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.IX Title "Validation::Class::Mapping 3pm"
.TH Validation::Class::Mapping 3pm "2017-11-24" "perl v5.26.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Validation::Class::Mapping \- Generic Container Class for a Hash Reference
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
version 7.900057
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use Validation::Class::Mapping;
\&
\&    my $foos = Validation::Class::Mapping\->new;
\&
\&    $foos\->add(foo => \*(Aqone foo\*(Aq);
\&    $foos\->add(bar => \*(Aqone bar\*(Aq);
\&
\&    print $foos\->count; # 2 objects
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Validation::Class::Mapping is a container class that provides general-purpose
functionality for hashref objects.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
.Vb 1
\&    my $self = Validation::Class::Mapping\->new;
.Ve
.SS "add"
.IX Subsection "add"
.Vb 1
\&    $self = $self\->add(foo => 1, bar => 2);
.Ve
.SS "clear"
.IX Subsection "clear"
.Vb 1
\&    $self = $self\->clear;
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.SS "count"
.IX Subsection "count"
.Vb 1
\&    my $count = $self\->count;
.Ve
.SS "delete"
.IX Subsection "delete"
.Vb 1
\&    $value = $self\->delete($name);
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.SS "defined"
.IX Subsection "defined"
.Vb 1
\&    $true if $self\->defined($name) # defined
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.SS "each"
.IX Subsection "each"
.Vb 1
\&    $self = $self\->each(sub{
\&
\&        my ($key, $value) = @_;
\&
\&    });
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.SS "exists"
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\&    $true if $self\->exists($name) # exists
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.SS "get"
.IX Subsection "get"
.Vb 1
\&    my $value = $self\->get($name); # i.e. $self\->{$name}
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.SS "grep"
.IX Subsection "grep"
.Vb 1
\&    $new_list = $self\->grep(qr/update_/);
.Ve
.SS "has"
.IX Subsection "has"
.Vb 1
\&    $true if $self\->has($name) # defined or exists
.Ve
.SS "hash"
.IX Subsection "hash"
.Vb 1
\&    my $hash = $self\->hash;
.Ve
.SS "iterator"
.IX Subsection "iterator"
.Vb 1
\&    my $next = $self\->iterator();
\&
\&    # defaults to iterating by keys but accepts: sort, rsort, nsort, or rnsort
\&    # e.g. $self\->iterator(\*(Aqsort\*(Aq, sub{ (shift) cmp (shift) });
\&
\&    while (my $item = $next\->()) {
\&        # do something with $item (value)
\&    }
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.SS "keys"
.IX Subsection "keys"
.Vb 1
\&    my @keys = $self\->keys;
.Ve
.SS "list"
.IX Subsection "list"
.Vb 1
\&    my %hash = $self\->list;
.Ve
.SS "merge"
.IX Subsection "merge"
.Vb 1
\&    $self\->merge($hashref);
.Ve
.SS "nsort"
.IX Subsection "nsort"
.Vb 1
\&    my @keys = $self\->nsort;
.Ve
.SS "pairs"
.IX Subsection "pairs"
.Vb 2
\&    my @pairs = $self\->pairs;
\&    # or filter using $self\->pairs(\*(Aqgrep\*(Aq, $regexp);
\&
\&    foreach my $pair (@pairs) {
\&        # $pair\->{key} is $pair\->{value};
\&    }
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.SS "rmerge"
.IX Subsection "rmerge"
.Vb 1
\&    $self\->rmerge($hashref);
.Ve
.SS "rnsort"
.IX Subsection "rnsort"
.Vb 1
\&    my @keys = $self\->rnsort;
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.SS "rsort"
.IX Subsection "rsort"
.Vb 1
\&    my @keys = $self\->rsort;
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.SS "sort"
.IX Subsection "sort"
.Vb 1
\&    my @keys = $self\->sort(sub{...});
.Ve
.SS "values"
.IX Subsection "values"
.Vb 1
\&    my @values = $self\->values;
.Ve
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.
.PP
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.