NAME
TPath::Forester::Ref::Node - a node that represents a node in a plain struct
VERSION
version 0.004
DESCRIPTION
A container for the elements of a Perl data structure. Hash references are treated as lists of key-value pairs in alphabetical order.
ATTRIBUTES
value
The value this node represents.
tag
The hash key mapping of this node's value if it represents a key-value pair in a hash.
children
The node's children, if any.
type
The type of value held by this node:
- hash
- array
- code
- scalar
- glob
- object
-
A blessed reference.
- undef
-
The
undefvalue. - num
-
If it isn't a reference and it looks like a number according to scalar util.
- string
-
Everything else.
is_first
Whether this is the first instance of this reference (or it isn't a reference).
is_repeated
Whether there are multiple references to this value. Something may be both first and repeated, but it must be repeated if it is not first. The actual value returned is the position of the reference in the repetition order. The tree is walked from left to right counting parents before children.
When a repeat is found, it is treated as a leaf. This ensures the nodes form a tree.
is_ref
Whether the value held by the node is a reference.
is_root
Whether this is the root node.
is_leaf
Whether this is a leaf node.
If this is a non-initial repeated reference, it is considered a leaf only if the initial reference is a leaf.
AUTHOR
David F. Houghton <dfhoughton@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by David F. Houghton.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.