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1#
2# Data/Dumper.pm
3#
4# convert perl data structures into perl syntax suitable for both printing
5# and eval
6#
7# Documentation at the __END__
8#
9
10package Data::Dumper;
11
12$VERSION = '2.12';
13
14#$| = 1;
15
16use 5.006_001;
17require Exporter;
18use XSLoader ();
19require overload;
20
21use Carp;
22
23@ISA = qw(Exporter);
24@EXPORT = qw(Dumper);
25@EXPORT_OK = qw(DumperX);
26
27XSLoader::load 'Data::Dumper';
28
29# module vars and their defaults
30$Indent = 2 unless defined $Indent;
31$Purity = 0 unless defined $Purity;
32$Pad = "" unless defined $Pad;
33$Varname = "VAR" unless defined $Varname;
34$Useqq = 0 unless defined $Useqq;
35$Terse = 0 unless defined $Terse;
36$Freezer = "" unless defined $Freezer;
37$Toaster = "" unless defined $Toaster;
38$Deepcopy = 0 unless defined $Deepcopy;
39$Quotekeys = 1 unless defined $Quotekeys;
40$Bless = "bless" unless defined $Bless;
41#$Expdepth = 0 unless defined $Expdepth;
42$Maxdepth = 0 unless defined $Maxdepth;
43$Useperl = 0 unless defined $Useperl;
44$Sortkeys = 0 unless defined $Sortkeys;
45$Deparse = 0 unless defined $Deparse;
46
47#
48# expects an arrayref of values to be dumped.
49# can optionally pass an arrayref of names for the values.
50# names must have leading $ sign stripped. begin the name with *
51# to cause output of arrays and hashes rather than refs.
52#
53sub new {
54 my($c, $v, $n) = @_;
55
56 croak "Usage: PACKAGE->new(ARRAYREF, [ARRAYREF])"
57 unless (defined($v) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY'));
58 $n = [] unless (defined($n) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY'));
59
60 my($s) = {
61 level => 0, # current recursive depth
62 indent => $Indent, # various styles of indenting
63 pad => $Pad, # all lines prefixed by this string
64 xpad => "", # padding-per-level
65 apad => "", # added padding for hash keys n such
66 sep => "", # list separator
67 seen => {}, # local (nested) refs (id => [name, val])
68 todump => $v, # values to dump []
69 names => $n, # optional names for values []
70 varname => $Varname, # prefix to use for tagging nameless ones
71 purity => $Purity, # degree to which output is evalable
72 useqq => $Useqq, # use "" for strings (backslashitis ensues)
73 terse => $Terse, # avoid name output (where feasible)
74 freezer => $Freezer, # name of Freezer method for objects
75 toaster => $Toaster, # name of method to revive objects
76 deepcopy => $Deepcopy, # dont cross-ref, except to stop recursion
77 quotekeys => $Quotekeys, # quote hash keys
78 'bless' => $Bless, # keyword to use for "bless"
79# expdepth => $Expdepth, # cutoff depth for explicit dumping
80 maxdepth => $Maxdepth, # depth beyond which we give up
81 useperl => $Useperl, # use the pure Perl implementation
82 sortkeys => $Sortkeys, # flag or filter for sorting hash keys
83 deparse => $Deparse, # use B::Deparse for coderefs
84 };
85
86 if ($Indent > 0) {
87 $s->{xpad} = " ";
88 $s->{sep} = "\n";
89 }
90 return bless($s, $c);
91}
92
93#
94# add-to or query the table of already seen references
95#
96sub Seen {
97 my($s, $g) = @_;
98 if (defined($g) && (ref($g) eq 'HASH')) {
99 my($k, $v, $id);
100 while (($k, $v) = each %$g) {
101 if (defined $v and ref $v) {
102 ($id) = (overload::StrVal($v) =~ /\((.*)\)$/);
103 if ($k =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
104 $k = (ref $v eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\\\@" . $1 ) :
105 (ref $v eq 'HASH') ? ( "\\\%" . $1 ) :
106 (ref $v eq 'CODE') ? ( "\\\&" . $1 ) :
107 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
108 }
109 elsif ($k !~ /^\$/) {
110 $k = "\$" . $k;
111 }
112 $s->{seen}{$id} = [$k, $v];
113 }
114 else {
115 carp "Only refs supported, ignoring non-ref item \$$k";
116 }
117 }
118 return $s;
119 }
120 else {
121 return map { @$_ } values %{$s->{seen}};
122 }
123}
124
125#
126# set or query the values to be dumped
127#
128sub Values {
129 my($s, $v) = @_;
130 if (defined($v) && (ref($v) eq 'ARRAY')) {
131 $s->{todump} = [@$v]; # make a copy
132 return $s;
133 }
134 else {
135 return @{$s->{todump}};
136 }
137}
138
139#
140# set or query the names of the values to be dumped
141#
142sub Names {
143 my($s, $n) = @_;
144 if (defined($n) && (ref($n) eq 'ARRAY')) {
145 $s->{names} = [@$n]; # make a copy
146 return $s;
147 }
148 else {
149 return @{$s->{names}};
150 }
151}
152
153sub DESTROY {}
154
155sub Dump {
156 return &Dumpxs
157 unless $Data::Dumper::Useperl || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useperl}) ||
158 $Data::Dumper::Useqq || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{useqq}) ||
159 $Data::Dumper::Deparse || (ref($_[0]) && $_[0]->{deparse});
160 return &Dumpperl;
161}
162
163#
164# dump the refs in the current dumper object.
165# expects same args as new() if called via package name.
166#
167sub Dumpperl {
168 my($s) = shift;
169 my(@out, $val, $name);
170 my($i) = 0;
171 local(@post);
172
173 $s = $s->new(@_) unless ref $s;
174
175 for $val (@{$s->{todump}}) {
176 my $out = "";
177 @post = ();
178 $name = $s->{names}[$i++];
179 if (defined $name) {
180 if ($name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) {
181 if (defined $val) {
182 $name = (ref $val eq 'ARRAY') ? ( "\@" . $1 ) :
183 (ref $val eq 'HASH') ? ( "\%" . $1 ) :
184 (ref $val eq 'CODE') ? ( "\*" . $1 ) :
185 ( "\$" . $1 ) ;
186 }
187 else {
188 $name = "\$" . $1;
189 }
190 }
191 elsif ($name !~ /^\$/) {
192 $name = "\$" . $name;
193 }
194 }
195 else {
196 $name = "\$" . $s->{varname} . $i;
197 }
198
199 my $valstr;
200 {
201 local($s->{apad}) = $s->{apad};
202 $s->{apad} .= ' ' x (length($name) + 3) if $s->{indent} >= 2;
203 $valstr = $s->_dump($val, $name);
204 }
205
206 $valstr = "$name = " . $valstr . ';' if @post or !$s->{terse};
207 $out .= $s->{pad} . $valstr . $s->{sep};
208 $out .= $s->{pad} . join(';' . $s->{sep} . $s->{pad}, @post)
209 . ';' . $s->{sep} if @post;
210
211 push @out, $out;
212 }
213 return wantarray ? @out : join('', @out);
214}
215
216#
217# twist, toil and turn;
218# and recurse, of course.
219# sometimes sordidly;
220# and curse if no recourse.
221#
222sub _dump {
223 my($s, $val, $name) = @_;
224 my($sname);
225 my($out, $realpack, $realtype, $type, $ipad, $id, $blesspad);
226
227 $type = ref $val;
228 $out = "";
229
230 if ($type) {
231
232 # prep it, if it looks like an object
233 if (my $freezer = $s->{freezer}) {
234 $val->$freezer() if UNIVERSAL::can($val, $freezer);
235 }
236
237 ($realpack, $realtype, $id) =
238 (overload::StrVal($val) =~ /^(?:(.*)\=)?([^=]*)\(([^\(]*)\)$/);
239
240 # if it has a name, we need to either look it up, or keep a tab
241 # on it so we know when we hit it later
242 if (defined($name) and length($name)) {
243 # keep a tab on it so that we dont fall into recursive pit
244 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
245# if ($s->{expdepth} < $s->{level}) {
246 if ($s->{purity} and $s->{level} > 0) {
247 $out = ($realtype eq 'HASH') ? '{}' :
248 ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') ? '[]' :
249 'do{my $o}' ;
250 push @post, $name . " = " . $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
251 }
252 else {
253 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
254 if ($name =~ /^([\@\%])/) {
255 my $start = $1;
256 if ($out =~ /^\\$start/) {
257 $out = substr($out, 1);
258 }
259 else {
260 $out = $start . '{' . $out . '}';
261 }
262 }
263 }
264 return $out;
265# }
266 }
267 else {
268 # store our name
269 $s->{seen}{$id} = [ (($name =~ /^[@%]/) ? ('\\' . $name ) :
270 ($realtype eq 'CODE' and
271 $name =~ /^[*](.*)$/) ? ('\\&' . $1 ) :
272 $name ),
273 $val ];
274 }
275 }
276
277 if ($realpack and $realpack eq 'Regexp') {
278 $out = "$val";
279 $out =~ s,/,\\/,g;
280 return "qr/$out/";
281 }
282
283 # If purity is not set and maxdepth is set, then check depth:
284 # if we have reached maximum depth, return the string
285 # representation of the thing we are currently examining
286 # at this depth (i.e., 'Foo=ARRAY(0xdeadbeef)').
287 if (!$s->{purity}
288 and $s->{maxdepth} > 0
289 and $s->{level} >= $s->{maxdepth})
290 {
291 return qq['$val'];
292 }
293
294 # we have a blessed ref
295 if ($realpack) {
296 $out = $s->{'bless'} . '( ';
297 $blesspad = $s->{apad};
298 $s->{apad} .= ' ' if ($s->{indent} >= 2);
299 }
300
301 $s->{level}++;
302 $ipad = $s->{xpad} x $s->{level};
303
304 if ($realtype eq 'SCALAR' || $realtype eq 'REF') {
305 if ($realpack) {
306 $out .= 'do{\\(my $o = ' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}") . ')}';
307 }
308 else {
309 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "\${$name}");
310 }
311 }
312 elsif ($realtype eq 'GLOB') {
313 $out .= '\\' . $s->_dump($$val, "*{$name}");
314 }
315 elsif ($realtype eq 'ARRAY') {
316 my($v, $pad, $mname);
317 my($i) = 0;
318 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? '(' : '[';
319 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
320 ($name =~ /^\@(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
321 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
322 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
323 ($mname = $name . '->');
324 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
325 for $v (@$val) {
326 $sname = $mname . '[' . $i . ']';
327 $out .= $pad . $ipad . '#' . $i if $s->{indent} >= 3;
328 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $s->_dump($v, $sname);
329 $out .= "," if $i++ < $#$val;
330 }
331 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1)) if $i;
332 $out .= ($name =~ /^\@/) ? ')' : ']';
333 }
334 elsif ($realtype eq 'HASH') {
335 my($k, $v, $pad, $lpad, $mname);
336 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? '(' : '{';
337 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{apad};
338 $lpad = $s->{apad};
339 ($name =~ /^\%(.*)$/) ? ($mname = "\$" . $1) :
340 # omit -> if $foo->[0]->{bar}, but not ${$foo->[0]}->{bar}
341 ($name =~ /^\\?[\%\@\*\$][^{].*[]}]$/) ? ($mname = $name) :
342 ($mname = $name . '->');
343 $mname .= '->' if $mname =~ /^\*.+\{[A-Z]+\}$/;
344 my ($sortkeys, $keys, $key) = ("$s->{sortkeys}");
345 if ($sortkeys) {
346 if (ref($s->{sortkeys}) eq 'CODE') {
347 $keys = $s->{sortkeys}($val);
348 unless (ref($keys) eq 'ARRAY') {
349 carp "Sortkeys subroutine did not return ARRAYREF";
350 $keys = [];
351 }
352 }
353 else {
354 $keys = [ sort keys %$val ];
355 }
356 }
357 while (($k, $v) = ! $sortkeys ? (each %$val) :
358 @$keys ? ($key = shift(@$keys), $val->{$key}) :
359 () )
360 {
361 my $nk = $s->_dump($k, "");
362 $nk = $1 if !$s->{quotekeys} and $nk =~ /^[\"\']([A-Za-z_]\w*)[\"\']$/;
363 $sname = $mname . '{' . $nk . '}';
364 $out .= $pad . $ipad . $nk . " => ";
365
366 # temporarily alter apad
367 $s->{apad} .= (" " x (length($nk) + 4)) if $s->{indent} >= 2;
368 $out .= $s->_dump($val->{$k}, $sname) . ",";
369 $s->{apad} = $lpad if $s->{indent} >= 2;
370 }
371 if (substr($out, -1) eq ',') {
372 chop $out;
373 $out .= $pad . ($s->{xpad} x ($s->{level} - 1));
374 }
375 $out .= ($name =~ /^\%/) ? ')' : '}';
376 }
377 elsif ($realtype eq 'CODE') {
378 if ($s->{deparse}) {
379 require B::Deparse;
380 my $sub = 'sub ' . (B::Deparse->new)->coderef2text($val);
381 $pad = $s->{sep} . $s->{pad} . $s->{xpad} . $s->{apad} . ' ';
382 $sub =~ s/\n/$pad/gse;
383 $out .= $sub;
384 } else {
385 $out .= 'sub { "DUMMY" }';
386 carp "Encountered CODE ref, using dummy placeholder" if $s->{purity};
387 }
388 }
389 else {
390 croak "Can\'t handle $realtype type.";
391 }
392
393 if ($realpack) { # we have a blessed ref
394 $out .= ', \'' . $realpack . '\'' . ' )';
395 $out .= '->' . $s->{toaster} . '()' if $s->{toaster} ne '';
396 $s->{apad} = $blesspad;
397 }
398 $s->{level}--;
399
400 }
401 else { # simple scalar
402
403 my $ref = \$_[1];
404 # first, catalog the scalar
405 if ($name ne '') {
406 ($id) = ("$ref" =~ /\(([^\(]*)\)$/);
407 if (exists $s->{seen}{$id}) {
408 if ($s->{seen}{$id}[2]) {
409 $out = $s->{seen}{$id}[0];
410 #warn "[<$out]\n";
411 return "\${$out}";
412 }
413 }
414 else {
415 #warn "[>\\$name]\n";
416 $s->{seen}{$id} = ["\\$name", $ref];
417 }
418 }
419 if (ref($ref) eq 'GLOB' or "$ref" =~ /=GLOB\([^()]+\)$/) { # glob
420 my $name = substr($val, 1);
421 if ($name =~ /^[A-Za-z_][\w:]*$/) {
422 $name =~ s/^main::/::/;
423 $sname = $name;
424 }
425 else {
426 $sname = $s->_dump($name, "");
427 $sname = '{' . $sname . '}';
428 }
429 if ($s->{purity}) {
430 my $k;
431 local ($s->{level}) = 0;
432 for $k (qw(SCALAR ARRAY HASH)) {
433 my $gval = *$val{$k};
434 next unless defined $gval;
435 next if $k eq "SCALAR" && ! defined $$gval; # always there
436
437 # _dump can push into @post, so we hold our place using $postlen
438 my $postlen = scalar @post;
439 $post[$postlen] = "\*$sname = ";
440 local ($s->{apad}) = " " x length($post[$postlen]) if $s->{indent} >= 2;
441 $post[$postlen] .= $s->_dump($gval, "\*$sname\{$k\}");
442 }
443 }
444 $out .= '*' . $sname;
445 }
446 elsif (!defined($val)) {
447 $out .= "undef";
448 }
449 elsif ($val =~ /^(?:0|-?[1-9]\d{0,8})\z/) { # safe decimal number
450 $out .= $val;
451 }
452 else { # string
453 if ($s->{useqq} or $val =~ tr/\0-\377//c) {
454 # Fall back to qq if there's unicode
455 $out .= qquote($val, $s->{useqq});
456 }
457 else {
458 $val =~ s/([\\\'])/\\$1/g;
459 $out .= '\'' . $val . '\'';
460 }
461 }
462 }
463 if ($id) {
464 # if we made it this far, $id was added to seen list at current
465 # level, so remove it to get deep copies
466 if ($s->{deepcopy}) {
467 delete($s->{seen}{$id});
468 }
469 elsif ($name) {
470 $s->{seen}{$id}[2] = 1;
471 }
472 }
473 return $out;
474}
475
476#
477# non-OO style of earlier version
478#
479sub Dumper {
480 return Data::Dumper->Dump([@_]);
481}
482
483# compat stub
484sub DumperX {
485 return Data::Dumper->Dumpxs([@_], []);
486}
487
488sub Dumpf { return Data::Dumper->Dump(@_) }
489
490sub Dumpp { print Data::Dumper->Dump(@_) }
491
492#
493# reset the "seen" cache
494#
495sub Reset {
496 my($s) = shift;
497 $s->{seen} = {};
498 return $s;
499}
500
501sub Indent {
502 my($s, $v) = @_;
503 if (defined($v)) {
504 if ($v == 0) {
505 $s->{xpad} = "";
506 $s->{sep} = "";
507 }
508 else {
509 $s->{xpad} = " ";
510 $s->{sep} = "\n";
511 }
512 $s->{indent} = $v;
513 return $s;
514 }
515 else {
516 return $s->{indent};
517 }
518}
519
520sub Pad {
521 my($s, $v) = @_;
522 defined($v) ? (($s->{pad} = $v), return $s) : $s->{pad};
523}
524
525sub Varname {
526 my($s, $v) = @_;
527 defined($v) ? (($s->{varname} = $v), return $s) : $s->{varname};
528}
529
530sub Purity {
531 my($s, $v) = @_;
532 defined($v) ? (($s->{purity} = $v), return $s) : $s->{purity};
533}
534
535sub Useqq {
536 my($s, $v) = @_;
537 defined($v) ? (($s->{useqq} = $v), return $s) : $s->{useqq};
538}
539
540sub Terse {
541 my($s, $v) = @_;
542 defined($v) ? (($s->{terse} = $v), return $s) : $s->{terse};
543}
544
545sub Freezer {
546 my($s, $v) = @_;
547 defined($v) ? (($s->{freezer} = $v), return $s) : $s->{freezer};
548}
549
550sub Toaster {
551 my($s, $v) = @_;
552 defined($v) ? (($s->{toaster} = $v), return $s) : $s->{toaster};
553}
554
555sub Deepcopy {
556 my($s, $v) = @_;
557 defined($v) ? (($s->{deepcopy} = $v), return $s) : $s->{deepcopy};
558}
559
560sub Quotekeys {
561 my($s, $v) = @_;
562 defined($v) ? (($s->{quotekeys} = $v), return $s) : $s->{quotekeys};
563}
564
565sub Bless {
566 my($s, $v) = @_;
567 defined($v) ? (($s->{'bless'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'bless'};
568}
569
570sub Maxdepth {
571 my($s, $v) = @_;
572 defined($v) ? (($s->{'maxdepth'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'maxdepth'};
573}
574
575sub Useperl {
576 my($s, $v) = @_;
577 defined($v) ? (($s->{'useperl'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'useperl'};
578}
579
580sub Sortkeys {
581 my($s, $v) = @_;
582 defined($v) ? (($s->{'sortkeys'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'sortkeys'};
583}
584
585sub Deparse {
586 my($s, $v) = @_;
587 defined($v) ? (($s->{'deparse'} = $v), return $s) : $s->{'deparse'};
588}
589
590# used by qquote below
591my %esc = (
592 "\a" => "\\a",
593 "\b" => "\\b",
594 "\t" => "\\t",
595 "\n" => "\\n",
596 "\f" => "\\f",
597 "\r" => "\\r",
598 "\e" => "\\e",
599);
600
601# put a string value in double quotes
602sub qquote {
603 local($_) = shift;
604 s/([\\\"\@\$])/\\$1/g;
605 my $bytes; { use bytes; $bytes = length }
606 s/([^\x00-\x7f])/'\x{'.sprintf("%x",ord($1)).'}'/ge if $bytes > length;
607 return qq("$_") unless
608 /[^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~]/; # fast exit
609
610 my $high = shift || "";
611 s/([\a\b\t\n\f\r\e])/$esc{$1}/g;
612
613 if (ord('^')==94) { # ascii
614 # no need for 3 digits in escape for these
615 s/([\0-\037])(?!\d)/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
616 s/([\0-\037\177])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
617 # all but last branch below not supported --BEHAVIOR SUBJECT TO CHANGE--
618 if ($high eq "iso8859") {
619 s/([\200-\240])/'\\'.sprintf('%o',ord($1))/eg;
620 } elsif ($high eq "utf8") {
621# use utf8;
622# $str =~ s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
623 } elsif ($high eq "8bit") {
624 # leave it as it is
625 } else {
626 s/([\200-\377])/'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))/eg;
627 s/([^\040-\176])/sprintf "\\x{%04x}", ord($1)/ge;
628 }
629 }
630 else { # ebcdic
631 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])(?!\d)}
632 {my $v = ord($1); '\\'.sprintf(($v <= 037 ? '%o' : '%03o'), $v)}eg;
633 s{([^ !"\#\$%&'()*+,\-.\/0-9:;<=>?\@A-Z[\\\]^_`a-z{|}~])}
634 {'\\'.sprintf('%03o',ord($1))}eg;
635 }
636
637 return qq("$_");
638}
639
6401;
641__END__
642
643=head1 NAME
644
645Data::Dumper - stringified perl data structures, suitable for both printing and C<eval>
646
647=head1 SYNOPSIS
648
649 use Data::Dumper;
650
651 # simple procedural interface
652 print Dumper($foo, $bar);
653
654 # extended usage with names
655 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
656
657 # configuration variables
658 {
659 local $Data::Dump::Purity = 1;
660 eval Data::Dumper->Dump([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
661 }
662
663 # OO usage
664 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$foo, $bar], [qw(foo *ary)]);
665 ...
666 print $d->Dump;
667 ...
668 $d->Purity(1)->Terse(1)->Deepcopy(1);
669 eval $d->Dump;
670
671
672=head1 DESCRIPTION
673
674Given a list of scalars or reference variables, writes out their contents in
675perl syntax. The references can also be objects. The contents of each
676variable is output in a single Perl statement. Handles self-referential
677structures correctly.
678
679The return value can be C<eval>ed to get back an identical copy of the
680original reference structure.
681
682Any references that are the same as one of those passed in will be named
683C<$VAR>I<n> (where I<n> is a numeric suffix), and other duplicate references
684to substructures within C<$VAR>I<n> will be appropriately labeled using arrow
685notation. You can specify names for individual values to be dumped if you
686use the C<Dump()> method, or you can change the default C<$VAR> prefix to
687something else. See C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> and C<$Data::Dumper::Terse>
688below.
689
690The default output of self-referential structures can be C<eval>ed, but the
691nested references to C<$VAR>I<n> will be undefined, since a recursive
692structure cannot be constructed using one Perl statement. You should set the
693C<Purity> flag to 1 to get additional statements that will correctly fill in
694these references.
695
696In the extended usage form, the references to be dumped can be given
697user-specified names. If a name begins with a C<*>, the output will
698describe the dereferenced type of the supplied reference for hashes and
699arrays, and coderefs. Output of names will be avoided where possible if
700the C<Terse> flag is set.
701
702In many cases, methods that are used to set the internal state of the
703object will return the object itself, so method calls can be conveniently
704chained together.
705
706Several styles of output are possible, all controlled by setting
707the C<Indent> flag. See L<Configuration Variables or Methods> below
708for details.
709
710
711=head2 Methods
712
713=over 4
714
715=item I<PACKAGE>->new(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
716
717Returns a newly created C<Data::Dumper> object. The first argument is an
718anonymous array of values to be dumped. The optional second argument is an
719anonymous array of names for the values. The names need not have a leading
720C<$> sign, and must be comprised of alphanumeric characters. You can begin
721a name with a C<*> to specify that the dereferenced type must be dumped
722instead of the reference itself, for ARRAY and HASH references.
723
724The prefix specified by C<$Data::Dumper::Varname> will be used with a
725numeric suffix if the name for a value is undefined.
726
727Data::Dumper will catalog all references encountered while dumping the
728values. Cross-references (in the form of names of substructures in perl
729syntax) will be inserted at all possible points, preserving any structural
730interdependencies in the original set of values. Structure traversal is
731depth-first, and proceeds in order from the first supplied value to
732the last.
733
734=item I<$OBJ>->Dump I<or> I<PACKAGE>->Dump(I<ARRAYREF [>, I<ARRAYREF]>)
735
736Returns the stringified form of the values stored in the object (preserving
737the order in which they were supplied to C<new>), subject to the
738configuration options below. In a list context, it returns a list
739of strings corresponding to the supplied values.
740
741The second form, for convenience, simply calls the C<new> method on its
742arguments before dumping the object immediately.
743
744=item I<$OBJ>->Seen(I<[HASHREF]>)
745
746Queries or adds to the internal table of already encountered references.
747You must use C<Reset> to explicitly clear the table if needed. Such
748references are not dumped; instead, their names are inserted wherever they
749are encountered subsequently. This is useful especially for properly
750dumping subroutine references.
751
752Expects an anonymous hash of name => value pairs. Same rules apply for names
753as in C<new>. If no argument is supplied, will return the "seen" list of
754name => value pairs, in a list context. Otherwise, returns the object
755itself.
756
757=item I<$OBJ>->Values(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
758
759Queries or replaces the internal array of values that will be dumped.
760When called without arguments, returns the values. Otherwise, returns the
761object itself.
762
763=item I<$OBJ>->Names(I<[ARRAYREF]>)
764
765Queries or replaces the internal array of user supplied names for the values
766that will be dumped. When called without arguments, returns the names.
767Otherwise, returns the object itself.
768
769=item I<$OBJ>->Reset
770
771Clears the internal table of "seen" references and returns the object
772itself.
773
774=back
775
776=head2 Functions
777
778=over 4
779
780=item Dumper(I<LIST>)
781
782Returns the stringified form of the values in the list, subject to the
783configuration options below. The values will be named C<$VAR>I<n> in the
784output, where I<n> is a numeric suffix. Will return a list of strings
785in a list context.
786
787=back
788
789=head2 Configuration Variables or Methods
790
791Several configuration variables can be used to control the kind of output
792generated when using the procedural interface. These variables are usually
793C<local>ized in a block so that other parts of the code are not affected by
794the change.
795
796These variables determine the default state of the object created by calling
797the C<new> method, but cannot be used to alter the state of the object
798thereafter. The equivalent method names should be used instead to query
799or set the internal state of the object.
800
801The method forms return the object itself when called with arguments,
802so that they can be chained together nicely.
803
804=over 4
805
806=item $Data::Dumper::Indent I<or> I<$OBJ>->Indent(I<[NEWVAL]>)
807
808Controls the style of indentation. It can be set to 0, 1, 2 or 3. Style 0
809spews output without any newlines, indentation, or spaces between list
810items. It is the most compact format possible that can still be called
811valid perl. Style 1 outputs a readable form with newlines but no fancy
812indentation (each level in the structure is simply indented by a fixed
813amount of whitespace). Style 2 (the default) outputs a very readable form
814which takes into account the length of hash keys (so the hash value lines
815up). Style 3 is like style 2, but also annotates the elements of arrays
816with their index (but the comment is on its own line, so array output
817consumes twice the number of lines). Style 2 is the default.
818
819=item $Data::Dumper::Purity I<or> I<$OBJ>->Purity(I<[NEWVAL]>)
820
821Controls the degree to which the output can be C<eval>ed to recreate the
822supplied reference structures. Setting it to 1 will output additional perl
823statements that will correctly recreate nested references. The default is
8240.
825
826=item $Data::Dumper::Pad I<or> I<$OBJ>->Pad(I<[NEWVAL]>)
827
828Specifies the string that will be prefixed to every line of the output.
829Empty string by default.
830
831=item $Data::Dumper::Varname I<or> I<$OBJ>->Varname(I<[NEWVAL]>)
832
833Contains the prefix to use for tagging variable names in the output. The
834default is "VAR".
835
836=item $Data::Dumper::Useqq I<or> I<$OBJ>->Useqq(I<[NEWVAL]>)
837
838When set, enables the use of double quotes for representing string values.
839Whitespace other than space will be represented as C<[\n\t\r]>, "unsafe"
840characters will be backslashed, and unprintable characters will be output as
841quoted octal integers. Since setting this variable imposes a performance
842penalty, the default is 0. C<Dump()> will run slower if this flag is set,
843since the fast XSUB implementation doesn't support it yet.
844
845=item $Data::Dumper::Terse I<or> I<$OBJ>->Terse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
846
847When set, Data::Dumper will emit single, non-self-referential values as
848atoms/terms rather than statements. This means that the C<$VAR>I<n> names
849will be avoided where possible, but be advised that such output may not
850always be parseable by C<eval>.
851
852=item $Data::Dumper::Freezer I<or> $I<OBJ>->Freezer(I<[NEWVAL]>)
853
854Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
855Data::Dumper will invoke that method via the object before attempting to
856stringify it. This method can alter the contents of the object (if, for
857instance, it contains data allocated from C), and even rebless it in a
858different package. The client is responsible for making sure the specified
859method can be called via the object, and that the object ends up containing
860only perl data types after the method has been called. Defaults to an empty
861string.
862
863=item $Data::Dumper::Toaster I<or> $I<OBJ>->Toaster(I<[NEWVAL]>)
864
865Can be set to a method name, or to an empty string to disable the feature.
866Data::Dumper will emit a method call for any objects that are to be dumped
867using the syntax C<bless(DATA, CLASS)-E<gt>METHOD()>. Note that this means that
868the method specified will have to perform any modifications required on the
869object (like creating new state within it, and/or reblessing it in a
870different package) and then return it. The client is responsible for making
871sure the method can be called via the object, and that it returns a valid
872object. Defaults to an empty string.
873
874=item $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deepcopy(I<[NEWVAL]>)
875
876Can be set to a boolean value to enable deep copies of structures.
877Cross-referencing will then only be done when absolutely essential
878(i.e., to break reference cycles). Default is 0.
879
880=item $Data::Dumper::Quotekeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Quotekeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
881
882Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are quoted.
883A false value will avoid quoting hash keys when it looks like a simple
884string. Default is 1, which will always enclose hash keys in quotes.
885
886=item $Data::Dumper::Bless I<or> $I<OBJ>->Bless(I<[NEWVAL]>)
887
888Can be set to a string that specifies an alternative to the C<bless>
889builtin operator used to create objects. A function with the specified
890name should exist, and should accept the same arguments as the builtin.
891Default is C<bless>.
892
893=item $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth I<or> $I<OBJ>->Maxdepth(I<[NEWVAL]>)
894
895Can be set to a positive integer that specifies the depth beyond which
896which we don't venture into a structure. Has no effect when
897C<Data::Dumper::Purity> is set. (Useful in debugger when we often don't
898want to see more than enough). Default is 0, which means there is
899no maximum depth.
900
901=item $Data::Dumper::Useperl I<or> $I<OBJ>->Useperl(I<[NEWVAL]>)
902
903Can be set to a boolean value which controls whether the pure Perl
904implementation of C<Data::Dumper> is used. The C<Data::Dumper> module is
905a dual implementation, with almost all functionality written in both
906pure Perl and also in XS ('C'). Since the XS version is much faster, it
907will always be used if possible. This option lets you override the
908default behavior, usually for testing purposes only. Default is 0, which
909means the XS implementation will be used if possible.
910
911=item $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys I<or> $I<OBJ>->Sortkeys(I<[NEWVAL]>)
912
913Can be set to a boolean value to control whether hash keys are dumped in
914sorted order. A true value will cause the keys of all hashes to be
915dumped in Perl's default sort order. Can also be set to a subroutine
916reference which will be called for each hash that is dumped. In this
917case C<Data::Dumper> will call the subroutine once for each hash,
918passing it the reference of the hash. The purpose of the subroutine is
919to return a reference to an array of the keys that will be dumped, in
920the order that they should be dumped. Using this feature, you can
921control both the order of the keys, and which keys are actually used. In
922other words, this subroutine acts as a filter by which you can exclude
923certain keys from being dumped. Default is 0, which means that hash keys
924are not sorted.
925
926=item $Data::Dumper::Deparse I<or> $I<OBJ>->Deparse(I<[NEWVAL]>)
927
928Can be set to a boolean value to control whether code references are
929turned into perl source code. If set to a true value, C<B::Deparse>
930will be used to get the source of the code reference. Using this option
931will force using the Perl implementation of the dumper, since the fast
932XSUB implementation doesn't support it.
933
934Caution : use this option only if you know that your coderefs will be
935properly reconstructed by C<B::Deparse>.
936
937=back
938
939=head2 Exports
940
941=over 4
942
943=item Dumper
944
945=back
946
947=head1 EXAMPLES
948
949Run these code snippets to get a quick feel for the behavior of this
950module. When you are through with these examples, you may want to
951add or change the various configuration variables described above,
952to see their behavior. (See the testsuite in the Data::Dumper
953distribution for more examples.)
954
955
956 use Data::Dumper;
957
958 package Foo;
959 sub new {bless {'a' => 1, 'b' => sub { return "foo" }}, $_[0]};
960
961 package Fuz; # a weird REF-REF-SCALAR object
962 sub new {bless \($_ = \ 'fu\'z'), $_[0]};
963
964 package main;
965 $foo = Foo->new;
966 $fuz = Fuz->new;
967 $boo = [ 1, [], "abcd", \*foo,
968 {1 => 'a', 023 => 'b', 0x45 => 'c'},
969 \\"p\q\'r", $foo, $fuz];
970
971 ########
972 # simple usage
973 ########
974
975 $bar = eval(Dumper($boo));
976 print($@) if $@;
977 print Dumper($boo), Dumper($bar); # pretty print (no array indices)
978
979 $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; # don't output names where feasible
980 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 0; # turn off all pretty print
981 print Dumper($boo), "\n";
982
983 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 1; # mild pretty print
984 print Dumper($boo);
985
986 $Data::Dumper::Indent = 3; # pretty print with array indices
987 print Dumper($boo);
988
989 $Data::Dumper::Useqq = 1; # print strings in double quotes
990 print Dumper($boo);
991
992
993 ########
994 # recursive structures
995 ########
996
997 @c = ('c');
998 $c = \@c;
999 $b = {};
1000 $a = [1, $b, $c];
1001 $b->{a} = $a;
1002 $b->{b} = $a->[1];
1003 $b->{c} = $a->[2];
1004 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a,$b,$c], [qw(a b c)]);
1005
1006
1007 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 1; # fill in the holes for eval
1008 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$a, $b], [qw(*a b)]); # print as @a
1009 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]); # print as %b
1010
1011
1012 $Data::Dumper::Deepcopy = 1; # avoid cross-refs
1013 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
1014
1015
1016 $Data::Dumper::Purity = 0; # avoid cross-refs
1017 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$b, $a], [qw(*b a)]);
1018
1019 ########
1020 # deep structures
1021 ########
1022
1023 $a = "pearl";
1024 $b = [ $a ];
1025 $c = { 'b' => $b };
1026 $d = [ $c ];
1027 $e = { 'd' => $d };
1028 $f = { 'e' => $e };
1029 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1030
1031 $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth = 3; # no deeper than 3 refs down
1032 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$f], [qw(f)]);
1033
1034
1035 ########
1036 # object-oriented usage
1037 ########
1038
1039 $d = Data::Dumper->new([$a,$b], [qw(a b)]);
1040 $d->Seen({'*c' => $c}); # stash a ref without printing it
1041 $d->Indent(3);
1042 print $d->Dump;
1043 $d->Reset->Purity(0); # empty the seen cache
1044 print join "----\n", $d->Dump;
1045
1046
1047 ########
1048 # persistence
1049 ########
1050
1051 package Foo;
1052 sub new { bless { state => 'awake' }, shift }
1053 sub Freeze {
1054 my $s = shift;
1055 print STDERR "preparing to sleep\n";
1056 $s->{state} = 'asleep';
1057 return bless $s, 'Foo::ZZZ';
1058 }
1059
1060 package Foo::ZZZ;
1061 sub Thaw {
1062 my $s = shift;
1063 print STDERR "waking up\n";
1064 $s->{state} = 'awake';
1065 return bless $s, 'Foo';
1066 }
1067
1068 package Foo;
1069 use Data::Dumper;
1070 $a = Foo->new;
1071 $b = Data::Dumper->new([$a], ['c']);
1072 $b->Freezer('Freeze');
1073 $b->Toaster('Thaw');
1074 $c = $b->Dump;
1075 print $c;
1076 $d = eval $c;
1077 print Data::Dumper->Dump([$d], ['d']);
1078
1079
1080 ########
1081 # symbol substitution (useful for recreating CODE refs)
1082 ########
1083
1084 sub foo { print "foo speaking\n" }
1085 *other = \&foo;
1086 $bar = [ \&other ];
1087 $d = Data::Dumper->new([\&other,$bar],['*other','bar']);
1088 $d->Seen({ '*foo' => \&foo });
1089 print $d->Dump;
1090
1091
1092 ########
1093 # sorting and filtering hash keys
1094 ########
1095
1096 $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys = \&my_filter;
1097 my $foo = { map { (ord, "$_$_$_") } 'I'..'Q' };
1098 my $bar = { %$foo };
1099 my $baz = { reverse %$foo };
1100 print Dumper [ $foo, $bar, $baz ];
1101
1102 sub my_filter {
1103 my ($hash) = @_;
1104 # return an array ref containing the hash keys to dump
1105 # in the order that you want them to be dumped
1106 return [
1107 # Sort the keys of %$foo in reverse numeric order
1108 $hash eq $foo ? (sort {$b <=> $a} keys %$hash) :
1109 # Only dump the odd number keys of %$bar
1110 $hash eq $bar ? (grep {$_ % 2} keys %$hash) :
1111 # Sort keys in default order for all other hashes
1112 (sort keys %$hash)
1113 ];
1114 }
1115
1116=head1 BUGS
1117
1118Due to limitations of Perl subroutine call semantics, you cannot pass an
1119array or hash. Prepend it with a C<\> to pass its reference instead. This
1120will be remedied in time, now that Perl has subroutine prototypes.
1121For now, you need to use the extended usage form, and prepend the
1122name with a C<*> to output it as a hash or array.
1123
1124C<Data::Dumper> cheats with CODE references. If a code reference is
1125encountered in the structure being processed (and if you haven't set
1126the C<Deparse> flag), an anonymous subroutine that
1127contains the string '"DUMMY"' will be inserted in its place, and a warning
1128will be printed if C<Purity> is set. You can C<eval> the result, but bear
1129in mind that the anonymous sub that gets created is just a placeholder.
1130Someday, perl will have a switch to cache-on-demand the string
1131representation of a compiled piece of code, I hope. If you have prior
1132knowledge of all the code refs that your data structures are likely
1133to have, you can use the C<Seen> method to pre-seed the internal reference
1134table and make the dumped output point to them, instead. See L<EXAMPLES>
1135above.
1136
1137The C<Useqq> and C<Deparse> flags makes Dump() run slower, since the
1138XSUB implementation does not support them.
1139
1140SCALAR objects have the weirdest looking C<bless> workaround.
1141
1142
1143=head1 AUTHOR
1144
1145Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@activestate.com
1146
1147Copyright (c) 1996-98 Gurusamy Sarathy. All rights reserved.
1148This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
1149modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
1150
1151
1152=head1 VERSION
1153
1154Version 2.12 (unreleased)
1155
1156=head1 SEE ALSO
1157
1158perl(1)
1159
1160=cut