NAME

Class::Accessor::Children - Automated child-class/accessor generation

SYNOPSIS

BEFORE (WITHOUT THIS)

    package MyClass::Foo;
    use base qw( Class:Accessor );
    __PACKAGE__->mk_ro_accessors(qw( jacob michael joshua ethan ));

    package MyClass::Bar;
    use base qw( Class:Accessor );
    __PACKAGE__->mk_ro_accessors(qw( emily emma madison isabella ));

    package MyClass::Baz;
    use base qw( Class:Accessor );
    __PACKAGE__->mk_ro_accessors(qw( haruka haruto miyu yuto ));

AFTER (WITH THIS)

    package MyClass;
    use base qw( Class::Accessor::Children );
    __PACKAGE__->mk_child_ro_accessors(
        Foo => [qw( jacob michael joshua ethan )],
        Bar => [qw( emily emma madison isabella )],
        Baz => [qw( haruka haruto miyu yuto )],
    );

DESCRIPTION

This module automagically generates child classes which have accessor/mutator methods.

This module inherits Class::Accessor to make accessors.

METHODS

This module provides the following methods in addition to all methods provided by Class::Accessor.

mk_child_accessors

    MyClass->mk_child_accessors( Foo => \@fields, ... );

This generates a child class named MyClass::Foo which have accessor/mutator methods each named in \@fields.

mk_child_ro_accessors

    MyClass->mk_child_ro_accessors( Bar => \@fields, ... );

This generates a child class named MyClass::Bar which have read-only accessors (ie. true accessors).

mk_child_wo_accessors

    MyClass->mk_child_wo_accessors( Baz => \@fields, ... );

This generates a child class named MyClass::Baz which have write-only accessor (ie. mutators).

SEE ALSO

Class::Accessor

AUTHOR

Yusuke Kawasaki http://www.kawa.net/

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2007 Yusuke Kawasaki. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.