VERSION

version 7.900057

SYNOPSIS

use Validation::Class::Mapping;
my $foos = Validation::Class::Mapping->new;
$foos->add(foo => 'one foo');
$foos->add(bar => 'one bar');
print $foos->count; # 2 objects

DESCRIPTION

Validation::Class::Mapping is a container class that provides general-purpose functionality for hashref objects.

METHODS

new

    my $self = Validation::Class::Mapping->new;

add

    $self = $self->add(foo => 1, bar => 2);

clear

    $self = $self->clear;

count

    my $count = $self->count;

delete

    $value = $self->delete($name);

defined

    $true if $self->defined($name) # defined

each

    $self = $self->each(sub{
        my ($key, $value) = @_;
    });

exists

    $true if $self->exists($name) # exists

get

    my $value = $self->get($name); # i.e. $self->{$name}

grep

    $new_list = $self->grep(qr/update_/);

has

    $true if $self->has($name) # defined or exists

hash

    my $hash = $self->hash;

iterator

    my $next = $self->iterator();
    # defaults to iterating by keys but accepts: sort, rsort, nsort, or rnsort
    # e.g. $self->iterator('sort', sub{ (shift) cmp (shift) });
    while (my $item = $next->()) {
        # do something with $item (value)
    }

keys

    my @keys = $self->keys;

list

    my %hash = $self->list;

merge

    $self->merge($hashref);

nsort

    my @keys = $self->nsort;

pairs

    my @pairs = $self->pairs;
    # or filter using $self->pairs('grep', $regexp);
    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
        # $pair->{key} is $pair->{value};
    }

rmerge

    $self->rmerge($hashref);

rnsort

    my @keys = $self->rnsort;

rsort

    my @keys = $self->rsort;

sort

    my @keys = $self->sort(sub{...});

values

    my @values = $self->values;

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

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