NAME¶

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig - JSON configuration plugin

SYNOPSIS¶

  # myapp.json
  {
    "foo"       : "bar",
    "music_dir" : "<%= app->home->rel_dir('music') %>"
  }
  # Mojolicious
  my $config = $self->plugin('JSONConfig');
  # Mojolicious::Lite
  my $config = plugin 'JSONConfig';
  # Reads "myapp.json" by default
  my $config = app->config;
  # Everything can be customized with options
  my $config = plugin JSONConfig => {file => '/etc/myapp.conf'};

DESCRIPTION¶

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig is a JSON configuration plugin that preprocesses it's input with Mojo::Template. The application object can be accessed via $app or the "app" function. You can extend the normal config file "myapp.json" with "mode" specific ones like "myapp.$mode.json". A default configuration filename will be generated by decamelizing the application class with "decamelize" in Mojo::Util or from the application filename. The code of this plugin is a good example for learning to build new plugins, you're welcome to fork it.

OPTIONS¶

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig inherits all options from Mojolicious::Plugin::Config and supports the following new ones.

"template"¶

  # Mojolicious::Lite
  plugin JSONConfig => {template => {line_start => '.'}};

Attribute values passed to Mojo::Template object used to preprocess configuration files.

METHODS¶

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig inherits all methods from Mojolicious::Plugin::Config and implements the following new ones.

"parse"¶

  $plugin->parse($content, $file, $conf, $app);

Process content with "render" and parse it with Mojo::JSON.

  sub parse {
    my ($self, $content, $file, $conf, $app) = @_;
    ...
    $content = $self->render($content, $file, $conf, $app);
    ...
    return $hash;
  }

"register"¶

  my $config = $plugin->register($app, $conf);

Register plugin in Mojolicious application.

"render"¶

  $plugin->render($content, $file, $conf, $app);

Process configuration file with Mojo::Template.

  sub render {
    my ($self, $content, $file, $conf, $app) = @_;
    ...
    return $content;
  }

SEE ALSO¶

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <http://mojolicio.us>.