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 Rose::ObjectX::CAF. 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

Get/set the debug level. Default is 0.

warnings

Get/set the warnings level. Default is 0.

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

verify_isa_swish_prog_config([config])

Returns a SWISH::Prog::Config object based on config.

config may be a readable file name or a SWISH::Prog::Config object.

Will croak if config is neither of the above.

AUTHOR

Peter Karman, <perl@peknet.com>

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-swish-prog at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=SWISH-Prog. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc SWISH::Prog

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2008-2009 by Peter Karman

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

SEE ALSO

http://swish-e.org/