URI::SmartURI(3pm)

NAME
URI::SmartURI - Subclassable and hostless URIs

VERSION
Version 0.032

SYNOPSIS
    my $uri = URI::SmartURI->new(
        'http://host/foo/',
        { reference => 'http://host/bar/' }
    );

    my $hostless = $uri->hostless; # '/foo/'

    $hostless->absolute; # 'http://host/foo/'

    $uri->relative; # '../foo/'

DESCRIPTION
This is a sort of "subclass" of URI using delegation with some extra methods, all the methods that work for URIs will work on these objects as well.

It's similar in spirit to URI::WithBase.

It's also completely safe to subclass for your own use.

CONSTRUCTORS

  URI::SmartURI->new($str, [$scheme|{reference => $ref, scheme => $scheme}])
Takes a uri $str and an optional scheme or hashref with a reference uri (for computing relative/absolute URIs) and an optional scheme.

    my $uri = URI::SmartURI->new('http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/');

    my $uri = URI::SmartURI->new('/dev.catalyst.perl.org/new-wiki/', 'http');

    my $uri = URI::SmartURI->new(
        'http://search.cpan.org/~jrockway/Catalyst-Manual-5.701003/',
        { reference => 'http://search.cpan.org/' }
    );

The object returned will be blessed into a scheme-specific subclass, based on the class of the underlying $uri->obj (URI object.) For example, URI::SmartURI::http, which derives from URI::SmartURI (or $uri->factory_class if you're subclassing.)

  URI::SmartURI->new_abs($str, $base_uri)
Proxy for URI->new_abs

  URI::SmartURI->newlocal($filename, [$os])
Proxy for URI::URL->newlocal

METHODS

  $uri->hostless
Returns the URI with the scheme and host parts stripped.

  $uri->reference
Accessor for the reference URI (for relative/absolute below.)

  $uri->relative
Returns the URI relative to the reference URI.

  $uri->absolute
Returns the absolute URI using the reference URI as base.

  ""
stringification works, just like with URIs

  ==
and == does as well

  $uri->eq($other_uri)
Explicit equality check to another URI, can be used as URI::SmartURI::eq($uri1, $uri2) as well.

  $uri->obj
Accessor for the URI object methods are delegated to.

  $uri->factory_class
The class whose constructor was called to create the $uri object, usually URI::SmartURI or your own subclass. This is used to call class (rather than object) methods.

INTERNAL METHODS
These are used internally by SmartURI, and are not interesting for general use, but may be useful for writing subclasses.

  $uri->_opts
Returns a hashref of options for the $uri (reference and scheme.)

  $class->_resolve_uri_class($uri_class)
Converts, eg., "URI::http" to "URI::SmartURI::http".

  $class->_make_uri_class($uri_class)
Creates a new proxy class class for a URI class, with all exports and constructor intact, and returns its name, which is made using _resolve_uri_class (above).

  $class->_inflate_uris(\@rray, $opts)
Inflate any URI objects in @rray into URI::SmartURI objects, all other members pass through unharmed. $opts is a hashref of options to include in the objects created.

  $class->_deflate_uris(@rray)
Deflate any URI::SmartURI objects in @rray into the URI objects they are proxies for, all other members pass through unharmed.

MAGICAL IMPORT
On import with the "-import_uri_mods" flag it loads all the URI .pms into your class namespace.

This works:

    use URI::SmartURI '-import_uri_mods';
    use URI::SmartURI::WithBase;
    use URI::SmartURI::URL;

    my $url = URI::SmartURI::URL->new(...); # URI::URL proxy

Even this works:

    use URI::SmartURI '-import_uri_mods';
    use URI::SmartURI::Escape qw(%escapes);

It even works with a subclass of URI::SmartURI.

I only wrote this functionality so that I could run the URI test suite without much modification, it has no real practical value.

BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-uri-smarturi at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=URI-SmartURI <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=URI-SmartURI>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc URI::SmartURI

You can also look for information at:

•   RT: CPAN's request tracker

    http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=URI-SmartURI <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=URI-SmartURI>

•   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

    http://annocpan.org/dist/URI-SmartURI <http://annocpan.org/dist/URI-SmartURI>

•   CPAN Ratings

    http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/URI-SmartURI <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/URI-SmartURI>

•   Search CPAN

    http://search.cpan.org/dist/URI-SmartURI <http://search.cpan.org/dist/URI-SmartURI>

SEE ALSO
Catalyst::Plugin::SmartURI, URI, URI::WithBase

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thanks to folks on freenode #perl for helping me out when I was getting stuck, Somni, revdiablo, PerlJam and others whose nicks I forget.

AUTHOR
Rafael Kitover, "<rkitover at cpan.org>"

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2008 Rafael Kitover

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