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.IX Title "Data::Printer::Profile 3"
.TH Data::Printer::Profile 3 "2021-02-24" "perl v5.26.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Data::Printer::Profile \- customize your Data::Printer with code
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    package Data::Printer::Profile::MyProfile;
\&
\&    sub profile {
\&        return {
\&            show_tainted => 1,
\&            show_unicode => 0,
\&            array_max    => 30,
\&
\&            # ...and so on...
\&        }
\&    }
\&    1;
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.PP
Then put in your '.dataprinter' file:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    profile = MyProfile
.Ve
.PP
or load it at compile time:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    use DDP profile => \*(AqMyProfile\*(Aq;
.Ve
.PP
or anytime during execution:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    p $some_data, profile => \*(AqMyProfile\*(Aq;
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
Usually a \f(CW\*(C`.dataprinter\*(C'\fR file is enough to customize Data::Printer. But
sometimes you want to use actual code to create special filters and rules,
like a dynamic color scheme depending on terminal background or even the
hour of the day, or a custom message that includes the hostname. Who knows!
.PP
Or maybe you just want to be able to upload your settings to \s-1CPAN\s0 and load
them easily anywhere, as shown in the \s-1SYNOPSIS.\s0
.PP
For all those cases, use a profile class!
.SS "Creating a profile class"
.IX Subsection "Creating a profile class"
Simply create a module named \f(CW\*(C`Data::Printer::Profile::MyProfile\*(C'\fR
(replacing, of course, \*(L"MyProfile\*(R" for the name of your profile).
.PP
That class doesn't have to inherit from \f(CW\*(C`Data::Printer::Profile\*(C'\fR, nor
add Data::Printer as a dependency. All you have to do is implement a
subroutine called \f(CW\*(C`profile()\*(C'\fR that returns a hash reference with
all the options you want to use.
.SS "Load order"
.IX Subsection "Load order"
Profiles are read first and expanded into their options. So if you have a
profile called MyProfile with, for example:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    show_tainted = 0
\&    show_lvalue  = 0
.Ve
.PP
And your \f(CW\*(C`.dataprinter\*(C'\fR file contains something like:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    profile     = MyProfile
\&    show_lvalue = 1
.Ve
.PP
The specific 'show_lvalues = 1' will override the other setting in the profile
and the final outcome will be as if your setup said:
.PP
.Vb 2
\&    show_tainted = 0
\&    show_lvalue  = 1
.Ve
.PP
However, that is of course only true when the profile is loaded together with
the other settings. If you set a profile later, for instance as an argument to
\&\f(CW\*(C`p()\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`np()\*(C'\fR, then the profile will override any previous settings \-
though it will still be overriden by other inline arguments.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
Data::Printer
Data::Printer::Filter