The Perl Toolchain Summit needs more sponsors. If your company depends on Perl, please support this very important event.

NAME

SIOC::Forum -- SIOC Forum class

VERSION

This documentation refers to SIOC::Forum version 1.0.0.

SYNOPSIS

   use SIOC::Forum;

DESCRIPTION

Forums can be thought of as channels or discussion area on which Posts are made. A Forum can be linked to the Site that hosts it. Forums will usually discuss a certain topic or set of related topics, or they may contain discussions entirely devoted to a certain community group or organisation. A Forum will have a moderator who can veto or edit posts before or after they appear in the Forum.

Forums may have a set of subscribed Users who are notified when new Posts are made. The hierarchy of Forums can be defined in terms of parents and children, allowing the creation of structures conforming to topic categories as defined by the Site administrator. Examples of Forums include mailing lists, message boards, Usenet newsgroups and weblogs.

The SIOC Types Ontology Module defines come more specific subclasses of SIOC::Forum.

CLASS ATTRIBUTES

host

The Site that hosts this Forum.

moderators

Users who are moderators of this Forum.

scopes

Roles that have a scope of this Forum.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

host([$new_host])

Accessor for the attribute of the same name. Call without argument to read the current value of the attribute; sets attribute when called with new value as argument.

add_moderator($new_moderator)

Adds a new value to the corresponding array attribute.

add_scope($new_scope)

Adds a new value to the corresponding array attribute.

DIAGNOSTICS

For diagnostics information, see the SIOC base class.

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

This module doesn't need configuration.

DEPENDENCIES

This module depends on the following modules:

  • Moose -- OOP framework (CPAN)

  • SIOC -- SIOC abstract base class (part of this module's distribution)

INCOMPATIBILITIES

There are no known incompatibilities.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

There are no known bugs in this module.

Please report problems via the bug tracking system on the perl-SIOC project website: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/perl-sioc/.

Patches are welcome.

AUTHOR

Jochen Lillich <geewiz@cpan.org>

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2008, Jochen Lillich <geewiz@cpan.org> All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
      this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
      documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

    * The names of its contributors may not be used to endorse or promote
      products derived from this software without specific prior written
      permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.