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

NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Template::Global - Method that are not instance-dependent

SYNOPSIS

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

	 package main;

	 MyObject->foo('bar')
	 print MyObject->foo();
	 ...
	 print $my_instance->foo(); # same thing

DESCRIPTION

       These meta-methods access values that are shared across all instances of your object in your process. For example, a hash_scalar meta-
       method will be able to store a different value for each hash instance you call it on, but a static_scalar meta-method will return the same
       value for any instance it's called on, and setting it from any instance will change the value that all other instances see.

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

       data
	   The shared value.

   Standard Methods
       The following methods from Generic should be supported:

	 scalar
	 string
	 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 have not been tested sufficiently; please inform the author if they do not function as you would expect.

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::Template::Generic for information about the various accessor interfaces subclassed herein.

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