NAME

JavaScript::Packer - Perl version of Dean Edwards' Packer.js

VERSION

Version 1.000

DESCRIPTION

A JavaScript Compressor

This module is an adaptation of Dean Edwards' Packer.js.

Additional information: http://dean.edwards.name/packer/

SYNOPSIS

use JavaScript::Packer;

my $packer = JavaScript::Packer->init();

$packer->minify( $javascript, $opts );

To return a scalar without changing the input simply use (e.g. example 2):

my $ret = $packer->minify( $javascript, $opts );

For backward compatibility it is still possible to call 'minify' as a function:

JavaScript::Packer::minify( $javascript, $opts );

The first argument must be a scalarref of javascript-code.

Second argument must be a hashref of options. Possible options are:

compress

Defines compression level. Possible values are 'clean', 'shrink', 'obfuscate' and 'best'. Default value is 'clean'. 'best' uses 'shrink' or 'obfuscate' depending on which result is shorter. This is recommended because especially when compressing short scripts the result will exceed the input if compression level is 'obfuscate'.

For backward compatibility 'minify' and 'base62' will still work.

You can add a copyright notice on top of the script.

If there is a copyright notice in a comment it will only be removed if this option is set to a true value. Otherwise the first comment that contains the word "copyright" will be added at the top of the packed script. A copyright comment will be overwritten by a copyright notice defined with the copyright option.

no_compress_comment

If not set to a true value it is allowed to set a JavaScript comment that prevents the input being packed or defines a compression level.

/* JavaScript::Packer _no_compress_ */
/* JavaScript::Packer shrink */

Is set by default.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Common usage.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use JavaScript::Packer;

my $packer = JavaScript::Packer->init();

open( UNCOMPRESSED, 'uncompressed.js' );
open( COMPRESSED, '>compressed.js' );

my $js = join( '', <UNCOMPRESSED> );

$packer->minify( \$js, { compress => 'best' } );

print COMPRESSED $js;
close(UNCOMPRESSED);
close(COMPRESSED);
Example 2

A scalar is requested by the context. The input will remain unchanged.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;

use JavaScript::Packer;

my $packer = JavaScript::Packer->init();

open( UNCOMPRESSED, 'uncompressed.js' );
open( COMPRESSED, '>compressed.js' );

my $uncompressed = join( '', <UNCOMPRESSED> );

my $compressed = $packer->minify( \$uncompressed, { compress => 'best' } );

print COMPRESSED $compressed;
close(UNCOMPRESSED);
close(COMPRESSED);

AUTHOR

Merten Falk, <nevesenin at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-javascript-packer at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=JavaScript-Packer.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc JavaScript::Packer

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2008 - 2011 Merten Falk, all rights reserved.

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