new ( %args )¶

Constructor; creates instance.

Args:

give_references

Default 0. If set to true value then results are references to the matched points in the data structure.

match( $data )¶

Returns an array of all values in $data that match the Path object.

matchr( $data )¶

Returns an array ref of all values in $data that match the Path object.

op_match( $self, $data )¶

This sub/method is bound as the overloading function for "~~".

quoted¶

Checks whether a path part starts with quotes.

unquote¶

Removes surrounding quotes.

unescape¶

Converts backslashed characters into their non-backslashed form.

_build__steps¶

This method is essentially the DPath parser as it tokenizes the path into single steps whose later execution is the base functionality of the whole DPath module.

path¶

Attribute / accessor.

_steps¶

Attribute / accessor.

give_references¶

Attribute / accessor.

Context¶

Point¶

Step¶