NAME

Aspect::Pointcut - pointcut base class

DESCRIPTION

A running program can be seen as a collection of events. Events like a sub returning from a call, or a package being used. These are called join points. A pointcut defines a set of join points, taken from all the join points in the program. Different pointcut classes allow you to define the set in different ways, so you can target the exact join points you need.

Pointcuts are constructed as trees; logical operations on pointcuts with one or two arguments (not, and, or) are themselves pointcut operators. You can construct them explicitly using object syntax, or you can use the convenience functions exported by Aspect and the overloaded operators !, & and |.

SEE ALSO

See the Aspect pod for a guide to the Aspect module.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

INSTALLATION

See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules.

AVAILABILITY

The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/> to find a CPAN site near you. Or see <http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/M/MA/MARCEL/>.

AUTHORS

Marcel Grünauer, <marcel@cpan.org>

Ran Eilam <eilara@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2001 by Marcel Grünauer

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