Class::Accessor::Assert - Accessors which type-check
use Class::Accessor::Assert; __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors( qw( +foo bar=Some::Class baz @bits ) );
This is a version of Class::Accessor which offers rudimentary type-checking and existence-checking of arguments to constructors and set accessors.
To specify that a member is mandatory in the constructor, prefix its name with a +. To specify that it needs to be of a certain class when setting that member, suffix =CLASSNAME. Unblessed reference types such as =HASH or =ARRAY are acceptable.
+
=CLASSNAME
=HASH
=ARRAY
To specify that a member is an array, prefix its name with a @. These members also have the following four special methods that wrap the builtin array operations push, pop, unshift, and shift:
@
push
pop
unshift
shift
# for a @bits member: $y->bits_push(@new_values); print $y->bits_pop; $y->bits_unshift(@new_values); print $y->bits_shift;
The @ can be combined with the + prefix to make a member that is an array that you must set in the constructor. The + must precede the @.
# 'foo' is required in the constructor __PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(qw( +@foo ));
Class::Accessor
This module is maintained by
Steffen Mueller, accessor-module at steffen-mueller dot net
Original author is
Simon Cozens, simon@simon-cozens.org
Please direct inquiries, bug reports, etc. towards the maintainer, not the original author. Simon no longer provides support for this module, so please respect that.
Copyright 2003 by Simon Cozens
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Class::Accessor::Assert, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Class::Accessor::Assert
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Class::Accessor::Assert
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.