Lire::Config::ConfigFile(3pm)

Lire::Config::ConfigFile3pm

Class for configuration file manipulation.

Usage

  use Lire::Config::ConfigFile;

Overview

Object representing a Lire configuration file.

new( 'filename' => $file, spec => $config_spec )

Creates a new Lire::Config::ConfigFile object. The constructor takes two parameters:

filename

The file form where the configuration was stored or was loaded from.

spec

The Lire::Config::TypeSpec object to which this configuration adheres.

filename( [$new_filename] )

Returns (and optionally changes) the filename where this configuration file should be stored.

spec()

Returns the Lire::Config::TypeSpec object to which this configuration file adheres.

global( [ $config] )

Returns or modify the 'global' configuration part of the file. This is an instance Lire::Config::Compound object.

save()

Saves this ConfigConfigFile object back to the filename from which it was loaded.

revert()

Reads back the configuration from the file.

as_value()

Returns this configuration file as an hash reference. Delegates to the global configuration object contained in the file.

get( $name )

Returns the configuration parameter $name from this configuration file. Delegates to the global configuration object contained in the file.

is_set( $name )

Checks that a configuration parameter is set in this file. Delegates to the global configuration object contained in the file.

set( $param )

Sets a configuration variable in the file. Delegates to the global configuration object contained in the file.

Version

$Id: ConfigFile.pm,v 1.9 2006/07/23 13:16:30 vanbaal Exp $

Releases

6 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 5 times.

  1. 3.1
  2. 4.0
  3. 5.0
  4. 6.0
  5. 7
  6. Arch

Authors

Wessel Dankers <[email protected]> Francis J. Lacoste <[email protected]> Wolfgang Sourdeau <[email protected]>

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