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.IX Title "MixinFactory::Factory 3pm"
.TH MixinFactory::Factory 3pm "2021-01-07" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
Class::MixinFactory::Factory \- Class Factory with Selection of Mixins
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use Class::MixinFactory::Factory;
\&
\&  my $factory = Class::MixinFactory::Factory\->new();
\&  
\&  $factory\->base_class( "MyClass");
\&
\&  $factory\->mixin_prefix( "MyMixins" );
\&  $factory\->mixed_prefix( "MyClasses" );
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\&  my $class = $factory\->class( @mixins );
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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A mixin factory generates new classes at run-time which inherit from each of several classes.
.SH "PUBLIC METHODS"
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.IP "\fBnew()\fR" 4
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\&  $factory_class\->new() : $factory
\&  $factory_class\->new( %attributes ) : $factory
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Create a new factory object.
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May be passed a hash of attributes, with the key matching one of the supported accessor methods named below and the value containing the value to assign.
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\&  $factory\->base_class() : $package_name
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Required. Get or set the base class to be inherited from by all mixed classes.
.IP "\fBmixin_prefix()\fR" 4
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\&  $factory\->mixin_prefix() : $package_name
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Optional. Get or set a prefix to be placed before all mixin class names that don't contain a double-colon. Defaults to the name of the base class.
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Optional. Get or set a prefix to be placed before all generated class names. Defaults to the name of the base class or the factory class followed by \*(L"::AUTO\*(R"
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\&  $factory\->class( @mixins ) : $package_name
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Find or generate a class combining the requested mixin classes.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
For a facade interface that facilitates access to this functionality, see Class::MixinFactory.
.PP
For distribution, installation, support, copyright and license 
information, see Class::MixinFactory::ReadMe.