NAME
    Config::Augeas::Exporter - Export the Augeas tree to various formats

SYNOPSIS
      use Config::Augeas::Exporter

      # Initiliaze
      my $aug = Config::Augeas::Exporter->new( root => $aug_root );

      # Export to XML
      my $doc = $aug->to_xml( 
        path => '/files/etc/fstab',
        exclude => ('#comment')
        );

      print $doc->toString;

      # Restore from XML
      open (my $fh, "<$file") 
        or die "E: Could not open $file: $!\n" ;
      my $doc = XML::LibXML->load_xml(IO => $fh);
      close $fh;

      my $aug = Config::Augeas::Exporter->new(root => $root);
      $aug->from_xml(xml => $doc);

DESCRIPTION
    This module allows to export the Augeas tree to various formats and
    import back from these formats to the configuration files.

Constructor
new ( ... )
    Creates a new Config::Augeas::Exporter object. Optional parameters are:

    augeas
        A Config::Augeas object. If not provided, a new one will be created.

    root
        Use "root" as the filesystem root.

Methods
  to_xml( ... )
    Export the Augeas tree to a XML::LibXML::Document object.

    path
        "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to
        '/files'.

    exclude
        A list of label patterns to exclude from the export.

  to_hash( ... )
    Export the Augeas tree to a hash.

    path
        "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to
        '/files'.

    exclude
        A list of label patterns to exclude from the export.

  to_yaml( ... )
    Export the Augeas tree to YAML.

    path
        "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to
        '/files'.

    exclude
        A list of label patterns to exclude from the export.

  to_json( ... )
    Export the Augeas tree to JSON.

    path
        "path" is the Augeas path to export. If ommitted, it will default to
        '/files'.

    exclude
        A list of label patterns to exclude from the export.

  from_xml( ... )
    Restore the Augeas tree from an XML::LibXML::Document object. This
    method considers the files listed in the XML document, and replaces the
    corresponding files in the Augeas tree with the contents of the XML.

    xml The XML::LibXML::Document to use as source for import.

SEE ALSO
    *   Config::Augeas : The Config::Augeas module

    *   http://augeas.net/ : The Augeas project page

AUTHOR
    Raphaël Pinson, <raphink at gmail dot com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    Copyright (C) 2011 by Raphaël Pinson

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the LGPL terms.