NAME

Froody::Base - base class for Froody classes

DESCRIPTION

A base class for all Froody classes, provides useful methods.

METHODS

new()

A constructor. Doesn't take any parameters. Throws an exception if some are passed.

init

Called from new. Designed to be overridden. Remember to call your parent init!

validate_class(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that also makes sure that it's being called as a class method, eg.

sub class_method {
  my $class = shift;
  my %args = $class->validate_class(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

validate_object(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that also makes sure that it's being called as an object method, eg.

sub object_method {
  my $self = shift;
  my %args = $self->validate_class(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

validate_either(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that does nothing else, for methods that can be class or object methods.

sub class_method {
  my $class = shift;
  my %args = $class->validate_either(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

require_module($module_name, $needed_method_name)

Loads the named module off of disk, or throws a nice error if it can't for some reason. Checks to see if the module supports the needed method name too.

BUGS

None known.

Please report any bugs you find via the CPAN RT system. http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Froody

AUTHOR

Copyright Fotango 2005. All rights reserved.

Please see the main Froody documentation for details of who has worked on this project.

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

SEE ALSO

Froody