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.IX Title "moniker 3pm"
.TH moniker 3pm "2022-10-14" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
UNIVERSAL::moniker \- Nicer names for your Perl modules/classes
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\&  use UNIVERSAL::moniker;
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Class names in Perl often don't sound great when spoken, or look good when
written in prose.  For this reason, we tend to say things like \*(L"customer\*(R" or
\&\*(L"basket\*(R" when we are referring to \f(CW\*(C`My::Site::User::Customer\*(C'\fR or
\&\f(CW\*(C`My::Site::Shop::Basket\*(C'\fR.  We thought it would be nice if our classes knew what
we would prefer to call them.
.PP
This module will add a \f(CW\*(C`moniker\*(C'\fR (and \f(CW\*(C`plural_moniker\*(C'\fR) method to
\&\f(CW\*(C`UNIVERSAL\*(C'\fR, and so to every class or module.
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Returns the moniker for \f(CW$ob\fR.
So, if \f(CW$ob\fR\->isa(\*(L"Big::Scary::Animal\*(R"), \f(CW\*(C`moniker\*(C'\fR will return \*(L"animal\*(R".
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\&  $ob\->plural_moniker;
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Returns the plural moniker for \f(CW$ob\fR.
So, if \f(CW$ob\fR\->isa(\*(L"Cephalopod::Octopus\*(R"), \f(CW\*(C`plural_moniker\*(C'\fR will return \*(L"octopuses\*(R".
.PP
(You need to install Lingua::EN::Inflect for this to work.)
.SH "AUTHORS"
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Marty Pauley <marty+perl@kasei.com>,
Tony Bowden <tony@kasei.com>,
Elizabeth Mattijsen <liz@dijkmat.nl>
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(Yes, 3 authors for such a small module!)
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\&  Copyright (C) 2004 Kasei
\&
\&  This program is free software; you can redistribute it under the same terms as
\&  Perl.
\&
\&  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
\&  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
\&  FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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