NAME¶
Class::Accessor::Class - simple class variable accessors
VERSION¶
version 0.503
SYNOPSIS¶
Set up a module with class accessors:
package Text::Fortune;
use base qw(Class::Accessor::Class Exporter);
Robot->mk_class_accessors(qw(language offensive collection));
sub fortune {
if (__PACKAGE__->offensive) {
..
Then, when using the module:
use Text::Fortune;
Text::Fortune->offensive(1);
print fortune; # prints an offensive fortune
Text::Fortune->language('EO');
print fortune; # prints an offensive fortune in Esperanto
DESCRIPTION¶
Class::Accessor::Class provides a simple way to create accessor and mutator
methods for class variables, just as Class::Accessor provides for objects. It
can use either an enclosed lexical variable, or a package variable.
This module was once implemented in terms of Class::Accessor, but changes to
that module broke this relationship. Class::Accessor::Class is still a
subclass of Class::Accessor, strictly for historical reasons. As a side
benefit, a class that isa Class::Accessor::Class is also a Class::Accessor and
can use its methods.
METHODS¶
mk_class_accessors¶
package Foo;
use base qw(Class::Accessor::Class);
Foo->mk_class_accessors(qw(foo bar baz));
Foo->foo(10);
my $obj = new Foo;
print $obj->foo; # 10
This method adds accessors for the named class variables. The accessor will get
or set a lexical variable to which the accessor is the only access.
mk_package_accessors¶
package Foo;
use base qw(Class::Accessor::Class);
Foo->mk_package_accessors(qw(foo bar baz));
Foo->foo(10);
my $obj = new Foo;
print $obj->foo; # 10
print $Foo::foo; # 10
This method adds accessors for the named class variables. The accessor will get
or set the named variable in the package's symbol table.
DETAILS¶
make_class_accessor¶
$accessor = Class->make_class_accessor($field);
This method generates a subroutine reference which acts as an accessor for the
named field.
make_package_accessor¶
$accessor = Class->make_package_accessor($field);
This method generates a subroutine reference which acts as an accessor for the
named field, which is stored in the scalar named "field" in
"Class"'s symbol table.
This can be useful for dealing with legacy code, but using package variables is
almost never a good idea for new code. Use this with care.
AUTHOR¶
Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2004 by Ricardo SIGNES.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.