# NAME Package::JSONable - Add TO\_JSON to your packages without the boilerplate # VERSION version 0.001 # SYNOPSIS package MyModule; use Moo; use Package::JSONable ( foo => 'Str', bar => 'Int', baz => 'Bool', ); has foo => ( is => 'ro', default => sub { 'encode me!' }, ); sub bar { return 12345; } sub baz { return 1; } sub skipped { return 'I wish I could be encoded too :('; } later... use JSON qw(encode_json); print encode_json(MyModule->new); prints... { "foo":"encode me!", "bar":12345, "baz":true } # DESCRIPTION This module adds a TO\_JSON method directly to the calling class or object. This module is designed to work with packages or classes including object systems like Moose. ## Advanced Usage The TO\_JSON method will take an optional hash to overwrite the output. For example you may want to return different JSON for different cases. around TO_JSON => sub { my ( $orig, $self ) = @_; if ($self->different_json) { # Return a different set of metadata with a new spec return $orig->(self, ( foo => 'Str', bar => 'Int', baz => 'Num', )); } # Return JSON with the originally defined spec return $orig->($self); } # WHY I got tired of thinking about how variables need to be cast to get proper JSON output. I just wanted a simple way to make my objects serialize to JSON. # Types The types are designed to be familiar to Moose users, though they aren't related in any other way. They are designed to cast method or function return values to proper JSON. ## Str Appends "" to the return value of the given method. ## Int Calls int() on the return value of the given method. ## Num Adds 0 to the return value of the given method. ## Bool Returns JSON::true if the given method returns a true value, JSON::false otherwise. ## ArrayRef If the given method returns an ARRAY ref then it is passed straight though. Otherwise [ $return_value ] is returned. ## HashRef If the given method returns an HASH ref then it is passed straight though. Otherwise { $return_value } is returned. ## CODE Passes the invocant to the sub along with the given method's return value. # AUTHOR Andy Gorman # COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Andy Gorman. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.