Class::MakeMethods::Template::Ref.3pm

Langue: en

Version: 2004-09-06 (fedora - 01/12/10)

Section: 3 (Bibliothèques de fonctions)

NAME

Class::MakeMethods::Template::Ref - Universal copy and compare methods

SYNOPSIS

   package MyObject;
   use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Ref (
     'Hash:new'      => [ 'new' ],
     clone           => [ 'clone' ]
   );
   
   package main;
 
   my $obj = MyObject->new( foo => ["Foozle", "Bozzle"] );
   my $clone = $obj->clone();
   print $obj->{'foo'}[1];
 
 

DESCRIPTION

The following types of methods are provided via the Class::MakeMethods interface:

clone

Produce a deep copy of an instance of almost any underlying datatype.

Parameters:

init_method

If defined, this method is called on the new object with any arguments passed in.

prototype

Create new instances by making a deep copy of a static prototypical instance.

Parameters:

init_method

If defined, this method is called on the new object with any arguments passed in.

compare

Compare one object to another.

Templates

*
default

Three-way (sorting-style) comparison.

*
equals

Are these two objects equivalent?

*
identity

Are these two references to the exact same object?

SEE ALSO

See Class::MakeMethods for general information about this distribution.

See Class::MakeMethods::Template for more about this family of subclasses.

See Class::MakeMethods::Utility::Ref for the clone and compare functions used above.