NAME

Venus::Core::Class - Class Base Class

ABSTRACT

Class Base Class for Perl 5

SYNOPSIS

  package User;

  use base 'Venus::Core::Class';

  package main;

  my $user = User->new(
    fname => 'Elliot',
    lname => 'Alderson',
  );

  # bless({fname => 'Elliot', lname => 'Alderson'}, 'User')

DESCRIPTION

This package provides a class base class with class building and object construction lifecycle hooks.

INHERITS

This package inherits behaviors from:

Venus::Core

METHODS

This package provides the following methods:

does

  does(Str $name) (Bool)

The does method returns true if the object is composed of the role provided.

Since 1.00

does example 1

  # given: synopsis

  my $does = $user->does('Identity');

  # 0

meta

  meta() (Meta)

The meta method returns a Venus::Meta objects which describes the package's configuration.

Since 1.00

meta example 1

  package main;

  my $user = User->new(
    fname => 'Elliot',
    lname => 'Alderson',
  );

  my $meta = $user->meta;

  # bless({...}, 'Venus::Meta')

new

  new(Any %args | HashRef $args) (Object)

The new method instantiates the class and returns a new object.

Since 1.00

new example 1

  package main;

  my $user = User->new(
    fname => 'Elliot',
    lname => 'Alderson',
  );

  # bless({fname => 'Elliot', lname => 'Alderson'}, 'User')

new example 2

  package main;

  my $user = User->new({
    fname => 'Elliot',
    lname => 'Alderson',
  });

  # bless({fname => 'Elliot', lname => 'Alderson'}, 'User')