Data::Section::Simple3pm

Usage

  use Data::Section::Simple qw(get_data_section);
  # Functional interface -- reads from caller package __DATA__
  my $all = get_data_section; # All data in hash reference
  my $foo = get_data_section('foo.html');
  # OO - allows reading from other packages
  my $reader = Data::Section::Simple->new($package);
  my $all = $reader->get_data_section;
  __DATA__
  @@ foo.html
  <html>
   <body>Hello</body>
  </html>
  @@ bar.tt
  [% IF true %]
    Foo
  [% END %]

Overview

Data::Section::Simple is a simple module to extract data from "__DATA__" section of the file.

Limitations

As the name suggests, this module is a simpler version of the excellent Data::Section. If you want more functionalities such as merging data sections or changing header patterns, use Data::Section instead.

This module does not implement caching (yet) which means in every "get_data_section" or "get_data_section($name)" this module seeks and re-reads the data section. If you want to avoid doing so for the better performance, you should implement caching in your own caller code.