MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation		     MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors(3pm)

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors - Emulate the accessors module

SYNOPSIS

	 package Foo;
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors qw( foo bar baz );

	 my $obj = bless {}, 'Foo';

	 # generates chaining accessors:
	 $obj->foo( 'hello ' )
	     ->bar( 'world' )
	     ->baz( "!
" );

	 print $obj->foo, $obj->bar, $obj->baz;

       This module also defines subpackages for the classic and chaining subclasses:

	 package Bar;
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors;
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors::classic qw( foo bar baz );

	 my $obj = bless {}, 'Bar';

	 # always return the current value, even on set:
	 $obj->foo( 'hello ' ) if $obj->bar( 'world' );

	 print $obj->foo, $obj->bar, $obj->baz( "!
" );

DESCRIPTION

       This module emulates the functionality of the accessors module, using Class::MakeMethods to generate similar methods.

       In particular, the following lines are equivalent:

	 use accessors 'foo';
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Hash 'scalar --get_set_chain' => 'foo';

	 use accessors::chained 'foo';
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Hash 'scalar --get_set_chain' => 'foo';

	 use accessors::classic 'foo';
	 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Hash 'scalar' => 'foo';

       You may use this module directly, as shown in the SYNOPSIS above,

       Furthermore, you may call "use Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors '-take_namespace';" to alias the accessors namespace to this
       package, and subsequent calls to the original package will be transparently handled by this emulator. To remove the emulation aliasing,
       call "use Class::MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors '-release_namespace'".  The same mechanism is also available for the classic and chained
       subclasses.

       Caution: This affects all subsequent uses of the accessors module in your program, including those in other modules, and might cause
       unexpected effects.

SEE ALSO

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

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

       See accessors for documentation of the original module.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-09-06				     MakeMethods::Emulator::accessors(3pm)