Config::Model::Annotation(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			    Config::Model::Annotation(3pm)

NAME

       Config::Model::Annotation - Read and write configuration annotations

VERSION

       version 2.021

SYNOPSIS

	use Config::Model ;
	use Log::Log4perl qw(:easy) ;
	Log::Log4perl->easy_init($WARN);

	# define configuration tree object
	my $model = Config::Model->new ;
	$model ->create_config_class (
	   name => "MyClass",
	   element => [
	       [qw/foo bar/] => {
		   type => 'leaf',
		   value_type => 'string'
	       },
	       baz => {
		   type => 'hash',
		   index_type => 'string' ,
		   cargo => {
		       type => 'leaf',
		       value_type => 'string',
		   },
	       },

	   ],
	) ;

	my $inst = $model->instance(root_class_name => 'MyClass' );

	my $root = $inst->config_root ;

	# put some data in config tree the hard way
	$root->fetch_element('foo')->store('yada') ;
	$root->fetch_element('baz')->fetch_with_id('en')->store('hello') ;

	# put annotation the hard way
	$root->fetch_element('foo')->annotation('english') ;
	$root->fetch_element('baz')->fetch_with_id('en')->annotation('also english') ;

	# put more data the easy way
	my $step = 'baz:fr=bonjour#french baz:hr="dobar dan"#croatian';
	$root->load( step => $step ) ;

	# dump resulting tree with annotations
	print $root->dump_tree;

	# save annotations
	my $annotate_saver = Config::Model::Annotation
	 -> new (
		 config_class_name => 'MyClass',
		 instance => $inst ,
		 root_dir => '/tmp/', # for test
		) ;
	$annotate_saver->save ;

	# now check content of /tmp/config-model/MyClass-note.pl

DESCRIPTION

       This module provides an object that read and write annotations (a bit like comments) to and from a configuration tree and save them in a
       file (not configuration file)

       Depending on the effective id of the process, the annotation will be saved in:

       o   "/var/lib/config-model/<model_name>-note.yml" for root (EUID == 0)

       o   "~/.config-model/<model_name>-note.yml" for normal user (EUID > 0)

CONSTRUCTOR

       Quite standard. The constructor is passed a Config::Model::Instance object.

METHODS

   save()
       Save annotations in a file (See DESCRIPTION)

   load()
       Loads annotations from a file (See DESCRIPTION)

AUTHOR

       Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)

SEE ALSO

       Config::Model, Config::Model::Node, Config::Model::Loader, Config::Model::Searcher, Config::Model::Value,

perl v5.14.2							    2012-11-09					    Config::Model::Annotation(3pm)