NAME
Perl::Critic::PolicyParameter - Metadata about a parameter for a Policy.
DESCRIPTION
A provider of validation and parsing of parameter values and metadata about the parameter.
INTERFACE SUPPORT
This is considered to be a public class. Any changes to its interface will go through a deprecation cycle.
METHODS
get_name()
-
Return the name of the parameter. This is the key that will be looked for in the .perlcriticrc.
get_description()
-
Return an explanation of the significance of the parameter, as provided by the developer of the policy.
get_default_string()
-
Return a representation of the default value of this parameter as it would appear if it was specified in a .perlcriticrc file.
parse_and_validate_config_value( $parser, $config )
-
Extract the configuration value for this parameter from the overall configuration and initialize the policy based upon it.
generate_full_description()
-
Produce a more complete explanation of the significance of this parameter than the value returned by
get_description()
.If no description can be derived, returns the empty string.
Note that the result may contain multiple lines.
to_formatted_string( $format )
-
Generate a string representation of this parameter, based upon the format.
The format is a combination of literal and escape characters similar to the way
sprintf
works. If you want to know the specific formatting capabilities, look at String::Format. Valid escape characters are:
SEE ALSO
"MAKING YOUR POLICY CONFIGURABLE" in Perl::Critic::DEVELOPER
AUTHOR
Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2006-2023 Elliot Shank.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.