Type::Tiny::Enum(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Type::Tiny::Enum(3pm)
NAME
Type::Tiny::Enum - string enum type constraints
STATUS
This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.
DESCRIPTION
Enum type constraints.
This package inherits from Type::Tiny; see that for most documentation. Major differences
are listed below:
Attributes
"values"
Arrayref of allowable value strings. Non-string values (e.g. objects with overloading)
will be stringified in the constructor.
"constraint"
Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass a constraint coderef to the constructor. Instead
rely on the default.
"inlined"
Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass an inlining coderef to the constructor. Instead
rely on the default.
"parent"
Parent is always Types::Standard::Str, and cannot be passed to the constructor.
"unique_values"
The list of "values" but sorted and with duplicates removed. This cannot be passed to
the constructor.
"coercion"
If "coercion => 1" is passed to the constructor, the type will have a coercion using
the "closest_match" method.
Methods
"as_regexp"
Returns the enum as a regexp which strings can be checked against. If you're checking
a lot of strings, then using this regexp might be faster than checking each string
against
my $enum = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(...);
my $check = $enum->compiled_check;
my $re = $enum->as_regexp;
# fast
my @valid_tokens = grep $enum->check($_), @all_tokens;
# faster
my @valid_tokens = grep $check->($_), @all_tokens;
# fastest
my @valid_tokens = grep /$re/, @all_tokens;
You can get a case-insensitive regexp using "$enum->as_regexp('i')".
"closest_match"
Returns the closest match in the enum for a string.
my $enum = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(
values => [ qw( foo bar baz quux ) ],
);
say $enum->closest_match("FO"); # ==> foo
It will try to find an exact match first, fall back to a case-insensitive match, if it
still can't find one, will try to find a head substring match, and finally, if given
an integer, will use that as an index.
my $enum = Type::Tiny::Enum->new(
values => [ qw( foo bar baz quux ) ],
);
say $enum->closest_match( 0 ); # ==> foo
say $enum->closest_match( 1 ); # ==> bar
say $enum->closest_match( 2 ); # ==> baz
say $enum->closest_match( -1 ); # ==> quux
Overloading
o Arrayrefification calls "values".
BUGS
Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-type-tiny/issues>.
SEE ALSO
Type::Tiny::Manual.
Type::Tiny.
Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Enum.
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink AT cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2021 by Toby Inkster.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE.
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