NAME

Validation::Class::Collection - Generic Container Class for Various Collections

VERSION

version 7.70

SYNOPSIS

use Validation::Class::Collection;

my $foos = Validation::Class::Collection->new;

$foos->add(foo => Foo->new);

print $foos->count; # 1 object

DESCRIPTION

Validation::Class::Collection provides an all-purpose container for hash objects. This class is primarily used as a base class for collection management classes.

METHODS

new

my $self = Validation::Class::Collection->new;

add

$self = $self->add(foo => Foo->new);

$self->add(foo => Foo->new, bar => Bar->new);

clear

$self = $self->clear;

count

my $count = $self->count; 

each

$self = $self->each(sub{
    
    my ($name, $object) = @_;
    ...
    
});

find

my $matches = $self->find(qr/update_/); # hashref

get

my $object = $self->get($name);

has

if ($self->has($name)) {
    ...
}

hash

my $hash = $self->hash; 

keys

my @keys = $self->keys;

list

my @objects = $self->list;

remove

$object = $self->remove($name);

values

my @objects = $self->values;

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.