NAME

Method::Destructor - Cumulative destructors

VERSION

This document describes Method::Destructor version 0.02.

SYNOPSIS

        package Base;
        use Method::Destructor;

        sub DEMOLISH{
                # ...
        }

        package Derived;
        use parent -norequire => qw(Base);
        use Method::Destructor -optional;

        sub DEMOLISH{
                # ...
        }

        # ...

        my $x = Derived->new();
        # when $x is released,
        # Derived::DEMOLISH and Base::DEMOLISH will be called respecively.

DESCRIPTION

Method::Destructor provides cumulative destructors, or DEMOLISH methods, which are introduced by Perl Best Practices and implemented in modules such as Class::Std or Moose. DEMOLISH is a destructor like DESTROY, but acts as a cumulative method.

To use the cumulative destructors, say use Method::Destructor and replace DESTROY with DEMOLISH. You can also say use Method::Destructor -optional if the destructor does not touch external resources. Optional destructors will not be called if objects are released in global destruction.

DEPENDENCIES

Perl 5.8.1 or later, and a C compiler.

BUGS

No bugs have been reported.

Please report any bugs or feature requests to the author.

SEE ALSO

Class::Std.

Moose.

AUTHOR

Goro Fuji <gfuji(at)cpan.org>.

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2009, Goro Fuji. Some rights reserved.

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