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https://github.com/robrwo/perl-data-enum

A perl library for generating fast, immutable enumeration classes.
https://github.com/robrwo/perl-data-enum

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A perl library for generating fast, immutable enumeration classes.

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# NAME



Data::Enum - immutable enumeration classes



# VERSION



version v0.5.0



# SYNOPSIS



```perl

use Data::Enum;



my $color = Data::Enum->new( qw[ red yellow blue green ] );



my $red = $color->new("red");



$red->is_red;    # "1"

$red->is_yellow; # "0" (false)

$red->is_blue;   # "0" (false)

$red->is_green;  # "0" (false)



say $red;        # outputs "red"



$red eq $color->new("red"); # true



$red eq "red"; # true

```



# DESCRIPTION



This module will create enumerated constant classes with the following

properties:



- Any two classes with the same elements are equivalent.



    The following two classes are the _same_:



    ```perl

    my $one = Data::Enum->new( qw[ foo bar baz ] );

    my $two = Data::Enum->new( qw[ baz bar foo ] );

    ```



- All class instances are singletons.



    ```perl

    my $one = Data::Enum->new( qw[ foo bar baz ] );



    my $a = $one->new("foo")

    my $b = $one->new("foo");



    refaddr($a) == refaddr($b); # they are the same thing

    ```



- Methods for checking values are fast.



    ```

    $a->is_foo; # constant time



    $a eq $b;   # compares refaddr

    ```



- Values are immutable (read-only).



This is done by creating a unique internal class name based on the

possible values.  Each value is actually a subclass of that class,

with the appropriate predicate method returning a constant.



# METHODS



## new



```perl

my $class = Data::Enum->new( @values );

```



This creates a new anonymous class. Values can be instantiated with a

constructor:



```perl

my $instance = $class->new( $value );

```



Calling the constructor with an invalid value will throw an exception.



Each instance will have a predicate `is_` method for each value.



The values are case sensitive.



Each instance stringifies to its value.



Since v0.3.0 you can change the specify options in the class generator:



```perl

my $class = Data::Enum->new( \%options, @values );

```



The following options are supported:



- prefix



    Change prefix of the predicate methods to something other than `is_`. For example,



    ```perl

    my $class = Data::Enum->new( { prefix => "from_" }, "home", "work" );

    my $place = $class->new("work");



    $place->from_home;

    ```



    This was added in v0.3.0.



- name



    This assigns a name to the class, so instances can be constructed by name:



    ```perl

    my $class = Data::Enum->new( { name => "Colours" }, "red", "orange", "yellow", "green" );



    my $color = Colours->new("yellow");

    ```



    This was added in v0.5.0.



## values



```perl

my @values = $class->values;

```



Returns a list of valid values, stringified and sorted with duplicates

removed.



This was added in v0.2.0.



## predicates



```perl

my @predicates = $class->predicates;

```



Returns a list of predicate methods for each value.



A hash of predicates to values is roughly



```perl

use List::Util 1.56 'mesh';



my %handlers = mesh [ $class->values ], [ $class->predicates ];

```



This was added in v0.2.1.



## prefix



This returns the prefix.



This was added in v0.3.0.



## MATCH



This method adds support for [match::simple](https://metacpan.org/pod/match%3A%3Asimple).



## as\_string



This stringifies the the object.



This was added in v0.4.0.



# CAVEATS



The overheard of creating a new class instance and resolving methods may actually take more time than comparing simple

strings.  When using this in production code, you may want to benchmark performance.



# SUPPORT FOR OLDER PERL VERSIONS



This module requires Perl v5.14 or later.



Future releases may only support Perl versions released in the last ten years.



# SEE ALSO



[Class::Enum](https://metacpan.org/pod/Class%3A%3AEnum)



[Object::Enum](https://metacpan.org/pod/Object%3A%3AEnum)



[MooX::Enumeration](https://metacpan.org/pod/MooX%3A%3AEnumeration)



[MooseX::Enumeration](https://metacpan.org/pod/MooseX%3A%3AEnumeration)



[Type::Tiny::Enum](https://metacpan.org/pod/Type%3A%3ATiny%3A%3AEnum)



# SOURCE



The development version is on github at [https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum](https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum)

and may be cloned from [git://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum.git](git://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum.git)



# BUGS



Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website

[https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum/issues](https://github.com/robrwo/perl-Data-Enum/issues)



When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a

patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired

feature.



# AUTHOR



Robert Rothenberg 



# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE



This software is Copyright (c) 2021-2024 by Robert Rothenberg.



This is free software, licensed under:



```

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

```