NAME

App::Serializer::Properties - Interface for serialization and deserialization

SYNOPSIS

    use App;

    $context = App->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = {
        an => 'arbitrary',
        collection => [ 'of', 'data', ],
        of => {
            arbitrary => 'depth',
        },
    };
    $propdata = $serializer->serialize($data);
    $data = $serializer->deserialize($propdata);
    print $serializer->dump($data), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

A Serializer allows you to serialize a structure of data of arbitrary depth to a scalar and deserialize it back to the structure.

The Properties serializer reads and writes data which conforms to the standards of Java properties files.

Class: App::Serializer::Properties

 * Throws: App::Exception::Serializer
 * Since:  0.01

Design

The class is entirely made up of static (class) methods. However, they are each intended to be called as methods on the instance itself.

Constructor Methods:

new()

The constructor is inherited from App::Service|App::Service/"new()".

Public Methods:

serialize()

    * Signature: $propdata = $serializer->serialize($data);
    * Param:     $data              ref
    * Return:    $propdata           text
    * Throws:    App::Exception::Serializer
    * Since:     0.01

    Sample Usage: 

    $context = App->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = {
        an => 'arbitrary',
        collection => [ 'of', 'data', ],
        of => {
            arbitrary => 'depth',
        },
    };
    $propdata = $serializer->serialize($data);

deserialize()

    * Signature: $data = $serializer->deserialize($propdata);
    * Signature: $data = App::Serializer->deserialize($propdata);
    * Param:     $data              ref
    * Return:    $propdata           text
    * Throws:    App::Exception::Serializer
    * Since:     0.01

    Sample Usage: 

    $context = App->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = $serializer->deserialize($propdata);
    print $serializer->dump($data), "\n";

dump()

The constructor is inherited from App::Serializer|App::Serializer/"dump()".

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 * Author:  Stephen Adkins <spadkins@gmail.com>
 * License: This is free software. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.