#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use Module::Build 0.25;
use Getopt::Long;
my %opt_defs = (
module => {type => '=s',
desc => 'The name of the module to configure (required)'},
feature => {type => ':s',
desc => 'Print the value of a feature or all features'},
config => {type => ':s',
desc => 'Print the value of a config option'},
set_feature => {type => '=s%',
desc => "Set a feature to 'true' or 'false'"},
set_config => {type => '=s%',
desc => 'Set a config option to the given value'},
eval => {type => '',
desc => 'eval() config values before setting'},
help => {type => '',
desc => 'Print a help message and exit'},
);
my %opts;
GetOptions( \%opts, map "$_$opt_defs{$_}{type}", keys %opt_defs ) or die usage(%opt_defs);
print usage(%opt_defs) and exit(0)
if $opts{help};
my @exclusive = qw(feature config set_feature set_config);
die "Exactly one of the options '" . join("', '", @exclusive) . "' must be specified\n" . usage(%opt_defs)
unless grep(exists $opts{$_}, @exclusive) == 1;
die "Option --module is required\n" . usage(%opt_defs)
unless $opts{module};
my $cf = load_config($opts{module});
if (exists $opts{feature}) {
if (length $opts{feature}) {
print $cf->feature($opts{feature});
} else {
my %auto;
# note: need to support older ConfigData.pm's
@auto{$cf->auto_feature_names} = () if $cf->can("auto_feature_names");
print " Features defined in $cf:\n";
foreach my $name (sort $cf->feature_names) {
print " $name => ", $cf->feature($name), (exists $auto{$name} ? " (dynamic)" : ""), "\n";
}
}
} elsif (exists $opts{config}) {
require Data::Dumper;
local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1;
if (length $opts{config}) {
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($cf->config($opts{config})), "\n";
} else {
print " Configuration defined in $cf:\n";
foreach my $name (sort $cf->config_names) {
print " $name => ", Data::Dumper::Dumper($cf->config($name)), "\n";
}
}
} elsif (exists $opts{set_feature}) {
my %to_set = %{$opts{set_feature}};
while (my ($k, $v) = each %to_set) {
die "Feature value must be 0 or 1\n" unless $v =~ /^[01]$/;
$cf->set_feature($k, 0+$v); # Cast to a number, not a string
}
$cf->write;
print "Feature" . 's'x(keys(%to_set)>1) . " saved\n";
} elsif (exists $opts{set_config}) {
my %to_set = %{$opts{set_config}};
while (my ($k, $v) = each %to_set) {
if ($opts{eval}) {
$v = eval($v);
die $@ if $@;
}
$cf->set_config($k, $v);
}
$cf->write;
print "Config value" . 's'x(keys(%to_set)>1) . " saved\n";
}
sub load_config {
my $mod = shift;
$mod =~ /^([\w:]+)$/
or die "Invalid module name '$mod'";
my $cf = $mod . "::ConfigData";
eval "require $cf";
die $@ if $@;
return $cf;
}
sub usage {
my %defs = @_;
my $out = "\nUsage: $0 [options]\n\n Options include:\n";
foreach my $name (sort keys %defs) {
$out .= " --$name";
for ($defs{$name}{type}) {
/^=s$/ and $out .= " <string>";
/^=s%$/ and $out .= " <string>=<value>";
}
pad_line($out, 35);
$out .= "$defs{$name}{desc}\n";
}
$out .= <<EOF;
Examples:
$0 --module Foo::Bar --feature bazzable
$0 --module Foo::Bar --config magic_number
$0 --module Foo::Bar --set_feature bazzable=1
$0 --module Foo::Bar --set_config magic_number=42
EOF
return $out;
}
sub pad_line { $_[0] .= ' ' x ($_[1] - length($_[0]) + rindex($_[0], "\n")) }
__END__
=head1 NAME
config_data - Query or change configuration of Perl modules
=head1 SYNOPSIS
# Get config/feature values
config_data --module Foo::Bar --feature bazzable
config_data --module Foo::Bar --config magic_number
# Set config/feature values
config_data --module Foo::Bar --set_feature bazzable=1
config_data --module Foo::Bar --set_config magic_number=42
# Print a usage message
config_data --help
=head1 DESCRIPTION
The C<config_data> tool provides a command-line interface to the
configuration of Perl modules. By "configuration", we mean something
akin to "user preferences" or "local settings". This is a
formalization and abstraction of the systems that people like Andreas
Koenig (C<CPAN::Config>), Jon Swartz (C<HTML::Mason::Config>), Andy
Wardley (C<Template::Config>), and Larry Wall (perl's own Config.pm)
have developed independently.
The configuration system employed here was developed in the context of
C<Module::Build>. Under this system, configuration information for a
module C<Foo>, for example, is stored in a module called
C<Foo::ConfigData>) (I would have called it C<Foo::Config>, but that
was taken by all those other systems mentioned in the previous
paragraph...). These C<...::ConfigData> modules contain the
configuration data, as well as publicly accessible methods for
querying and setting (yes, actually re-writing) the configuration
data. The C<config_data> script (whose docs you are currently
reading) is merely a front-end for those methods. If you wish, you
may create alternate front-ends.
The two types of data that may be stored are called C<config> values
and C<feature> values. A C<config> value may be any perl scalar,
including references to complex data structures. It must, however, be
serializable using C<Data::Dumper>. A C<feature> is a boolean (1 or
0) value.
=head1 USAGE
This script functions as a basic getter/setter wrapper around the
configuration of a single module. On the command line, specify which
module's configuration you're interested in, and pass options to get
or set C<config> or C<feature> values. The following options are
supported:
=over 4
=item module
Specifies the name of the module to configure (required).
=item feature
When passed the name of a C<feature>, shows its value. The value will
be 1 if the feature is enabled, 0 if the feature is not enabled, or
empty if the feature is unknown. When no feature name is supplied,
the names and values of all known features will be shown.
=item config
When passed the name of a C<config> entry, shows its value. The value
will be displayed using C<Data::Dumper> (or similar) as perl code.
When no config name is supplied, the names and values of all known
config entries will be shown.
=item set_feature
Sets the given C<feature> to the given boolean value. Specify the value
as either 1 or 0.
=item set_config
Sets the given C<config> entry to the given value.
=item eval
If the C<--eval> option is used, the values in C<set_config> will be
evaluated as perl code before being stored. This allows moderately
complicated data structures to be stored. For really complicated
structures, you probably shouldn't use this command-line interface,
just use the Perl API instead.
=item help
Prints a help message, including a few examples, and exits.
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Ken Williams, kwilliams@cpan.org
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1999, Ken Williams. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=head1 SEE ALSO
Module::Build(3), perl(1).
=cut