Method::Autoload3pm
Autoloads methods from a list of packages into the current package
Usage
package MyPackage;use base qw{Method::Autoload}
Overview
The Method::Autoload base class package is used to autoload methods from a list of packages where you may not know what methods are available until run time. A good use of this package is programming support for user contributed packages or user contributed plugins.
Usage
use MyPackage;my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash); #provides new and initialize methods$object->pushPackages("My::Bar"); #appends to "packages" array$object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo"); #prepends to "packages" arrayuse MyPackage;my $object=MyPackage->new(packages=>["My::Foo", "My::Bar"]);$object->foo; #from My::Foo$object->bar; #from My::Bar
Constructor
new
my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash);my $object=MyPackage->new(package=>["My::Package1", "My::Package2"]);
initialize
Methods public
packages
Returns the current list of packages in the "packages" array.
my @package=$object->packages; #()my $package=$object->packages; #[]
pushPackages
Pushes packages on to the "packages" array.
$object->pushPackages("My::Bar");$object->pushPackages(@packages);
unshiftPackages
Unshifts packages on to the "packages" array. Use this if you want to override a "default" package. Please use with care.
$object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo");$object->unshiftPackages(@packages);
autoloaded
Returns a hash of autoloaded methods and the classes that they came from.
my %hash=$object->autoloaded; #()my $hash=$object->autoloaded; #{}
Methods private
DESTROY ("Global" method)
We define DESTROY in this package so that it does not call AUTOLOAD but you may overload this method in your package, if you need it.
AUTOLOAD ("Global" method)
AUTOLOAD is a "global" method. Please review the limitations on inheriting this method.
autoload
my $subref=$object->autoload($class, $method);Support
Releases
7 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.