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+package CPT::Util;
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Moose;
+
+#ABSTRACT: CPT convenience functions
+
+
+
+sub JSONYAMLopts {
+    my ( $self, %data ) = @_;
+    my %hash;
+    if ( $data{'file'} ) {
+       my $ext = substr($data{'file'}, rindex($data{'file'}, '.') + 1);
+       if ( lc $ext eq 'yaml' || lc $ext eq 'yml' ) {
+           require YAML::XS;
+           %hash = %{ YAML::XS::LoadFile( $data{'file'} ) };
+       }
+       elsif ( lc $ext eq 'json' ) {
+           require JSON::XS;
+           require File::Slurp;
+           my $json = File::Slurp::read_file( $data{'file'} );
+           %hash = %{ JSON::XS::decode_json($json) };
+       }
+       else {
+           confess "Requested JSON/YAML file lacked a recognisable suffix $ext";
+       }
+    }
+    else {
+        confess 'Error, no options provided';
+    }
+    return \%hash;
+
+}
+
+
+
+sub untaint_path {
+    delete @ENV{ 'IFS', 'CDPATH', 'ENV', 'BASH_ENV' };
+    $ENV{'PATH'} = '/bin:/usr/bin';
+    my $path = $ENV{'PATH'};
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
+
+no Moose;
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=encoding UTF-8
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+CPT::Util - CPT convenience functions
+
+=head1 VERSION
+
+version 1.99.4
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONAL INTERFACE
+
+    my $libCPT = CPT::CPT->new();
+
+=head2 JSONYAMLopts
+
+    my %colour_options = %{
+        $libCPT->JSONYAMLopts(
+            'file'=>$options{'optionsfile'},
+            'string'=> $options{'optionsstring'}
+        )
+    };
+
+Reads from a file or from a string passed to it describing additional options in JSON or YAML. (Should I support other options?)
+
+For scripts that require significant numbers of input parameters where they are often re-used, it isn't sensible to require people to specify ten flags on the command line. Offering a JSON/YAML file reader simplifies their life by providing re-usable config files.
+
+=head2 untaint_path
+
+    $libCPT->untaint_path();
+
+Convenience function
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Eric Rasche <rasche.eric@yandex.ru>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Eric Rasche.
+
+This is free software, licensed under:
+
+  The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007
+
+=cut