Badger::Data::Type - base class for data types
This module implements a base class for data types.
An optional name for the data type.
An optional namespace for the data type.
An optional base data type.
An optional list of validation facets.
The following methods are defined in addition to those inherited from the Badger::Base base class.
This is aliased to the init_type() method.
This is the initialisation method for a data type. It is called automatically when a data type object is created via the new() method inherited from the Badger::Base base class.
Returns the name of the data type as specified via the name configuration option. If no name was specified then an automatically generated name is returned based on the class name with the Badger::Data::Type prefix removed and all :: sequences replaced with periods, e.g. a data type Badger::Data::Type::Foo::Bar would yield a name of Foo.Bar.
Badger::Data::Type
::
Badger::Data::Type::Foo::Bar
Foo.Bar
Returns the namespace for the data type, or undef is none is defined.
undef
Returns the base data type, or undef is none is defined.
Returns a reference to a list of validation facets defined for the data type.
This constant method always returns the value 0. Subclasses representing simple data types should re-define this to return the value 1.
0
1
This constant method always returns the value 0. Subclasses representing complex data types should re-define this to return the value 1.
Applies a new validation facet to the data type.
Validates the value passed by reference as the first argument. It calls the validate() method of each of the validation facets in turn.
validate()
Andy Wardley http://wardley.org/
Copyright (C) 2008-2012 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Badger::Base
To install Badger, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Badger
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Badger
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.