Class::Meta::Types::Numeric - Numeric data types
package MyApp::Thingy; use strict; use Class::Meta; use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric; # OR... # use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric 'affordance'; # OR... # use Class::Meta::Types::Numeric 'semi-affordance'; BEGIN { # Create a Class::Meta object for this class. my $cm = Class::Meta->new( key => 'thingy' ); # Add an integer attribute. $cm->add_attribute( name => 'age', type => 'integer' ); $cm->build; }
This module provides numeric data types for use with Class::Meta attributes. Simply load it, then pass the name of one of its types to the add_attribute() method of a Class::Meta object to create attributes of the numeric data type. See Class::Meta::Type for more information on using and creating data types.
add_attribute()
The validation checks for Class::Meta::Types::Numeric are provided by the Data::Types module. Consult its documentation to find out what it considers to be a number and what's not.
The data types created by Class::Meta::Types::Numeric are:
A whole number. That is, a positive integer.
An integer number.
A decimal number.
A real number.
A floating point number.
Please send bug reports to <bug-class-meta@rt.cpan.org> or report them via the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Class-Meta.
David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>
Other classes of interest within the Class::Meta distribution include:
This class contains most of the documentation you need to get started with Class::Meta.
This class manages the creation of data types.
This class manages Class::Meta class attributes, all of which are based on data types.
Other data type modules:
Copyright (c) 2002-2005, David Wheeler. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
To install Class::Meta, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Class::Meta
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Class::Meta
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.