SYNOPSIS use Perinci::Object; # automatically exports risub(), rivar(), ripkg(), # envres(), envresmulti(), envrestable(), riresmeta() use Data::Dump; # for dd() # OO interface to function metadata. my $risub = risub { v => 1.1, summary => 'Calculate foo and bar', "summary.alt.lang.id_ID" => 'Menghitung foo dan bar', args => { a1 => { schema => 'int*' }, a2 => { schema => 'str' } }, features => { pure=>1 }, }; dd $risub->type, # "function" $risub->v, # 1.1 $risub->arg('a1'), # { schema=>'int*' } $risub->arg('a3'), # undef $risub->feature('pure'), # 1 $risub->feature('foo'), # undef $risub->langprop('summary'), # 'Calculate foo and bar' $risub->langprop({lang=>'id_ID'}, 'summary'), # 'Menghitung foo dan bar' # setting arg and property $risub->arg('a3', 'array'); # will actually fail for 1.0 metadata $risub->feature('foo', 2); # ditto # OO interface to variable metadata my $rivar = rivar { ... }; # OO interface to package metadata my $ripkg = ripkg { ... }; # OO interface to enveloped result my $envres = envres [200, "OK", [1, 2, 3]]; dd $envres->is_success, # 1 $envres->status, # 200 $envres->message, # "OK" $envres->result, # [1, 2, 3] $envres->meta; # undef # setting status, message, result, extra $envres->status(404); $envres->message('Not found'); $envres->result(undef); $envres->meta({errno=>-100}); # OO interface to function/method result metadata my $riresmeta = riresmeta { ... }; # an example of using envresmulti() sub myfunc { ... my $envres = envresmulti(); # add result for each item $envres->add_result(200, "OK", {item_id=>1}); $envres->add_result(202, "OK", {item_id=>2, note=>"blah"}); $envres->add_result(404, "Not found", {item_id=>3}); ... # finally, return the result return $envres->as_struct; } # an example of using envrestable() sub myfunc { ... my $envres = envrestable(); $envres->add_field('foo'); $envres->add_field('bar'); ... return $envres->as_struct; } DESCRIPTION Rinci works using pure data structures, but sometimes it's convenient to have an object-oriented interface (wrapper) for those data. This module provides just that. FUNCTIONS rimeta $meta => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::Metadata->new($meta). risub $meta => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::Function->new($meta). rivar $meta => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::Variable->new($meta). ripkg $meta => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::Package->new($meta). envres $res => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::EnvResult->new($res). envresmulti $res => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::EnvResultMulti->new($res). envrestable $res => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::EnvResultTable->new($res). riresmeta $resmeta => OBJECT Exported by default. A shortcut for Perinci::Object::ResMeta->new($res). SEE ALSO Rinci