Jifty::Util3pm

absolute_path PATH

"absolute_path" converts PATH into an absolute path, relative to the application's root (as determined by "app_root") This can be called as an object or class method.

canonicalize_path PATH

Takes a "path" style /foo/bar/baz and returns a canonicalized (but not necessarily absolute) version of the path. Always use "/" as the separator, even on platforms which recognizes both "/" and "\" as valid separators in PATH.

jifty_root

Returns the root directory that Jifty has been installed into. Uses %INC to figure out where Jifty.pm is.

share_root

Returns the 'share' directory of the installed Jifty module. This is currently only used to store the common Mason components, CSS, and JS of Jifty and it's plugins.

app_root

Returns the application's root path. This is done by returning $ENV{'JIFTY_APP_ROOT'} if it exists. If not, Jifty tries searching upward from the current directory, looking for a directory which contains a "bin/jifty". Failing that, it searches upward from wherever the executable was found.

It "die"s if it can only find "/usr" or "/usr/local" which fit these criteria.

is_app_root PATH

Returns a boolean indicating whether the path passed in is the same path as the app root. Useful if you're recursing up a directory tree and want to stop when you've hit the root. It does not attempt to handle symbolic links.

default_app_name

Returns the default name of the application. This is the name of the application's root directory, as defined by "app_root".

make_path PATH

When handed a directory, creates that directory, starting as far up the chain as necessary. (This is what 'mkdir -p' does in your shell).

require PATH

Uses UNIVERSAL::require to require the provided "PATH". Additionally, logs any failures at the "error" log level.

try_to_require Module

This method works just like "require", except that it suppresses the error message in cases where the module isn't found.

already_required class

Helper function to test whether a given class has already been loaded.

generate_uuid

Generate a new UUID using Data::UUID.

reference_to_data Object

Provides a saner output format for models than "MyApp::Model::Foo=HASH(0x1800568)".

stringify LIST

Takes a list of values and forces them into strings. Right now all it does is concatenate them to an empty string, but future versions might be more magical.