Data::Predicate

This is a library inspired by Apache Commons Collection Predicate library
and google-collections Predicate library (both Java libraries). Predicates
are transportable logic objects which boil down to a true/false response. 

A number of predicates have already been built allowing for the combination
of multiple predicates (and), partial matching (or) or reverse logic
(not). These mixed in with more complex & Perl centric ideas (defined, number
isa) allows us to build very complex logic in portions and then 
build a final logic Object to represent the boolean concept.

Predicates are not meant to replace normal if statement logic; more to 
supplement it.

Data::Predicate is the core class & default implementations are available
from Data::Predicate::Predicates.

In time this module may develop an XS library but for the moment it is written
in PurePerl (for better or worse).  

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

	perl Makefile.PL
	make
	make test
	make install

SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the
perldoc command.

    perldoc Data::Predicate

You can also look for information at:

    RT, CPAN's request tracker
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Data-Predicate

    AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation
        http://annocpan.org/dist/Data-Predicate

    CPAN Ratings
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Data-Predicate

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/Data-Predicate/


COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2010 "EBI"

This program was developed as part of work carried out by EMBL.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the Artistic License.

See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ for more information.