Tree::Simple::Visitor::FromNestedHash - A Visitor for creating Tree::Simple objects from nested hash trees.

  use Tree::Simple::Visitor::FromNestedHash;

  my $visitor = Tree::Simple::Visitor::FromNestedHash->new();

  # given this nested hash tree
  my $hash_tree = {
                Root => {
                        Child1 => {
                                GrandChild1 => {},
                                GrandChild2 => {}
                                },
                        Child2 => {}
                        }
                };

  # set the array tree we 
  # are going to convert
  $visitor->setHashTree($hash_tree);

  $tree->accept($visitor);

  # this then creates the equivalent Tree::Simple object:
  # Tree::Simple->new("Root")
  #     ->addChildren(
  #         Tree::Simple->new("Child1")
  #             ->addChildren(
  #                 Tree::Simple->new("GrandChild1"),                
  #                 Tree::Simple->new("GrandChild2")
  #             ),
  #         Tree::Simple->new("Child2"),
  #     );

Given a tree constructed from nested hashs, this Visitor will create the equivalent Tree::Simple heirarchy.

new

There are no arguments to the constructor the object will be in its default state. You can use the CWsetNodeFilter methods to customize its behavior.

setNodeFilter ($filter_function)

This method accepts a CODE reference as its CW$filter_function argument and throws an exception if it is not a code reference. This code reference is used to filter the tree nodes as they are created, the CW$filter_function is passed the node value extracted from the hash prior to it being inserted into the tree being built. The CW$filter_function is expected to return the value desired for inclusion into the tree.

setHashTree ($hash_tree)

This method is used to set the CW$hash_tree that our Tree::Simple heirarchy will be constructed from. It must be in the following form:

  {
    Root => {
          Child1 => {
                  GrandChild1 => {},
                  GrandChild2 => {}
                  },
          Child2 => {}
          }
  }

Basically each key in the hash is considered a node, values are ignored unless it is a hash reference with at least one key in it, in which case it is interpreted as containing the children of the node created from the key. The tree is validated prior being accepted, if it fails validation an execption will be thrown. The rules are as follows;

The hash tree must not be empty.

It makes not sense to create a tree out of nothing, so it is assumed that this is a sign of something wrong.

The hash tree must be a single rooted tree.

The hash tree should have only one key in it's first level, if it has more than one, then it is not a single rooted tree. NOTE: Hash keys are sorted ascii-betically before being added to the tree, this results in a somewhat more predictable hierarchy.

visit ($tree)

This is the method that is used by Tree::Simple's CWaccept method. It can also be used on its own, it requires the CW$tree argument to be a Tree::Simple object (or derived from a Tree::Simple object), and will throw and exception otherwise.

None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

See the CODE COVERAGE section in Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory for more inforamtion.

These Visitor classes are all subclasses of Tree::Simple::Visitor, which can be found in the Tree::Simple module, you should refer to that module for more information.

stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

Copyright 2004 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

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