YAML::Any - Pick a YAML implementation and use it.

NAME  STATUS  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  ORDER  OPTIONS  SUBROUTINES  METHODS  EXAMPLES  DumpFile and LoadFile  AUTHOR  COPYRIGHT 

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NAME

YAML::Any − Pick a YAML implementation and use it.

STATUS

WARNING: This module will soon be deprecated. The plan is that YAML.pm itself will act like an Any module.

SYNOPSIS

use YAML::Any;
$YAML::Indent = 3;
my $yaml = Dump(@objects);

DESCRIPTION

There are several YAML implementations that support the Dump/Load API. This module selects the best one available and uses it.

ORDER

Currently, YAML::Any will choose the first one of these YAML implementations that is installed on your system:

	•		YAML::XS
	•		YAML::Syck
	•		YAML::Old
	•		YAML
	•		YAML::Tiny

OPTIONS

If you specify an option like:

$YAML::Indent = 4;

And YAML::Any is using YAML::XS, it will use the proper variable: $YAML::XS::Indent.

SUBROUTINES

Like all the YAML modules that YAML::Any uses, the following subroutines are exported by default:

	•		Dump
	•		Load

and the following subroutines are exportable by request:

	•		DumpFile
	•		LoadFile

METHODS

YAML::Any provides the following class methods.
"YAML::Any−>order"

This method returns a list of the current possible implementations that YAML::Any will search for.

"YAML::Any−>implementation"

This method returns the implementation the YAML::Any will use. This result is obtained by finding the first member of YAML::Any−>order that is either already loaded in %INC or that can be loaded using "require". If no implementation is found, an error will be thrown.

EXAMPLES

DumpFile and LoadFile

Here is an example for "DumpFile":

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::Any qw(DumpFile);
my $ds =
{
array => [5,6,100],
string => "Hello",
};
DumpFile("hello.yml", $ds);

When run, this creates a file called "hello.yml" in the current working directory, with the following contents.

−−−
array:
− 5
− 6
− 100
string: Hello

In turn, the following "LoadFile" example, loads the contents from there and accesses them:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use YAML::Any qw(LoadFile);
my ($ds) = LoadFile("hello.yml");
print "String == '", $ds−>{string}, "'\n";

Assuming "hello.yml" exists, and is as created by the "DumpFile" example, it prints:

$ perl load.pl
String == 'Hello'
$

AUTHOR

Ingy döt Net <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001−2014. Ingy döt Net

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

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