NAME

Conf - Configuration module with flexible backends

SYNOPSIS

 use Conf;
 use Conf::String;
 
 open my $in,"<conf.cfg";
 my $string=<$in>;
 close $in;

 my $cfg=new Conf(new Conf::String(\$string))

 print $cfg->get("config item 1");
 $cfg->set("config item 1","Hi There!");

 open my $out,">conf.cfg";
 print $out $string;
 close $out;

ABSTRACT

This module can be used to put configuration items in. It's build up by using a backend and an interface. The interface is through the Conf module. A Conf object is instantiated with a backend.

DESCRIPTION

new(backend) --> Conf

Should be called with a pre-instantiated backend. Returns a Conf object.

set(var,val) --> void

Sets a variable with value val in the backend.

get(var) --> void

Returns the value for var as stored in the backend.

variables() --> list of stored variables

Returns a list all variables stored in the backen.

SEE ALSO

Conf::String , Conf::SQL , Conf::File .

AUTHOR

Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema, <oesterhol@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2004 by Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under LGPL.