NAME
Config::Setting::Chunk - Representation of a configuration file
SYNOPSIS
use Config::Setting::Chunk;
my $chunk = Config::Setting::Chunk->new;
$chunk->add_section( "login" );
$chunk->set_item( "login", "username", "fred" );
my @sections = $chunk->sections;
my $username = $chunk->get_item( "login", "username" );DESCRIPTION
This class is a representation of a configuration file. A chunk consists of zero or more sections, each of which consists of zero or more items.
METHODS
- new ( )
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Class Method. Constructor.
- add_section ( SECTION )
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Create a new section named SECTION. Has no effect if SECTION is already present in this chunk.
- sections ( )
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Return a list of all sections in this chunk, in the order in which they were added.
- has_section ( SECTION )
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Returns true or false if SECTION is present or not in this chunk.
- section_keys ( SECTION )
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Returns a list of all keys present in SECTION.
- set_item ( SECTION, KEY, VALUE )
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Set the item KEY to have VALUE in SECTION. if SECTION does not exist, it will be created.
- get_item ( SECTION, KEY )
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Return the value of KEY in SECTION. Returns undef if KEY or SECTION does not exist.
- get ( KEY )
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Return the value of KEY in the first section which contains it, or undef if no section contains it.
- to_string ( )
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Returns the chunk in windows .INI style format. This may be useful for debugging.
AUTHOR
Dominic Mitchell, <cpan (at) happygiraffe.net>