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Class::Meta::Types::Numeric(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Class::Meta::Types::Numeric(3pm) |
NAME¶
Class::Meta::Types::Numeric - Numeric data typesSYNOPSIS¶
package MyApp::Thingy; use strict; use Class::Meta; use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric; # OR... # use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric 'affordance'; # OR... # use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric 'semi-affordance'; BEGIN { # Create a Class::Meta object for this class. my $cm = Class::Meta->new( key => 'thingy' ); # Add an integer attribute. $cm->add_attribute( name => 'age', type => 'integer' ); $cm->build; }
DESCRIPTION¶
This module provides numeric data types for use with Class::Meta attributes. Simply load it, then pass the name of one of its types to the "add_attribute()" method of a Class::Meta object to create attributes of the numeric data type. See Class::Meta::Type for more information on using and creating data types.The validation checks for Class::Meta::Types::Numeric are provided by the Data::Types module. Consult its documentation to find out what it considers to be a number and what's not.
The data types created by Class::Meta::Types::Numeric are:
- whole
- A whole number. That is, a positive integer.
- integer
- int
- An integer number.
- decimal
- dec
- A decimal number.
- real
- A real number.
- float
- A floating point number.
SUPPORT¶
This module is stored in an open GitHub repository <http://github.com/theory/class-meta/>. Feel free to fork and contribute!Please file bug reports via GitHub Issues <http://github.com/theory/class-meta/issues/> or by sending mail to bug-Class-Meta@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Class-Meta@rt.cpan.org>.
AUTHOR¶
David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>SEE ALSO¶
Other classes of interest within the Class::Meta distribution include:- Class::Meta
- This class contains most of the documentation you need to get started with Class::Meta.
- Class::Meta::Type
- This class manages the creation of data types.
- Class::Meta::Attribute
- This class manages Class::Meta class attributes, all of which are based on data types.
Other data type modules:
- Class::Meta::Types::Perl
- Class::Meta::Types::String
- Class::Meta::Types::Boolean
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
Copyright (c) 2002-2011, David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
2015-06-06 | perl v5.20.2 |