NAME

PPIx::Refactor - Hooks for refactoring perl via PPI

SYNOPSIS

use PPIx::Refactor;
my $p = PPIx::Refactor->new(file => '/path/to/perl/code/file.pl',
                            ppi_find => sub {
                                my ($elem, $doc) = @_;
                                return 1 if $elem->class eq 'PPI::Statement::Sub',
                                return 0;
                            }
                            [ writer => \&found ]);
my $finds = $p->finds; # for examining them interactively
$p->rewrite; # rewrites the file in place.  You are using version control yes?

SUMMARY

This is a really simple module to make rewriting perl code via PPI debugger friendly and easy. See the test in t/refactor.t of this distribution for a working example. Pretty much all the real work happens in the coderef you set up in $p->ppi_find and $p->writer.

For an example of a simple script for checking statements in code for being syntactically identical (i.e. a crude copypasta detector) see similar_statements.pl in the examples directory of the distribution.

NOTE PPI::Cache is used to store a cached representation of the source parse in /tmp/pppix-refactor_cache

RATIONALE

Rewriting code via ppi is a fiddly pain. PPIx::Refactor provides a minimal interface so you can concentrate on the fiddlyness and minimise the pain.

TODO

Would be nice to specify a rewriter via roles, and it would be nice to have $self in $p->ppi_find. On the other hand rewrite/refactoring code like this can either be simple throwaways, or really really complicated. This code is so far optimised for the throwaway case.

ATTRIBUTES

file

required string that coerces into a Path::Tiny

doc

lazily built PPI::Document

element

If you're using prior finds (e.g. subroutines you're trying to analyse) you'll want to pass an element into new rather than a doc. Element defaults to the document you passed in.

ppi_find

required coderef with which to find the elements of interest

writer

optional coderef with which to rewrite the code.

finds

lazy built arrayref of all the elements of interest found

METHODS

$self->rewrite

Worker sub that rewrites the code. Operates on what it finds in <$self-finds>>

$self->dump($elem, $whitespace);

For debugging. Prints a dump of the passed in element. If $whitespace is true it will include whitespace in the dump. Defaults to false.

AUTHOR

Kieren Diment, <zarquon at cpan.org>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests via github: https://github.com/singingfish/PPIx-Refactor/issues.

SUPPORT

Jump on to #web-simple on irc.perl.org

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2015 Kieren Diment.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.