NAME

RPC::Lite::Signature - Object representation of method signatures.

SYNOPSIS

# create a signature for the method 'MethodName' that returns
# an int and takes an int, an array and a struct as arguments.
my $signature = 
  RPC::Lite::Signature->new( 'MethodName=int:int,array,struct' );

# prints "MethodName=int:int,array,struct
print $signature->AsString();

# change the signature
$signature->FromString( 'OtherMethod=array:int,struct' );

# returns false after the update call to FromString above
my $result = $signature->Matches( 'MethodName=int:int,array,struct' );

DESCRIPTION

RPC::Lite::Signature is an object representation for method signatures.
For the most part, it should be used internally by RPC::Lite.

MethodName

Returns the method name the signature concerns.

ReturnType

Returns a string specifying the return type.

ArgumentTypeList

Returns an array reference to the list of argument types.

AsString

Returns a string representation of the signature.

FromString

Takes a string and sets the signatures properties from that string.

Matches

Returns true if this signature matches the signature passed as an argument. The argument can either be a string (a method specification) or another RPC::Lite::Signature object.