    $context = P5EEx::Blue::P5EE->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = {
        an => 'arbitrary',
        collection => [ 'of', 'data', ],
        of => {
            arbitrary => 'depth',
        },
    };
    $inidata = $serializer->serialize($data);
    $data = $serializer->deserialize($inidata);
    print $serializer->dump($data), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

A Serializer allows you to serialize a structure of data of arbitrary depth to a scalar and deserialize it back to the structure.

The Ini serializer reads and writes data which conforms to the standards of Windows INI files.

Class: P5EEx::Blue::Serializer::Ini

 * Throws: P5EEx::Blue::Exception::Serializer
 * Since:  0.01

Design

The class is entirely made up of static (class) methods. However, they are each intended to be called as methods on the instance itself.

Constructor Methods:

`new()`

The constructor is inherited from P5EEx::Blue::Service.

Public Methods:

`serialize()`

    * Signature: $inidata = $serializer->serialize($data);
    * Param:     $data              ref
    * Return:    $inidata           text
    * Throws:    P5EEx::Blue::Exception::Serializer
    * Since:     0.01

    Sample Usage:

    $context = P5EEx::Blue::P5EE->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = {
        an => 'arbitrary',
        collection => [ 'of', 'data', ],
        of => {
            arbitrary => 'depth',
        },
    };
    $inidata = $serializer->serialize($data);

`deserialize()`

    * Signature: $data = $serializer->deserialize($inidata);
    * Signature: $data = P5EEx::Blue::Serializer->deserialize($inidata);
    * Param:     $data              ref
    * Return:    $inidata           text
    * Throws:    P5EEx::Blue::Exception::Serializer
    * Since:     0.01

    Sample Usage:

    $context = P5EEx::Blue::P5EE->context();
    $serializer = $context->service("Serializer");  # or ...
    $serializer = $context->serializer();
    $data = $serializer->deserialize($inidata);
    print $serializer->dump($data), "\n";

`dump()`

The constructor is inherited from P5EEx::Blue::Serializer.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 * Author:  Stephen Adkins <stephen.adkins@officevision.com>
 * License: This is free software. It is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.