data::Tools' );

# --------------------------------------------------------------------------

# calculating hex digests
my $whirlpool_hex = wp_hex( $data );
my $sha1_hex      = sha1_hex( $data );
my $md5_hex       = md5_hex( $data );

FUNCTIONS

hash_validate( $data_hr, $validate_hr );

Return value can be either scalar or array context. In scalar context return value is true (1) or false (0). In array context it returns list of the invalid keys (possibly key paths like 'KEY1/KEY2/KEY3'):

# array context
my @invalid_keys = hash_validate( $data_hr, $validate_hr );


# scalar context
print "YES!" if hash_validate( $data_hr, $validate_hr );

TODO

(more docs)

REQUIRED MODULES

Data::Tools is designed to be simple, compact and self sufficient. However it uses some 3rd party modules:

* Digest::Whirlpool
* Digest::MD5
* Digest::SHA1

SEE ALSO

For more complex cases of nested hash validation, check Data::Validate::Struct module by Thomas Linden, cheers :)

GITHUB REPOSITORY

[email protected]:cade-vs/perl-data-tools.git


git clone git://github.com/cade-vs/perl-data-tools.git

AUTHOR

Vladi Belperchinov-Shabanski "Cade"

<[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]>

http://cade.datamax.bg