NAME Business::DK::PO - danish postal order code generator/validator VERSION This documentation describes version 0.07 SYNOPSIS use Business::DK::PO qw(validate); my $rv; eval { $rv = validate(1234563891234562); }; if ($@) { die "Code is not of the expected format - $@"; } if ($rv) { print "Code is valid"; } else { print "Code is not valid"; } use Business::DK::PO qw(calculate); my $code = calculate(1234); #Using with Params::Validate use Params::Validate qw(:all); use Business::DK::PO qw(validatePO); sub check_cpr { validate( @_, { po => { callbacks => { 'validate_po' => sub { validatePO($_[0]); } } } } ); print $_[1]." is a valid PO\n"; } DESCRIPTION The postal orders and postal order codes are used by the danish postal service PostDanmark. FUNCTIONS validate The function takes a single argument, a 16 digit postal order code. The function returns 1 (true) in case of a valid postal order code argument and 0 (false) in case of an invalid postal order code argument. The validation function goes through the following steps. Validation of the argument is done using the functions (all described below in detail): * _argument * _content * _length If the argument is a valid argument the sum is calculated by _calculate_sum based on the argument and the controlcifers array. The sum returned is checked using a modulus caluculation and based on its validity either 1 or 0 is returned. validatePO A wrapper for "validate" with a name more suitable for importing, it is less common and therefor less intrusive. See "validate" for details. calculate The function takes a single argument, an integer indicating a unique reference number you can use to identify an order. Suggestions are invoice number, order number or similar. The number provided must be between 1 and 15 digits long, meaning a number between 1 and 999 trillions. The function returns a postal order code consisting of the number given as argument appended with a control cifer to make the code valid (See: b The calculation function goes through the following steps. Validation of the argument is done using the functions (all described below in detail): * _argument * _content * _length If the argument is a valid argument the sum is calculated by _calculate_sum based on the argument and the controlcifers array. Based on the sum the argument the controlcifer is calculated and appended so that the argument becomes a valid postal order code. The calculated and valid code is then returned, left-padded with zeroes to make it 16 digits long (SEE: validate). PRIVATE FUNCTIONS _argument This function is called from either validate or calculate if an argument is not provided. It dies with an error message indicating the exceptional situation and attempts to guide the user to providing a sensible input. The _argument function takes two arguments: * minimum length required of number (mandatory) * maximum length required of number (optional) The arguments are used in the error message issued with die, since this method always dies. _content This function validates the content of the argument, it croaks if the argument is not an integer (consisting of digits only). _length This function validates the length of the argument, it dies if the argument does not fit wihtin the boundaries specified by the arguments provided: The _length function takes the following arguments: * number (mandatory), the number to be validated * minimum length required of number (mandatory) * maximum length required of number (optional) _calculate_sum This function takes an integer and calculates the sum bases on the the controlcifer array. EXPORTS Business::DK::PO exports on request: * "validate" * "validatePO" * "calculate" * "_argument" * "_content" * "_length" * "_calculate_sum" TESTS Coverage of the test suite is at 100% ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ File stmt bran cond sub pod time total ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ blib/lib/Business/DK/PO.pm 100.0 100.0 n/a 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 Total 100.0 100.0 n/a 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 ---------------------------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ Test::Kwalitee passes Test::Perl::Critic passes at severity 1, brutal, with many policies disabled though, see /perlcriticrc. BUGS Please report issues via CPAN RT: http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Business-DK-PO or by sending mail to bug-Business-DK-PO@rt.cpan.org SEE ALSO bin/calculate_po.pl bin/validate_po.pl AUTHOR Jonas B. Nielsen, (jonasbn) - "" COPYRIGHT Business-DK-PO is (C) by Jonas B. Nielsen, (jonasbn) 2006-2014 Business-DK-PO is released under the artistic license The distribution is licensed under the Artistic License, as specified by the Artistic file in the standard perl distribution (http://www.perl.com/language/misc/Artistic.html).