NAME

UI::Various::Tk::base - abstract helper class for Tk's UI elements

SYNOPSIS

    # This module should only be used by the UI::Various::Tk UI
    # element classes!

ABSTRACT

This module provides some helper functions for the UI elements of the Perl/Tk GUI.

DESCRIPTION

The documentation of this module is only intended for developers of the package itself.

All functions of the module will be included as second "base class" (in @ISA). Note that this is not a diamond pattern as this "base class" does not import anything besides Exporter, though it add a common private attribute to all UI::Various::Tk classes:

Attributes

_tk [rw, optional]

a reference to the main Perl/Tk element used for the implementation of the UI element

Note that usually this should only be used within UI::Various::Tk.

METHODS

The module also provides the following common (internal) methods for all UI::Various::Tk UI element classes:

_cleanup - cleanup UI element

    $ui_element->cleanup;

description:

This method prepares a UI element for destruction by removing all of the references it is holding (including its parent reference). An object will therefore only survive if it is additionally still referenced outside of UI::Various, e.g. a variable used to create it in the first place.

SEE ALSO

UI::Various

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Thomas Dorner.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See LICENSE file for more details.

AUTHOR

Thomas Dorner <dorner@cpan.org>