Iterator::BreakOn - Iterator with control flow breaks

    use Iterator::BreakOn;

    #
    #   get a generic data source with a next method implemented whom
    #   returns a generic object 
    #
    #   in this example the order of the items in the data stream is assumed
    #   to be:
    #       location, zipcode, name
    #
    my $datasource = $myschema->resultset('mytable')->search();

    my $iter = Iterator::BreakOn->new( 
                    datasource => $datasource,
                    break_before => [ 
                            qw(location) 
                            ],
                    break_after => [ 
                            'location'  =>  \&after_location,
                            'zipcode' 
                            ],
                    on_last_item    =>  sub { print "Finnished !"; },
                    );

    #                    
    # There are three uses modes:
    #
    #   Fully automatic mode: useless if not defined code for breaks
    $iter->run();

    #   Semi-automatic mode: get only the item (run automatically the other
    #   events)
    while (my $data_item = $iter->next()) {
        # do something with data ...
        1;
    }

    #   Manual mode: get every event as an object
    while (my $event = $iter->next_event()) {
        if ($event->name() eq 'before_location') {
            # do something before a new location comes

        }
        elsif ($event->name() eq 'after_zipcode')) {
            # do something after the last zipcode reached

        }
        elsif ($event->name() eq 'next_item' ) {
            # get the item (including the first and last items)
            my $data = $iter->next();

            # and do something whit him

        }
        elsif ($event->name() eq 'last_item') {
            # and do something when the end of data reached

        }
    } # end while

Whatever the run mode this is the order of the events:

* on_first

Event raise before the first item.

* before_XXXX

Multiple event raise before the XXXX field change his value in the next item.

* on_every

Raise for each item.

* after_XXXX

Multiple event raise after the XXXX field change his value in the next item. The order is deep first.

* on_last

Raise after the last item.

This module inherits from Iterator::BreakOn::Base. See this module for detailed documentation about methods.

The package uses the Exception::Class library for error management. See Iterator::BreakOn::X for the list of exceptions.

Iterator::BreakOn requires no configuration files or environment variables.

The module needs the following Perl modules:

Class::Accessor

Exception::Class

Test::More

Text::CSV

None reported.

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to the author.

Víctor Moral <victor@taquiones.net>

Copyright (C) 2007 <Victor Moral>

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