Class::Field - Class Field Accessor Generator
This document describes Class::Field version 0.24.
package Thing; use Class::Field qw'field const'; field 'this'; field 'list' => []; field 'map' => {}; field 'that', -init => '$self->setup_that'; field 'circular_ref' => -weaken; const 'answer' => 42;
Class::Field exports two subroutines, field and const. These functions are used to declare fields and constants in your class.
field
const
Class::Field generates custom code for each accessor that is optimized for speed.
Defines accessor methods for a field of your class:
package Example; use base 'Parent'; use Class::Field qw'field const'; field 'foo'; field bar => []; sub lalala { my $self = shift; $self->foo(42); push @{$self->{bar}}, $self->foo; }
The first parameter passed to field is the name of the attribute being defined. Accessors can be given an optional default value. This value will be returned if no value for the field has been set in the object.
const bar => 42;
The const function is similar to <field> except that it is immutable. It also does not store data in the object. You probably always want to give a const a default value, otherwise the generated method will be somewhat useless.
This code was taken directly out the Spiffy module for those people who just want this functionality without using the rest of Spiffy.
Ingy döt Net <ingy@cpan.org>
Copyright 2006-2019. Ingy döt Net.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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To install Class::Field, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Class::Field
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Class::Field
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.