ARGV-Struct

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   "author" : [
      "Jose Luis Martinez <joseluis.martinez@capside.com>"
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---
abstract: 'Parse complex data structures passed in ARGV'
author:
  - 'Jose Luis Martinez <joseluis.martinez@capside.com>'
build_requires:
  Test::Exception: '0'
  Test::More: '0'
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  ExtUtils::MakeMaker: '0'
dynamic_config: 0
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license: perl

Makefile.PL  view on Meta::CPAN

# This file was automatically generated by Dist::Zilla::Plugin::MakeMaker v6.012.
use strict;
use warnings;



use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;

my %WriteMakefileArgs = (
  "ABSTRACT" => "Parse complex data structures passed in ARGV",
  "AUTHOR" => "Jose Luis Martinez <joseluis.martinez\@capside.com>",
  "CONFIGURE_REQUIRES" => {
    "ExtUtils::MakeMaker" => 0
  },
  "DISTNAME" => "ARGV-Struct",
  "EXE_FILES" => [
    "bin/argvstruct"
  ],
  "LICENSE" => "perl",
  "NAME" => "ARGV::Struct",

README.md  view on Meta::CPAN

# NAME

ARGV::Struct - Parse complex data structures passed in ARGV

# SYNOPSIS

    use ARGV::Struct;
    my $struct = ARGV::Struct->new->parse;

# DESCRIPTION

Have you ever felt that you need something different than Getopt?

Are you tired of shoehorning Getopt style arguments into your commandline scripts?

Are you trying to express complex datastructures via command line?

then ARGV::Struct is for you!

It's designed so the users of your command line utilities won't hate you when things
get complex.

# THE PAIN

I've had to use some command-line utilities that had to do creative stuff to transmit
deeply nested arguments, or datastructure-like information. Here are some strategies that
I've found over time: 

## Complex arguments codified as JSON

JSON is horrible for the command line because you have to escape the quotes. It's a nightmare.

    command --complex_arg "{\"key1\":\"value1\",\"key2\":\"value2\"}"

## Arguments encoded via some custom scheme

lib/ARGV/Struct.pm  view on Meta::CPAN

    } else {
      die "Expecting { or [";
    }
  }

1;
#################### main pod documentation begin ###################

=head1 NAME

ARGV::Struct - Parse complex data structures passed in ARGV

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  use ARGV::Struct;
  my $struct = ARGV::Struct->new->parse;

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Have you ever felt that you need something different than Getopt?

Are you tired of shoehorning Getopt style arguments into your commandline scripts?

Are you trying to express complex datastructures via command line?

then ARGV::Struct is for you!

It's designed so the users of your command line utilities won't hate you when things
get complex.

=head1 THE PAIN

I've had to use some command-line utilities that had to do creative stuff to transmit
deeply nested arguments, or datastructure-like information. Here are some strategies that
I've found over time: 

=head2 Complex arguments codified as JSON

JSON is horrible for the command line because you have to escape the quotes. It's a nightmare.

  command --complex_arg "{\"key1\":\"value1\",\"key2\":\"value2\"}"

=head2 Arguments encoded via some custom scheme

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