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NAME

       SVN::Base - Base class for importing symbols for svn modules

SYNOPSIS

	   # Load the svn_ra_* functions into the SVN::Ra namespace.
	   package SVN::Ra;
	   use SVN::Base qw(Ra svn_ra_);

	   # Load svn_config_t structure accessors in the magic namcespace
	   # provided by swig, so we could use it returned by other functions
	   package _p_svn_config_t;
	   use SVN::Base qw(Core svn_config_);

DESCRIPTION

       SVN::Base is a module importing the subversion perl bindings raw symbols created by swig, into proper namespace and make them easier to
       use.

       It will also find the accessors for members of a C struct, create an simpler accessor function like "$data->field()" and
       "$data->field($new_value)".

       Once you understand the convention of subversion functions in perl bindings, you could look at the subversion api and write them in perl.
       The API is available in the source header files or online at http://svn.collab.net/svn-doxygen/.

INTERNALS

       The perl bindings of swig wraps raw functions into different perl modules, for example, SVN::_Core, SVN::_Repos. Upon import, SVN::Base
       bootstrap the requested module if it's not yet loaded, and iterate over the symbols provided in that module, it them puts the function with
       prefix trimmed in the namespace of the caller for this import.

       The 3rd through the last parameter is a list of symbol endings that you wish for SVN::Base not to import into your namespace.  This is
       useful for cases where you may want to import certaion symbols differently than normally.

CAVEATS

       SVN::Base consider a function as structure member accessor if it is postfixed ``_get'' or ``_set''. Real functions with this postfixes will
       need extra handling.

AUTHORS

       Chia-liang Kao <clkao@clkao.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2003 CollabNet.  All rights reserved.

       This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which you should have received as part of this distribution.  The terms are
       also available at http://subversion.tigris.org/license-1.html.  If newer versions of this license are posted there, you may use a newer
       version instead, at your option.

       This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many individuals.  For exact contribution history, see the revision history and
       logs, available at http://subversion.tigris.org/.

perl v5.14.2							    2004-12-04						       native::Base(3perl)