NAME

IOC::Config::XML - An XML Config reader for IOC

SYNOPSIS

  use IOC::Config::XML;
  
  my $conf_reader = IOC::Config::XML->new();
  $conf_reader->read('my_ioc_conf.xml');
  
  # now the IOC::Registry singleton is all configured

DESCRIPTION

This is the second version of an XML configuration module for IOC. The first version used XML::Simple, which is a great module, but not really the best fit for this. I have now ported this over to use XML::SAX, which is much more flexible solution (not to mention a really nice way to interact with XML). I consider this module to be late-BETA quality (it is currently in production and working without issue for a month now).

SAMPLE XML CONF

    E<lt>RegistryE<gt>
        E<lt>Container name='Application'E<gt>
            E<lt>Container name='Database'E<gt>      
                E<lt>Service name='dsn'      type='Literal'E<gt>dbi:Mock:E<lt>/ServiceE<gt>            
                E<lt>Service name='username' type='Literal'E<gt>userE<lt>/ServiceE<gt>            
                E<lt>Service name='password' type='Literal'E<gt>****E<lt>/ServiceE<gt>                                    
                E<lt>Service name='connection' type='ConstructorInjection' prototype='true'E<gt>
                    E<lt>Class name='DBI' constructor='connect' /E<gt>
                    E<lt>Parameter type='component'E<gt>dsnE<lt>/ParameterE<gt>                
                    E<lt>Parameter type='component'E<gt>usernameE<lt>/ParameterE<gt>
                    E<lt>Parameter type='component'E<gt>passwordE<lt>/ParameterE<gt>                            
                E<lt>/ServiceE<gt>
            E<lt>/ContainerE<gt>     
            E<lt>Service name='logger_table' type='Literal'E<gt>tbl_logE<lt>/ServiceE<gt>               
            E<lt>Service name='logger' type='SetterInjection'E<gt>
                E<lt>Class name='My::DB::Logger' constructor='new' /E<gt>
                E<lt>Setter name='setDBIConnection'E<gt>/Database/connectionE<lt>/SetterE<gt>
                E<lt>Setter name='setDBTableName'E<gt>logger_tableE<lt>/SetterE<gt>            
            E<lt>/ServiceE<gt> 
            E<lt>Service name='template_factory' type='ConstructorInjection'E<gt>
                E<lt>Class name='My::Template::Factory' constructor='new' /E<gt>
                E<lt>Parameter type='perl'E<gt>[ path =E<gt> 'test' ]E<lt>/ParameterE<gt>                          
            E<lt>/ServiceE<gt> 
            E<lt>Service name='app'E<gt>
                E<lt>![CDATA[
                    my $c = shift;
                    my $app = My::Application-E<gt>new();
                    $app-E<gt>setLogger($c-E<gt>get('logger'));
                    return $app;
                ]]E<gt>
            E<lt>/ServiceE<gt>           
        E<lt>/ContainerE<gt>
    E<lt>/RegistryE<gt>

METHODS

new: Create a new XML::Config::XML object to read a configuration and intialize the IOC::Registry.
read ($source): Given an XML $source file or string, this will read the XML in it and intialize the IOC::Registry singleton.

TO DO

Handle Includes: I thought this will be implemented when I moved to XML::SAX, but it didn't. I am thinking I will try to handle this on my own instead of trying to use XML tricks
Handle Aliasing: This is a minor feature of IOC::Registry, but I want to support it in here eventually. It shouldn't be a problem really, just don't currently have a need to get it in place.
Handle IOC::Proxy objects: It would be nice if you could configure IOC::Proxy objects through XML as well.

BUGS

None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

I use Devel::Cover to test the code coverage of my tests, see the CODE COVERAGE section of IOC for more information.

AUTHOR

stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

<http://www.iinteractive.com>

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