C4/Boolean.pm

   1 package C4::Boolean;
   2
   3 #package to handle Boolean values in the parameters table
   4 # Note: This is just a utility module; it should not be instantiated.
   5
   6
   7 # Copyright 2003 Katipo Communications
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  23
  24 use strict;
  25 use warnings;
  26
  27 use POSIX;
  28
  29 use vars qw($VERSION @ISA @EXPORT @EXPORT_OK);
  30
  31 BEGIN {
  32         # set the version for version checking
  33         $VERSION = 0.02;
  34         require Exporter;
  35         @EXPORT = qw(
  36                 &INVALID_BOOLEAN_STRING_EXCEPTION
  37     );
  38         @EXPORT_OK = qw(
  39                 true_p
  40     );
  41         @ISA = qw(Exporter);
  42 }
  43
  44 =head1 NAME
  45
  46 C4::Boolean - Convenience functions to handle boolean values
  47 in the parameter table
  48
  49 =head1 SYNOPSIS
  50
  51   use C4::Boolean;
  52
  53 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  54
  55 In the parameter table, there are various Boolean values that
  56 variously require a 0/1, no/yes, false/true, or off/on values.
  57 This module aims to provide scripts a means to interpret these
  58 Boolean values in a consistent way which makes common sense.
  59
  60 =head1 FUNCTIONS
  61
  62 =over 2
  63
  64 =cut
  65
  66 sub INVALID_BOOLEAN_STRING_EXCEPTION ()
  67     { 'The given value does not seem to be interpretable as a Boolean value' }
  68
  69 use vars qw( %strings );
  70
  71 %strings = (
  72    '0'     => 0,        '1'     => 1,   # C
  73                         '-1'    => 1,   # BASIC
  74    'nil'   => 0,        't'     => 1,   # LISP
  75    'false' => 0,        'true'  => 1,   # Pascal
  76    'off'   => 0,        'on'    => 1,
  77    'no'    => 0,        'yes'   => 1,
  78    'n'     => 0,        'y'     => 1,
  79 );
  80
  81 =item true_p
  82
  83     if ( C4::Boolean::true_p(C4::Context->preference("insecure")) ) {
  84         ...
  85     }
  86
  87 Tries to interpret the passed string as a Boolean value. Returns
  88 the value if the string can be interpreted as such; otherwise an
  89 exception is thrown.
  90
  91 =cut
  92
  93 sub true_p ($) {
  94     my($x) = @_;
  95     my $it;
  96     if (!defined $x || ref($x) ne '') {
  97         warn INVALID_BOOLEAN_STRING_EXCEPTION;
  98     }
  99     $x = lc($x);
 100     $x =~ s/\s//g;
 101     if (defined $strings{$x}) {
 102         $it = $strings{$x};
 103     } else {
 104         warn INVALID_BOOLEAN_STRING_EXCEPTION;
 105     }
 106     return $it;
 107 }
 108
 109
 110 #---------------------------------
 111
 112 END { }       # module clean-up code here (global destructor)
 113
 114 1;
 115 __END__
 116
 117 =back
 118
 119 =head1 AUTHOR
 120
 121 Koha Developement team <info@koha.org>
 122
 123 =cut