Sigil has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi. I've written few libraries I'd like to release on CPAN and I'm looking for some advice on how to name them.

I found this idea in Head First OOA&D, chapter 5. It's somewhat like a very simple version of Key-Value Coding. It's also very similar to Object::Generic but I didn't use AUTOLOAD and I implemented 'equals' and 'contains' methods in order to make the objects searchable within a container.

Here's an example:

 my $a = tbd_name::Object->new();
 my $b = tbd_name::Object->new();

 $a->set( "ID", tbd_name::String->new("1234a") );
 $b->set( "ID", tbd_name::String->new("1234a") );

 print $a->get("ID");

 $a->equals($b) ? print "yes";

 $container = tbd_name::List->new();
 $container->add($a);

 $container->search($b);  #which returns $a

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My question is. What do I call this thing? I'm thinking the namespace would be 'KeyValue::' or 'KeyVal::' Would that make sense? (That namespace doesn't seem to be used.) Should this go in 'Class::'?

Thanks.

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Re: New module naming
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Nov 06, 2011 at 21:51 UTC

    What does this do that a simple hash doesn't?

    With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
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      It does "equals" and "contains" which always the objects to be searched in a list. It is a hash, but more complex behaviour can be created depending on the value object.

      Another example:

      my $person = tbd_name::Object->new();
my $person->set( "AGE", ::Integer->new(30) );

my $people = tbd_name::List->new();
$people->add( $person );

my $age_range = tbd_name::Object->new();
my $range->set( "AGE", ::Range->new( 19,39 ) );

my $search_result = tbd_name::List->new();

$people->search($age_range, $search_result);

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      At this point I'm trying to figure out a good name for it.

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        So you need a speacial type to hold an integer. And another to hold two integers; And another in order to return a list.

        I think you want Java.

        With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Wasn't logged in... $search_result will contain the $person object. Or if there were many $person objects $search_result would hold anything that matches. The search can be based on any number of keys.
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Re: New module naming
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 06, 2011 at 21:32 UTC
    You might get better responses to this type of question on PrePAN.
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      Thanks. Didn't know about that one.
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