---
name: "Audio::MPD::Common::Item"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libaudio-mpd-common-perl"
version: "2.003-4"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Audio::MPD::Common::Item"
---

# Audio::MPD::Common::Item(3pm)

a generic collection item

## NAME

Audio::MPD::Common::Item - a generic collection item

## VERSION

version 2.003

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $item = Audio::MPD::Common::Item->new( %params );
```

## DESCRIPTION

Audio::MPD::Common::Item is a virtual class representing a generic item of mpd's collection. It can be either a song, a directory or a playlist.

Depending on the params given to `"new"`, it will create and return an Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Song, an Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Directory or an Audio::MPD::Common::Playlist object. Currently, the discrimination is done on the existence of the `"file"` key of `%params`.

## METHODS

### my $item = Audio::MPD::Common::Item-\>new( %params );

Create and return either an Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Song, an Audio::MPD::Common::Item::Directory or an Audio::MPD::Common::Playlist object, depending on the existence of a key `"file"`, `"directory"` or `"playlist"` (respectively).

## AUTHOR

Jerome Quelin

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Jerome Quelin.

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