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package Hash::DeepAccess;

use 5.006;
use strict;
use warnings FATAL => 'all';

use Carp;
use Exporter 'import';
use Want;

our @EXPORT = qw( deep );

=head1 NAME

Hash::DeepAccess - The great new Hash::DeepAccess!

=head1 VERSION

Version 0.01

=cut

our $VERSION = '0.01';


=head1 SYNOPSIS

Allows retrieving and changing values in a nested hash structure.

    use Hash::DeepAccess;

    my $hash = {
        a => {
            b => {
                c => {
                    d => 5
                },
            },
        },
    };

    my $five = deep($hash, qw( a b c d ));

    deep($hash, qw( a b c d )) = 10;

=head1 EXPORT

=head2 deep(HASH, PATH, ...)

Retrieve the value determined by the path elements in the given hash. It's an
lvalue function, so values can be assigned to it to insert elements deep into
hashes. The function tries to be smart about this and does not create empty
hashes for non-existent paths unless a value is actually assigned. However, if
a value is assigned and elements in the path reference non-hash values, those
are overwritten with hashes to create the requested structure.

=cut

sub deep : lvalue {
    my ($hash, @path) = @_;

    my $lvalue = want(qw( LVALUE ASSIGN ));

    my $last = pop @path;

    while(@path) {
        my $node = shift @path;

        croak("Expected a hash") if ref($hash) ne 'HASH';

        if(!defined($hash->{$node}) || ref($hash->{$node}) ne 'HASH') {
            if($lvalue) {
                $hash->{$node} = {};
            }
            else {
                return undef;
            }
        }

        $hash = $hash->{$node};
    }

    return $hash->{$last};
}

=head1 AUTHOR

Jonas Kramer, C<<  >>

=head1 BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to C, or through
the web interface at L.  I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.




=head1 SUPPORT

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

    perldoc Hash::DeepAccess


You can also look for information at:

=over 4

=item * RT: CPAN's request tracker (report bugs here)

L

=item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

L

=item * CPAN Ratings

L

=item * Search CPAN

L

=back


=head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


=head1 LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2014 Jonas Kramer.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the the Artistic License (2.0). You may obtain a
copy of the full license at:

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=cut

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