NAME

SWISH::Prog::Class - base class for SWISH::Prog classes

SYNOPSIS

package My::Class;
use base qw( SWISH::Prog::Class );
1;

# see METHODS for what you get for free

DESCRIPTION

SWISH::Prog::Class is a subclass of Class::Accessor::Fast. It's a base class useful for making simple accessor/mutator methods. SWISH::Prog::Class implements some additional methods and features useful for SWISH::Prog projects.

METHODS

new( params )

Constructor. Returns a new object. May take a hash or hashref as params.

init

Override init() in your subclass to perform object maintenance at construction time. Called by new().

debug

warnings

verbose

Get/set flags affecting the verbosity of the program.

elapsed

Returns the elapsed time in seconds since object was created.

dump( [data] )

Returns $self or data (if present) via Data::Dump::dump. Useful for peering inside an object or other scalar.

AUTHOR

Peter Karman, <perl@peknet.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008 by Peter Karman

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