Config::Abstract 0.13

Config::Abstract is a Perl extension for abstracting configuration files.

SYNOPSIS

use Config::Abstract;
my $ini = new Config::Abstract(testdata.pl);

Config::Abstract is the base class for a number of other classes created to facilitate use and handling of a variety of different configuration file formats. It uses the Data::Dumper file format to serialise it self and can be initialise from a file of that format

EXAMPLES

We assume the content of the file testdata.pl to be:

$settings = {
book => {
chapter1 => {
title => The First Chapter, ever,
file => book/chapter1.txt
},
title => A book of chapters,
chapter2 => {
title => The Next Chapter, after the First Chapter, ever,
file => book/chapter2.txt
},
author => Me, Myself and Irene
}
};

use Config::Abstract;
my $settingsfile = testdata.pl;
my $abstract = new Config::Abstract($settingsfile);

my %book = $abstract->get_entry(book);
my %chap1 = $abstract->get_entry_setting(book,chapter1);
my $chap1title = $chapter1{title};

# Want to see the file?
# If you can live without comments and blank lines ;),
# try this:
print("My abstract file looks like this:n$abstractnCool, huh?n");

# We can also create an ini file from it
# A bit crude, but it does the job
bless($abstract,Config::Abstract::Ini);
print($abstract);