Perl::Critic::Config - The final derived Perl::Critic configuration, combined from any profile file and command-line parameters. |
Perl::Critic::Config - The final derived Perl::Critic configuration, combined from any profile file and command-line parameters.
Perl::Critic::Config takes care of finding and processing user-preferences for Perl::Critic. The Config object defines which Policy modules will be loaded into the Perl::Critic engine and how they should be configured. You should never really need to instantiate Perl::Critic::Config directly because the Perl::Critic constructor will do it for you.
This is considered to be a non-public class. Its interface is subject to change without notice.
new(...)
add_policy( -policy => $policy_name, -params => \%param_hash )
-policy is the name of a
Perl::Critic::Policy subclass module. The
'Perl::Critic::Policy'
portion of the name can be omitted for
brevity. This argument is required.
-params is an optional reference to a hash of Policy parameters. The contents of this hash reference will be passed into to the constructor of the Policy module. See the documentation in the relevant Policy module for a description of the arguments it supports.
all_policies_enabled_or_not()
policies()
exclude()
-exclude
attribute for this Config.
include()
-include
attribute for this Config.
force()
-force
attribute for this Config.
only()
-only
attribute for this Config.
profile_strictness()
-profile-strictness
attribute for this
Config.
severity()
-severity
attribute for this Config.
single_policy()
-single-policy
attribute for this Config.
theme()
top()
-top
attribute for this Config.
verbose()
-verbose
attribute for this Config.
color()
-color
attribute for this Config.
pager()
-pager
attribute for this Config.
unsafe_allowed()
-allow-unsafe
attribute for this Config.
criticism_fatal()
-criticsm-fatal
attribute for this Config.
color_severity_highest()
-color-severity-highest
attribute for this
Config.
color_severity_high()
-color-severity-high
attribute for this
Config.
color_severity_medium()
-color-severity-medium
attribute for this
Config.
color_severity_low()
-color-severity-low
attribute for this
Config.
color_severity_lowest()
-color-severity-lowest
attribute for this
Config.
program_extensions()
-program_extensions
attribute for this Config.
This is an array of the file name extensions that represent program files.
program_extensions_as_regexes()
-program_extensions
attribute for this Config, as
an array of case-sensitive regexes matching the ends of the file names that
represent program files.
Perl::Critic::Config has a few static subroutines that are used internally, but may be useful to you in some way.
site_policy_names()
Most of the settings for Perl::Critic and each of the Policy modules
can be controlled by a configuration file. The default configuration
file is called .perlcriticrc.
Perl::Critic::Config will look for this file
in the current directory first, and then in your home directory.
Alternatively, you can set the PERLCRITIC
environment variable to
explicitly point to a different file in another location. If none of
these files exist, and the -profile
option is not given to the
constructor, then all Policies will be loaded with their default
configuration.
The format of the configuration file is a series of INI-style blocks that contain key-value pairs separated by '='. Comments should start with '#' and can be placed on a separate line or after the name-value pairs if you desire.
Default settings for Perl::Critic itself can be set before the first named block. For example, putting any or all of these at the top of your configuration file will set the default value for the corresponding Perl::Critic constructor argument.
severity = 3 #Integer from 1 to 5 only = 1 #Zero or One force = 0 #Zero or One verbose = 4 #Integer or format spec top = 50 #A positive integer theme = risky + (pbp * security) - cosmetic #A theme expression include = NamingConventions ClassHierarchies #Space-delimited list exclude = Variables Modules::RequirePackage #Space-delimited list color = 1 #Zero or One allow_unsafe = 1 #Zero or One color-severity-highest = bold red #Term::ANSIColor color-severity-high = magenta #Term::ANSIColor color-severity-medium = #no coloring color-severity-low = #no coloring color-severity-lowest = #no coloring program-extensions = #Space-delimited list
The remainder of the configuration file is a series of blocks like this:
[Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName] severity = 1 set_themes = foo bar add_themes = baz arg1 = value1 arg2 = value2
Perl::Critic::Policy::Category::PolicyName
is the full name of a
module that implements the policy. The Policy modules distributed
with Perl::Critic have been grouped into categories according to the
table of contents in Damian Conway's book Perl Best Practices. For
brevity, you can omit the 'Perl::Critic::Policy'
part of the module
name.
severity
is the level of importance you wish to assign to the
Policy. All Policy modules are defined with a default severity value
ranging from 1 (least severe) to 5 (most severe). However, you may
disagree with the default severity and choose to give it a higher or
lower severity, based on your own coding philosophy.
The remaining key-value pairs are configuration parameters that will be passed into the constructor of that Policy. The constructors for most Policy modules do not support arguments, and those that do should have reasonable defaults. See the documentation on the appropriate Policy module for more details.
Instead of redefining the severity for a given Policy, you can
completely disable a Policy by prepending a '-' to the name of the
module in your configuration file. In this manner, the Policy will
never be loaded, regardless of the -severity
given to the
Perl::Critic::Config constructor.
A simple configuration might look like this:
#-------------------------------------------------------------- # I think these are really important, so always load them
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseStrict] severity = 5
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireUseWarnings] severity = 5
#-------------------------------------------------------------- # I think these are less important, so only load when asked
[Variables::ProhibitPackageVars] severity = 2
[ControlStructures::ProhibitPostfixControls] allow = if unless #My custom configuration severity = 2
#-------------------------------------------------------------- # Give these policies a custom theme. I can activate just # these policies by saying (-theme => 'larry + curly')
[Modules::RequireFilenameMatchesPackage] add_themes = larry
[TestingAndDebugging::RequireTestLables] add_themes = curly moe
#-------------------------------------------------------------- # I do not agree with these at all, so never load them
[-NamingConventions::Capitalization] [-ValuesAndExpressions::ProhibitMagicNumbers]
#-------------------------------------------------------------- # For all other Policies, I accept the default severity, theme # and other parameters, so no additional configuration is # required for them.
For additional configuration examples, see the perlcriticrc file that is included in this t/examples directory of this distribution.
A large number of Policy modules are distributed with Perl::Critic. They are described briefly in the companion document Perl::Critic::PolicySummary and in more detail in the individual modules themselves.
Each Policy is defined with one or more ``themes''. Themes can be used to create arbitrary groups of Policies. They are intended to provide an alternative mechanism for selecting your preferred set of Policies. For example, you may wish disable a certain subset of Policies when analyzing test programs. Conversely, you may wish to enable only a specific subset of Policies when analyzing modules.
The Policies that ship with Perl::Critic are have been broken into the following themes. This is just our attempt to provide some basic logical groupings. You are free to invent new themes that suit your needs.
THEME DESCRIPTION -------------------------------------------------------------------------- core All policies that ship with Perl::Critic pbp Policies that come directly from "Perl Best Practices" bugs Policies that prevent or reveal bugs maintenance Policies that affect the long-term health of the code cosmetic Policies that only have a superficial effect complexity Policies that specificaly relate to code complexity security Policies that relate to security issues tests Policies that are specific to test programs
Say `perlcritic -list`
to get a listing of all available policies
and the themes that are associated with each one. You can also change
the theme for any Policy in your .perlcriticrc file. See the
CONFIGURATION section for more information about that.
Using the -theme
option, you can combine theme names with
mathematical and boolean operators to create an arbitrarily complex
expression that represents a custom ``set'' of Policies. The following
operators are supported
Operator Alternative Meaning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * and Intersection - not Difference + or Union
Operator precedence is the same as that of normal mathematics. You can also use parenthesis to enforce precedence. Here are some examples:
Expression Meaning ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- pbp * bugs All policies that are "pbp" AND "bugs" pbp and bugs Ditto
bugs + cosmetic All policies that are "bugs" OR "cosmetic" bugs or cosmetic Ditto
pbp - cosmetic All policies that are "pbp" BUT NOT "cosmetic" pbp not cosmetic Ditto
-maintenance All policies that are NOT "maintenance" not maintenance Ditto
(pbp - bugs) * complexity All policies that are "pbp" BUT NOT "bugs", AND "complexity" (pbp not bugs) and complexity Ditto
Theme names are case-insensitive. If -theme
is set to an empty
string, then it is equivalent to the set of all Policies. A theme
name that doesn't exist is equivalent to an empty set. Please See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set for a discussion on set theory.
Perl::Critic::OptionsProcessor, Perl::Critic::UserProfile
Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>
Copyright (c) 2005-2011 Imaginative Software Systems. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
Perl::Critic::Config - The final derived Perl::Critic configuration, combined from any profile file and command-line parameters. |