package Stash::Manip; use strict; use warnings; use Carp qw(confess); use Scalar::Util qw(reftype); =head1 NAME Stash::Manip - routines for manipulating stashes =head1 SYNOPSIS my $stash = Stash::Manip->new('Foo'); $stash->add_package_symbol('%foo', {bar => 1}); # $Foo::foo{bar} == 1 $stash->has_package_symbol('$foo') # false my $namespace = $stash->namespace; *{ $namespace->{foo} }{HASH} # {bar => 1} =head1 DESCRIPTION Manipulating stashes (Perl's symbol tables) is occasionally necessary, but incredibly messy, and easy to get wrong. This module hides all of that behind a simple API. =head1 METHODS =cut =head2 new $package_name Creates a new C object, for the package given as the only argument. =cut sub new { my $class = shift; my ($namespace) = @_; return bless { package => $namespace }, $class; } =head2 name Returns the name of the package that this object represents. =cut sub name { return $_[0]->{package}; } =head2 namespace Returns the raw stash itself. =cut sub namespace { # NOTE: # because of issues with the Perl API # to the typeglob in some versions, we # need to just always grab a new # reference to the hash here. Ideally # we could just store a ref and it would # Just Work, but oh well :\ no strict 'refs'; return \%{$_[0]->name . '::'}; } { my %SIGIL_MAP = ( '$' => 'SCALAR', '@' => 'ARRAY', '%' => 'HASH', '&' => 'CODE', ); sub _deconstruct_variable_name { my ($self, $variable) = @_; (defined $variable) || confess "You must pass a variable name"; my $sigil = substr($variable, 0, 1, ''); (defined $sigil) || confess "The variable name must include a sigil"; (exists $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil}) || confess "I do not recognize that sigil '$sigil'"; return ($variable, $sigil, $SIGIL_MAP{$sigil}); } } =head2 add_package_symbol $variable $value Adds a new package symbol, for the symbol given as C<$variable>, and optionally gives it an initial value of C<$value>. C<$variable> should be the name of variable including the sigil, so Stash::Manip->new('Foo')->add_package_symbol('%foo') will create C<%Foo::foo>. =cut sub add_package_symbol { my ($self, $variable, $initial_value) = @_; my ($name, $sigil, $type) = ref $variable eq 'HASH' ? @{$variable}{qw[name sigil type]} : $self->_deconstruct_variable_name($variable); my $pkg = $self->name; no strict 'refs'; no warnings 'redefine', 'misc', 'prototype'; *{$pkg . '::' . $name} = ref $initial_value ? $initial_value : \$initial_value; } =head2 remove_package_glob $name Removes all package variables with the given name, regardless of sigil. =cut sub remove_package_glob { my ($self, $name) = @_; no strict 'refs'; delete ${$self->name . '::'}{$name}; } # ... these functions deal with stuff on the namespace level =head2 has_package_symbol $variable Returns whether or not the given package variable (including sigil) exists. =cut sub has_package_symbol { my ($self, $variable) = @_; my ($name, $sigil, $type) = ref $variable eq 'HASH' ? @{$variable}{qw[name sigil type]} : $self->_deconstruct_variable_name($variable); my $namespace = $self->namespace; return unless exists $namespace->{$name}; my $entry_ref = \$namespace->{$name}; if (reftype($entry_ref) eq 'GLOB') { if ( $type eq 'SCALAR' ) { return defined ${ *{$entry_ref}{SCALAR} }; } else { return defined *{$entry_ref}{$type}; } } else { # a symbol table entry can be -1 (stub), string (stub with prototype), # or reference (constant) return $type eq 'CODE'; } } =head2 get_package_symbol $variable Returns the value of the given package variable (including sigil). =cut sub get_package_symbol { my ($self, $variable) = @_; my ($name, $sigil, $type) = ref $variable eq 'HASH' ? @{$variable}{qw[name sigil type]} : $self->_deconstruct_variable_name($variable); my $namespace = $self->namespace; # FIXME $self->add_package_symbol($variable) unless exists $namespace->{$name}; my $entry_ref = \$namespace->{$name}; if (ref($entry_ref) eq 'GLOB') { return *{$entry_ref}{$type}; } else { if ($type eq 'CODE') { no strict 'refs'; return \&{ $self->name . '::' . $name }; } else { return undef; } } } =head2 remove_package_symbol $variable Removes the package variable described by C<$variable> (which includes the sigil); other variables with the same name but different sigils will be untouched. =cut sub remove_package_symbol { my ($self, $variable) = @_; my ($name, $sigil, $type) = ref $variable eq 'HASH' ? @{$variable}{qw[name sigil type]} : $self->_deconstruct_variable_name($variable); # FIXME: # no doubt this is grossly inefficient and # could be done much easier and faster in XS my ($scalar_desc, $array_desc, $hash_desc, $code_desc, $io_desc) = ( { sigil => '$', type => 'SCALAR', name => $name }, { sigil => '@', type => 'ARRAY', name => $name }, { sigil => '%', type => 'HASH', name => $name }, { sigil => '&', type => 'CODE', name => $name }, { sigil => '', type => 'IO', name => $name }, ); my ($scalar, $array, $hash, $code, $io); if ($type eq 'SCALAR') { $array = $self->get_package_symbol($array_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($array_desc); $hash = $self->get_package_symbol($hash_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($hash_desc); $code = $self->get_package_symbol($code_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($code_desc); $io = $self->get_package_symbol($io_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($io_desc); } elsif ($type eq 'ARRAY') { $scalar = $self->get_package_symbol($scalar_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($scalar_desc); $hash = $self->get_package_symbol($hash_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($hash_desc); $code = $self->get_package_symbol($code_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($code_desc); $io = $self->get_package_symbol($io_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($io_desc); } elsif ($type eq 'HASH') { $scalar = $self->get_package_symbol($scalar_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($scalar_desc); $array = $self->get_package_symbol($array_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($array_desc); $code = $self->get_package_symbol($code_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($code_desc); $io = $self->get_package_symbol($io_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($io_desc); } elsif ($type eq 'CODE') { $scalar = $self->get_package_symbol($scalar_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($scalar_desc); $array = $self->get_package_symbol($array_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($array_desc); $hash = $self->get_package_symbol($hash_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($hash_desc); $io = $self->get_package_symbol($io_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($io_desc); } elsif ($type eq 'IO') { $scalar = $self->get_package_symbol($scalar_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($scalar_desc); $array = $self->get_package_symbol($array_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($array_desc); $hash = $self->get_package_symbol($hash_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($hash_desc); $code = $self->get_package_symbol($code_desc) if $self->has_package_symbol($code_desc); } else { confess "This should never ever ever happen"; } $self->remove_package_glob($name); $self->add_package_symbol($scalar_desc => $scalar) if defined $scalar; $self->add_package_symbol($array_desc => $array) if defined $array; $self->add_package_symbol($hash_desc => $hash) if defined $hash; $self->add_package_symbol($code_desc => $code) if defined $code; $self->add_package_symbol($io_desc => $io) if defined $io; } =head2 list_all_package_symbols $type_filter Returns a list of package variable names in the package, without sigils. If a C is passed, it is used to select package variables of a given type, where valid types are the slots of a typeglob ('SCALAR', 'CODE', 'HASH', etc). =cut sub list_all_package_symbols { my ($self, $type_filter) = @_; my $namespace = $self->namespace; return keys %{$namespace} unless defined $type_filter; # NOTE: # or we can filter based on # type (SCALAR|ARRAY|HASH|CODE) if ($type_filter eq 'CODE') { return grep { (ref($namespace->{$_}) ? (ref($namespace->{$_}) eq 'SCALAR') : (ref(\$namespace->{$_}) eq 'GLOB' && defined(*{$namespace->{$_}}{CODE}))); } keys %{$namespace}; } else { return grep { *{$namespace->{$_}}{$type_filter} } keys %{$namespace}; } } =head1 BUGS No known bugs. Please report any bugs through RT: email C, or browse to L. =head1 SEE ALSO L - this module is a factoring out of code that used to live here =head1 SUPPORT You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Stash::Manip You can also look for information at: =over 4 =item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation L =item * CPAN Ratings L =item * RT: CPAN's request tracker L =item * Search CPAN L =back =head1 AUTHOR Jesse Luehrs Mostly copied from code from L, by Stevan Little and the Moose Cabal. =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Jesse Luehrs. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself. =cut 1;