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

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin - generates a wrapper around some builtin function

SYNOPSIS

	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin (
	   -TargetClass => 'MyStat',
	   builtin_isa => [
	     '-{new_function}'=>'stat',
	       qw/ dev ino mode nlink /
	   ]
	 );

DESCRIPTION

       This class generates a wrapper around some builtin function, storing the results in the object and providing a by-name interface.

       Takes a (core) function name, and a arrayref of return position names (we will call it pos_list).  Creates:

       new Calls the core func with any given arguments, stores the result in the instance.

       x   For each member of pos_list, creates a method of the same name which gets/sets the nth member of the returned list, where n is the
	   position of x in pos_list.

       fields
	   Returns pos_list, in the given order.

       dump
	   Returns a list item name, item value, in order.

       Example Usage:

	 package Stat;

	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin
	   builtin_isa => [ '-{new_function}'=>'stat', qw/ dev ino mode nlink / ],

	 package main;

	 my $file = "$ENV{HOME}/.template";
	 my $s = Stat->new($file);
	 print "File $file has ", $s->nlink, " links
";

       Note that (a) the new method does not check the return value of the function called (in the above example, if $file does not exist, you
       will silently get an empty object), and (b) if you really want the above example, see the core File::stat module.   But you get the idea, I
       hope.

perl v5.10.1							    2009-10-08				 MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin(3pm)