---
name: "Parse::PlainConfig::Settings"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libparse-plainconfig-perl"
version: "3.07-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Parse::PlainConfig::Settings"
---

# Parse::PlainConfig::Settings(3pm)

Settings Class

## NAME

Parse::PlainConfig::Settings - Settings Class

## VERSION

`$Id:` lib/Parse/PlainConfig/Settings.pm, 3.07 2024/01/10 13:32:06 acorliss Exp $

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Parse::PlainConfig::Settings;
    my $settings = new Parse::PlainConfig::Settings;
    $ts         = $settings->tabStop;
    $subindent  = $settings->subindentation;
    $comment    = $settings->comment;
    $delim      = $settings->delimiter;
    $ldelim     = $settings->listDelimiter;
    $hdelim     = $settings->hashDelimiter;
    $hdoc       = $settings->hereDoc;
    %propTypes  = $settings->propertyTypes;
    %propRegex  = $settings->propertyRegexes;
    %prototypes = $settings->prototypes;
    %protoRegex = $settings->prototypeRegexes;
```

## DESCRIPTION

The settings object is created and initialized automatically by Parse::PlainConfig.

## SUBROUTINES/METHODS

### tabStop

```
    $ts         = $settings->tabStop;
```

Default column width for tab stops.

### subindentation

```
    $subindent  = $settings->subindentation;
```

Default columns for indentation on line continuations.

### comment

```
    $comment    = $settings->comment;
```

Default character sequence for comments.

### delimiter

```
    $delim      = $settings->delimiter;
```

Default character sequence used as the delimiter between the parameter name and the parameter value.

### listDelimiter

```
    $ldelim     = $settings->listDelimiter;
```

Default character sequence used as the delimiter between array elements.

### hashDelimiter

```
    $hdelim     = $settings->hashDelimiter;
```

Default character sequence used as the delimiter between key/value pairs.

### hereDoc

```
    $hdoc       = $settings->hereDoc;
```

Default character sequence used as the token marking the end of here docs.

### propertyTypes

```
    %propTypes  = $settings->propertyTypes;
```

Hash of property names =\> data types.

### propertyRegexes

```
    %propRegex  = $settings->propertyRegexes;
```

Hash of property names to regular expression to extract data from the line.

### prototypes

```
    %prototypes = $settings->prototypes;
```

Hash of prototype names =\> data types.

### prototypeRegexes

```
    %protoRegex = $settings->prototypeRegexes;
```

Hash of prototype names to regular expression to extract data from the line.

## DEPENDENCIES

- o

  Class::EHierarchy

- o

  Paranoid

- o

  Paranoid::Debug

- o

  Parse::PlainConfig::Constants

## BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

## AUTHOR

Arthur Corliss (corliss@digitalmages.com)

## LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

This software is licensed under the same terms as Perl, itself.  Please see http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.

(c) 2016, Arthur Corliss (corliss@digitalmages.com)