Tangence::Type(3pm)

Overview

Objects in this class represent individual types that are sent over the wire in Tangence messages. This is a subclass of Tangence::Meta::Type which provides additional methods that may be useful in server or client implementations.

Constructor

make

   $type = Tangence::Type->make( $primitive_sig );

Returns an instance to represent a primitive type of the given signature.

   $type = Tangence::Type->make( list => $member_type );
   $type = Tangence::Type->make( dict => $member_type );

Returns an instance to represent a list or dict aggregation containing members of the given type.

Methods

default_value

   $value = $type->default_value;

Returns a value suitable to use as an initial value for object properties.

pack_value

   $type->pack_value( $message, $value );

Appends a value of this type to the end of a Tangence::Message.

unpack_value

   $value = $type->unpack_value( $message );

Removes a value of this type from the start of a Tangence::Message.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 10 (Buster); the text changed 3 times.

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