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MakeMethods::Template::Ref(3pm) 			User Contributed Perl Documentation			   MakeMethods::Template::Ref(3pm)

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

       o   default

	   Three-way (sorting-style) comparison.

       o   equals

	   Are these two objects equivalent?

       o   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.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-09-06					   MakeMethods::Template::Ref(3pm)

MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		    MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar(3pm)

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar - Static methods with global variables

SYNOPSIS

	 package MyObject;
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar (
	   scalar	   => [ 'foo' ]
	 );

	 package main;

	 MyObject->foo('bar')
	 print MyObject->foo();

	 $MyObject::foo = 'bazillion';
	 print MyObject->foo();

DESCRIPTION

       These meta-methods provide access to package (class global) variables.  These are essentially the same as the Static meta-methods, except
       that they use a global variable in the declaring package to store their values.

       Common Parameters: The following parameters are defined for PackageVar meta-methods.

       variable
	   The name of the variable to store the value in. Defaults to the same name as the method.

   Standard Methods
       The following methods from Generic should all be supported:

	 scalar
	 string
	 string_index (?)
	 number
	 boolean
	 bits (?)
	 array (*)
	 hash (*)
	 tiedhash (?)
	 hash_of_arrays (?)
	 object (?)
	 instance (?)
	 array_of_objects (?)
	 code (?)
	 code_or_scalar (?)

       See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for the interfaces and behaviors of these method types.

       The items marked with a * above are specifically defined in this package, whereas the others are formed automatically by the interaction of
       this package's generic settings with the code templates provided by the Generic superclass.

       The items marked with a ? above have not been tested sufficiently; please inform the author if they do not function as you would expect.

   PackageVar:vars
       This rewrite rule converts package variable names into PackageVar methods of the equivalent data type.

       Here's an example declaration:

	 package MyClass;

	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar (
	   vars => '$DEBUG %Index'
	 );

       MyClass now has methods that get and set the contents of its $MyClass::DEBUG and %MyClass::Index package variables:

	 MyClass->DEBUG( 1 );
	 MyClass->Index( 'foo' => 'bar' );

perl v5.10.1							    2004-09-06				    MakeMethods::Template::PackageVar(3pm)