Hash::Case::Preserve(3pm)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				 Hash::Case::Preserve(3pm)

NAME

       Hash::Case::Preserve - hash with enforced lower cased keys

INHERITANCE

	Hash::Case::Preserve
	  is a Hash::Case
	  is a Tie::StdHash

SYNOPSIS

	use Hash::Case::Preserve;
	tie my(%cphash), 'Hash::Case::Preserve';
	$cphash{StraNGeKeY} = 3;
	print keys %cphash;	    # StraNGeKeY
	print $cphash{strangekey};  # 3
	print $cphash{STRANGEKEY};  # 3

DESCRIPTION

       Hash::Case::Preserve extends Hash::Case, which lets you play various trics with hash keys. This extension implements a fake hash which is
       case-insentive. The keys are administered in the casing as they were used: case-insensitive but case-preserving.

METHODS

   Constructors
       $obj->addHashData(HASH)
	   See "Constructors" in Hash::Case

       $obj->addPairs(PAIRS)
	   See "Constructors" in Hash::Case

       $obj->setHash(HASH)
	   See "Constructors" in Hash::Case

       tie(HASH, 'Hash::Case::Preserve', [VALUES,] OPTIONS)
	   Define HASH to be case insensitive, but case preserving.  The hash is initialized with the VALUES, specified as ref-array (passing a
	   list of key-value pairs) or ref-hash.

	   OPTIONS is a list of key/value pairs, which specify how the hash must handle preservation.  Current options:

	    -Option--Default
	     keep    'LAST'

	   keep => 'FIRST' | 'LAST'
	     Which casing is the preferred casing?  The FIRST appearance or the LAST.  Only stores will affect the casing, deletes will undo the
	     definition.  Defaults to LAST, which is slightly faster.

SEE ALSO

       This module is part of Hash-Case distribution version 1.02, built on March 09, 2012. Website: http://perl.overmeer.net/hash-case/

LICENSE

       Copyrights 2002-2003,2007-2012 by Mark Overmeer. For other contributors see ChangeLog.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  See
       http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-09						 Hash::Case::Preserve(3pm)