NAME Config::Environment - Application Configuration via Environment Variables VERSION version 0.000007 SYNOPSIS use Config::Environment; my $conf = Config::Environment->new('myapp'); my $conn = $conf->param('db.1.conn' => 'dbi:mysql:dbname=foobar'); my $user = $conf->param('db.1.user'); # via $ENV{MYAPP_DB_1_USER} or undef my $pass = $conf->param('db.1.pass'); # via $ENV{MYAPP_DB_1_PASS} or undef or my $info = $conf->param('db.1'); say $info->{conn}; # outputs dbi:mysql:dbname=foobar say $info->{user}; # outputs the value of $ENV{MYAPP_DB_1_USER} say $info->{pass}; # outputs the value of $ENV{MYAPP_DB_1_PASS} likewise ... $conf->param('server' => {node => ['10.10.10.02', '10.10.10.03']}); creates the following environment variables and assignments $ENV{MYAPP_SERVER_NODE_1} = '10.10.10.02'; $ENV{MYAPP_SERVER_NODE_2} = '10.10.10.03'; ... and the configuration can be retrieved using any of the following $conf->param('server'); $conf->param('server.node'); $conf->param('server.node.1'); $conf->param('server.node.2'); or my ($node1, $node2) = $conf->params(qw(server.node.1 server.node.2)); DESCRIPTION Config::Environment is an interface for managing application configuration using environment variables as a backend. Using environment variables as a means of application configuration is a great way of controlling which parts of your application configuration gets hard-coded and shipped with your codebase (and which parts do not). Using environment variables, application configuration can be set at the system, user, and/or application levels and easily overridden. ATTRIBUTES autoload The autoload attribute contains a boolean value which determines whether the global ENV hash will be sourced during instantiation. This attribute is set to true by default. domain The domain attribute contains the environment variable prefix used as context to differentiate between other environment variables. lifecycle The lifecycle attribute contains a boolean value which if true restricts any environment variables changes to life of the class instance. This attribute is set to false by default. mirror The mirror attribute contains a boolean value which if true copies any configuration assignments to the corresponding environment variables. This attribute is set to true by default. override The override attribute contains a boolean value which determines whether parameters corresponding to an existing environment variable can have it's value overridden. This attribute is set to true by default. METHODS load The load method expects a hashref which it parses and generates environment variables from whether they exist or not and registers the formatted environment structure. This method is called automatically on instantiation using the global ENV hash as an argument. my $hash = { APP_MODE => 'development', APP_USER => 'vagrant', APP_PORT => 9000 }; $self->load($hash); param The param method expects a key which it uses to locate the corresponding environment variable in the registered data structure. The key uses dot-notation to traverse hierarchical data in the registry. This method will return undefined if no element can be found matching the query. The method can also be used to set environment variables by passing an additional argument as the value in the form of a scalar, arrayref or hashref. my $item = $self->param($key); my $item = $self->param($key => $value); # load parsed data from another configuration source, e.g. a config file while (my($key, $val) = each(%$configuration) { $self->param($key => $val); } params The params method expects a list of keys which are used to locate the corresponding environment variables in the registered data structure. The keys use dot-notation to traverse hierarchical data in the registry and return a list of corresponding values in order specified. This method returns a list in list-context, otherwise it returns the first element found of the list of queries specified. my $item = $self->params(@list_of_keys); my @items = $self->params(@list_of_keys); environment The environment method returns a hashref representing all environment variables specific to the instantiated object's domain and instance. my $environment = $self->environment; subdomain The subdomain method returns a copy of the class instance with a modified domain reference for easier access to nested configuration keys. my $db = $self->subdomain('db'); my $db1 = $db->subdomain('1'); $db1->param('conn' => $connstring); $db1->param('user' => $username); $db1->param('pass' => $password); AUTHOR Al Newkirk COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Al Newkirk. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.