NAME

XML::Comma::Util::DefModule - Abstract parent for modules that define a Def in a __DATA__ block.

DESCRIPTION

This module provides an easy way to define a Def inside a module. Children of XML::Comma::Util::DefModule inherit two methods:

  load_def

  new

The Def is created from a string found in the DATA section of the module. The load_def() method should be called by the inheriting class, in order to load the Def into Comma's weltenshmatzel. The default new() method simply returns a new Doc of the Def's type, and can be used as-is or overridden. A complete, basic inheritor might look like this:

  package Example::Frobulator;

  use strict;
  use warnings;

  use base 'XML::Comma::Util::DefModule';
  __PACKAGE__->load_def;

  1;

  __DATA__

  <DocumentDefinition>
    <name>Example_Frobulator_Def</name>
    <class><module>Example::Frobulator</module></class>

    <element><name>frobuvalue</name></element>
  </DocumentDefinition>