Config::Model::DumpAsData - Dump configuration content as a perl data structure

NAME

Config::Model::DumpAsData - Dump configuration content as a perl data structure

SYNOPSIS

 use Config::Model ;

 # create your config model
 my $model = Config::Model -> new ;
 $model->create_config_class( ... ) ;

 # create instance
 my $inst = $model->instance (root_class_name => 'FooBar', 
                              instance_name => 'test1');

 # create root of config
 my $root = $inst -> config_root ;

 my $data =  $root->dump_as_data ;

This module is used directly by the Config::Model::Node manpage to dump the content of a configuration tree in perl data structure.

The perl data structure is a hash of hash. Only CheckList content will be stored in an array ref.

No parameter. The constructor should be used only by the Config::Model::Node manpage.

Return a perl data structure

Parameters are:

node: Reference to a the Config::Model::Node manpage object. Mandatory
full_dump: Also dump default values in the data structure. Useful if the dumped configuration data will be used by the application.
skip_auto_write: Skip node that have a perl write capabality in their model. See the Config::Model::AutoRead manpage.

Dominique Dumont, (ddumont at cpan dot org)