NAME

Class::Field - Class Field Accessor Generator

SYNOPSIS

package Thing;
use Class::Field qw'field const';

field 'this';
field 'list' => [];
field 'map' => {};
field 'that', -init => '$self->setup_that';
field 'circular_ref' => -weaken;
const 'answer' => 42;

DESCRIPTION

Class::Field exports two subroutines, field and const. These functions are used to declare fields and constants in your class.

Class::Field generates custom code for each accessor that is optimized for speed.

FUNCTIONS

• field

  Defines accessor methods for a field of your class:

  package Example;
  use base 'Parent';
  use Class::Field qw'field const';
  
  field 'foo';
  field bar => [];
  
  sub lalala {
      my $self = shift;
      $self->foo(42);
      push @{$self->{bar}}, $self->foo;
  }

  The first parameter passed to field is the name of the attribute being defined. Accessors can be given an optional default value. This value will be returned if no value for the field has been set in the object.

• const

  const bar => 42;

  The const function is similar to <field> except that it is immutable. It also does not store data in the object. You probably always want to give a const a default value, otherwise the generated method will be somewhat useless.

NOTE

This code was taken directly out the Spiffy module for those people who just want this functionality without using the rest of Spiffy.

AUTHOR

Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006. Ingy döt Net. All rights reserved.

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

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