Data-Classifier version 0.01 ============================ This module provides tools to classify sets of data contained in hashes against a predefined class hierarchy. Testing against a class is per- formed using regular expressions stored in the class hierarchy. It is also possible to modify the behavior of the system by subclassing and overloading a few methods. Note that this module may not be particularly usefull on its own. It is designed to be used as a base class for implementing other systems, such as Config::BuildHelper. EXAMPLE use strict; use warnings; use Data::Classifier; my $yaml = <new(yaml => $yaml); my $attributes1 = { model => '325i', seats => 4 }; my $class1 = $classifier->process($attributes1); my $attributes2 = { model => '535d', seats => 4 }; my $class2 = $classifier->process($attributes2); my $attributes3 = { model => 'M3', seats => 2 }; my $class3 = $classifier->process($attributes3); print "$attributes2->{model}: ", $class2->fqn, "\n"; print "$attributes3->{model}: ", $class3->fqn, "\n"; #no real sports car has 4 seats print "$attributes1->{model}: ", $class1->fqn, "\n"; __END__ Which will output: 535d: Root::BMW::Diesel M3: Root::BMW::Really Expensive 325i: COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright (C) 2007 by Tyler Riddle . This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.5 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.