Tree::Simple::View::ASCII(3p)

NAME
Tree::Simple::View::ASCII - A class for viewing Tree::Simple hierarchies in ASCII

SYNOPSIS
    use Tree::Simple::View::ASCII;

    my $tree_view = Tree::Simple::View::ASCII->new($tree);

    $tree_view->includeTrunk(1);

    print $tree_view->expandAll();

    # root
    #     |---Node Level: 1
    #     |       |---Node Level: 1.1
    #     |       |---Node Level: 1.2
    #     |       |       |---Node Level: 1.2.1
    #     |       |       \---Node Level: 1.2.2
    #     |       \---Node Level: 1.3
    #     |---Node Level: 2
    #     |       |---Node Level: 2.1
    #     |       \---Node Level: 2.2
    #     |---Node Level: 3
    #     |       \---Node Level: 3.1
    #     |               |---Node Level: 3.1.1
    #     |               \---Node Level: 3.1.2
    #     \---Node Level: 4
    #             \---Node Level: 4.1

    print $tree_view->expandPath("root", "Node Level: 1", "Node Level: 1.2");

    # root
    #     |---Node Level: 1
    #     |       |---Node Level: 1.1
    #     |       |---Node Level: 1.2
    #     |       |       |---Node Level: 1.2.1
    #     |       |       \---Node Level: 1.2.2
    #     |       \---Node Level: 1.3
    #     |---Node Level: 2
    #     |---Node Level: 3
    #     \---Node Level: 4

    my $tree_view = Tree::Simple::View::ASCII->new($tree, (
        characters => [ indent => "    ", pipe => " |  ", last_branch => " \- ", branch => " |- " ]
    ) );

    # root
    #  |- Node Level: 1
    #  |  |- Node Level: 1.1
    #  |  |- Node Level: 1.2
    #  |  |  |- Node Level: 1.2.1
    #  |  |  \- Node Level: 1.2.2
    #  |  \- Node Level: 1.3
    #  |- Node Level: 2
    #  |- Node Level: 3
    #  \- Node Level: 4

DESCRIPTION
This is a Tree::Simple::View subclass which provides simple ASCII formatting for trees.

I had this code lying around, and I figured it was best to put it into here. This is an early release of this, and it lacks configuration parameter handling, but that can be easily added later when I need it.

METHODS

expandAllSimple
    This will draw a fully expanded tree.

expandAllComplex
    This currently is aliased to the "expandAllSimple" since we don't have config handling.

expandPathSimple (@path)
    This will draw a tree with the given @path expanded.

expandPathComplex
    This currently is aliased to the "expandPathSimple" since we don't have config handling.

TODO
Config handling, allowing you to customize the drawing. Patches welcome, I just don't currently have the time to add it.

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.

AUTHOR
stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2004-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

<http://www.iinteractive.com>

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