NAME
App::Framework::Feature - Application feature
SYNOPSIS
use App::Framework::Feature ;
DESCRIPTION
Provides the base object from which all features must be derived.
FIELDS
The following fields should be defined either in the call to 'new()', as part of a 'set()' call, or called by their accessor method (which is the same name as the field):
- app - Parent application
-
Set by App::Framework as a reference to the application object. If this is not set, then the feature will skip any application-specific logic (allowing a feature to be used in the user part of an application as a stand alone object).
- registered - list of registered application functions
-
ARRAY ref to list of functions that this feature wants to register in the application. When a registered function is called by the framework, then the feature's method (of the same name) is also called.
Function name is of the form <name>_entry (called at the start of <name>) or <name>_exit (called at the end of <name>)
- name - feature name
-
Set to the feature name (by the App::Framework). This is the name used by the application to access the feature
CONSTRUCTOR
CLASS METHODS
- init_class([%args])
-
Initialises the object class variables.
allowed_class_instance()-
Returns 0 since this class can not have a class instance object
OBJECT DATA METHODS
OBJECT METHODS
- register_app()
-
Registers this feature with the parent application framework (if specified)
- access([%args])
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Provides access to the feature. This default method is equivalent to:
$feature->set(%args); return $feature ;Derived features may override this method to return object data, execute code etc.
DIAGNOSTICS
Setting the debug flag to level 1 prints out (to STDOUT) some debug messages, setting it to level 2 prints out more verbose messages.
AUTHOR
Steve Price <sdprice at cpan.org>
BUGS
None that I know of!