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NAME

Object::KVC::String - String wrapper class

SYNOPSIS

  use Object::KVC::String;
  
  my $string_1 = Object::KVC::String->new("some string");
  my $string_2 = Object::KVC::String->new("some string");

  print $string_1->as_string();

  $string_1->equals( $string_2 ) ? print "Yes, the objects are equal";

DESCRIPTION

Object::KVC::String is a string wrapper class for use as a value in an Object::KVC::Hash object.

METHODS

new( 'string' )

The constructor.

   my $string = Object::KVC::String->new( "string" );

String to be wrapped must be provided as an argument. Leading and trailing whitespace is stripped.

equals( <Object::KVC::String> )

Returns true if the wrapped strings are 'eq'

  $string_1->equals( $string_2 );

contains( <Object::KVC::String> )

Returns true if the wrapped strings are 'eq'

  $string_1->contains( $string_2 );

intersects( <Object::KVC::String> )

Returns true if the wrapped strings are 'eq'

  $string_1->intersects( $string_2 );

as_string()

Returns the string value

  $string_1->as_string();

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Object::KVC::String Copyright (C) 2012 Trystan Johnson

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.