/ 
Graph-Easy-0.49
River stage two • 24 direct dependents • 27 total dependents
/ Graph::Easy::Base

NAME

Graph::Easy::Base - Baseclass for Graph::Easy objects like nodes, edges etc

SYNOPSIS

# Used automatically by Graph::Easy - should not be used directly

DESCRIPTION

Used automatically by Graph::Easy - should not used directly.

METHODS

new()

my $object = Graph::Easy::Base->new();

Create a new object, and call _init() on it.

error()

$last_error = $object->error();

$object->error($error);			# set new messags
$object->error('');			# clear the error

Returns the last error message, or '' for no error.

When setting a new error message, $self-_croak($error)> will be called unless $object-no_fatal_errors()> is true.

warn()

$object->warn('Warning!');

Warn on STDERR with the given message.

no_fatal_errors()

$object->no_fatal_errors(1);

Set the flag that determines whether setting an error message via error() is fatal, e.g. results in a call to _croak().

A true value will make errors non-fatal. See also fatal_errors.

fatal_errors()

$fatal = $object->fatal_errors();
$object->fatal_errors(0);		# turn off
$object->fatal_errors(1);		# turn on

Set/get the flag that determines whether setting an error message via error() is fatal, e.g. results in a call to _croak().

A true value makes errors fatal.

self()

my $self = $object->self();

Returns the object itself.

class()

my $class = $object->class();

Returns the full class name like node.cities. See also sub_class.

sub_class()

my $sub_class = $object->sub_class();

Returns the sub class name like cities. See also class.

main_class()

my $main_class = $object->main_class();

Returns the main class name like node. See also sub_class.

EXPORT

None by default.

SEE ALSO

Graph::Easy.

AUTHOR

Copyright (C) 2004 - 2006 by Tels http://bloodgate.com.

See the LICENSE file for more details.