NAME

IOC::Service::Literal - An IOC Service object whose component is a literal value

SYNOPSIS

  use IOC::Service::Literal;
  
  my $container = IOC::Container->new();
  # use a literal here for our log_file 
  $container->register(IOC::Service::Literal->new('log_file' => "logfile.log" ));
  $container->register(IOC::Service->new('logger' => sub { 
      my $c = shift; 
      return FileLogger->new($c->get('log_file'));
  }));
  $container->register(IOC::Service->new('application' => sub {
      my $c = shift; 
      my $app = Application->new();
      $app->logger($c->get('logger'));
      return $app;
  }));

  $container->get('application')->run();   

DESCRIPTION

In this IOC framework, the IOC::Service::Literal object holds a literal value which does not need to be initialized. This IOC::Service subclass is specifically optimized to handle values which need no initialization, like literal values, such as numbers and strings. It is sometimes useful for these types of values to be included in your configuration, this helps reduce the overhead for them.

        +--------------+
        | IOC::Service |
        +--------------+
              |
              ^
              |
   +-----------------------+                 +-----------------+
   | IOC::Service::Literal |---(instance)--->| <Literal Value> |
   +-----------------------+                 +-----------------+ 

METHODS

new ($name, $literal)

Creates a service with a $name, and uses the $literal value which need not be initialized.

name

Returns the name of the service instance.

setContainer ($container)

This is a no-op method, since the service is not initialized, then it does not need an instance of the container.

removeContainer

This is a no-op method, see setContainer above.

instance

This method returns the literal value held by the service object.

TO DO

Work on the documentation

BUGS

None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

I use Devel::Cover to test the code coverage of my tests, see the CODE COVERAGE section of IOC for more information.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2004-2007 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

http://www.iinteractive.com

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