# NAME

Data::Perl - Base classes wrapping fundamental Perl data types.

# VERSION

version 0.002002

# SYNOPSIS

    use Data::Perl;

    my $array = array(1,2,3, qw/a b c/);

    $array->count; # 6

    my @elements = $array->grep(sub {/b/}); # (b)

    my $hash = hash(a => 1, b => 2);

    $hash->keys; # ('a', 'b');

    my $number = number(5);

    $number->add(10); # 15

    my $string = string("foo\n");

    $string->chomp; # return 1, chomps string

    my $counter = counter();

    $counter->inc; # counter is now 1

    my $sub = code(sub { 'foo' });

    $sub->execute; # returns 'foo'

    $foo

# DESCRIPTION

Data::Perl is a collection of classes that wrap fundamental data types that
exist in Perl. These classes and methods as they exist today are an attempt to
mirror functionality provided by Moose's Native Traits. One important thing to
note is all classes currently do no validation on constructor input.

Data::Perl is a container class for the following classes:

- [Data::Perl::Collection::Hash](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Collection::Hash)
- [Data::Perl::Collection::Array](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Collection::Array)
- [Data::Perl::String](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::String)
- [Data::Perl::Number](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Number)
- [Data::Perl::Counter](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Counter)
- [Data::Perl::Bool](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Bool)
- [Data::Perl::Code](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Data::Perl::Code)

# HERE BE DRAGONS

The API provided by these modules is as of now considered alpha and undecided.
Although it is safe to assume the api mirroring Moose native traits will not be
changed/removed, If you are writing code that you will not touch again for
years, do not use this till this warning is removed.

# PROVIDED FUNCTIONS

Data::Perl exports helper constructor functions to interface with the above classes:

- __hash(key, value, ...)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Collection::Hash object initialized with the optionally passed in key/value args.

- __array(@args)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Collection::Array object initialized with the optionally passed in values.

- __string($arg)__

Returns a Data::Perl::String object initialized with the optionally passed in scalar arg.

- __number($arg)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Number object initialized with the optionally passed in scalar arg.

- __counter($arg)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Counter object initialized with the optionally passed in scalar arg.

- __bool($arg)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Bool object initialized with the truth value of the passed in scalar arg.

- __code($arg)__

Returns a Data::Perl::Code object initialized with the optionally passed in scalar coderef as an arg.

# THANKS

Much thanks to the [Moose](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Moose) team for their work with native traits, for which
much of this work is based.

# SEE ALSO

- [MooX::HandlesVia](http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?MooX::HandlesVia)

# AUTHOR

Matthew Phillips <mattp@cpan.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Matthew Phillips <mattp@cpan.org>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
