---
name: "Path::IsDev::Object"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-path-isdev"
version: "1.001003-10"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Path::IsDev::Object"
---

# Path::IsDev::Object(3pm)

Object Oriented guts for IsDev export

## NAME

Path::IsDev::Object - Object Oriented guts for IsDev export

## VERSION

version 1.001003

## SYNOPSIS

```
    use Path::IsDev::Object;
    my $dev = Path::IsDev::Object->new();
    my $dev = Path::IsDev::Object->new( set => 'MySet' );
    if ( $dev->matches($path) ){
        print "$path is dev";
    }
```

## DESCRIPTION

Exporting functions is handy for end users, but quickly becomes a huge headache when you're trying to chain them.

e.g: If you're writing an exporter yourself, and you want to wrap responses from an exported symbol, while passing through user configuration =\> Huge headache.

So the exporter based interface is there for people who don't need anything fancy, while the Object based interface is there for people with more complex requirements.

## METHODS

### "matches"

Determine if a given path satisfies the `"set"`

```
    if( $o->matches($path) ){
        print "We have a match!";
    }
```

## ATTRIBUTES

### "set"

The name of the `"HeuristicSet::"` to use.

Default is `"Basic"`, or the value of `$ENV{PATH_ISDEV_DEFAULT_SET}`

### "set\_prefix"

The `"HeuristicSet"` prefix to use to expand `"set"` to a module name.

Default is `"Path::IsDev::HeuristicSet"`

### "set\_module"

The fully qualified module name.

Composed by joining `"set"` and `"set_prefix"`

### "loaded\_set\_module"

An accessor which returns a module name after loading it.

## PRIVATE METHODS

### "\_instance\_id"

An opportunistic sequence number for help with debug messages.

Note: This is not guaranteed to be unique per instance, only guaranteed to be constant within the life of the object.

Based on `"refaddr"`, and giving out new ids when new `"refaddr"`'s are seen.

### "\_debug"

The debugger callback.

```
    export PATH_ISDEV_DEBUG=1
```

to get debug info.

### "\_with\_debug"

Wrap calls to Path::IsDev::debug to have a prefix with an object identifier.

```
    $ob->_with_debug(sub{
        # Path::Tiny::debug now localised.
    });
```

### "BUILD"

`"BUILD"` is an implementation detail of `"Class::Tiny"`.

This module hooks `"BUILD"` to give a self report of the object to `*STDERR` after `"->new"` when under `$DEBUG`

### "\_matches"

```
    my $result = $o->matches( $path );
```

`$result` here will be a constructed `"Path::IsDev::Result"`.

Note this method may be handy for debugging, but you should still call `"matches"` for all real code.

## AUTHOR

Kent Fredric \<kentnl@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2017 by Kent Fredric \<kentfredric@gmail.com\>.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.