Validation::Class::Collection(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			Validation::Class::Collection(3pm)

NAME

       Validation::Class::Collection - Generic Container Class for Various Collections

VERSION

       version 7.70

SYNOPSIS

	   use Validation::Class::Collection;

	   my $foos = Validation::Class::Collection->new;

	   $foos->add(foo => Foo->new);

	   print $foos->count; # 1 object

DESCRIPTION

       Validation::Class::Collection provides an all-purpose container for hash objects.  This class is primarily used as a base class for
       collection management classes.

METHODS

   new
	   my $self = Validation::Class::Collection->new;

   add
	   $self = $self->add(foo => Foo->new);

	   $self->add(foo => Foo->new, bar => Bar->new);

   clear
	   $self = $self->clear;

   count
	   my $count = $self->count;

   each
	   $self = $self->each(sub{

	       my ($name, $object) = @_;
	       ...

	   });

   find
	   my $matches = $self->find(qr/update_/); # hashref

   get
	   my $object = $self->get($name);

   has
	   if ($self->has($name)) {
	       ...
	   }

   hash
	   my $hash = $self->hash;

   keys
	   my @keys = $self->keys;

   list
	   my @objects = $self->list;

   remove
	   $object = $self->remove($name);

   values
	   my @objects = $self->values;

AUTHOR

       Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-06-28					Validation::Class::Collection(3pm)