NAME

Perlbug::Object::Bug - Bug class

DESCRIPTION

Perlbug bug class.

For inherited methods, see Perlbug::Object

SYNOPSIS

        use Perlbug::Object::Bug;

        print Perlbug::Object::Bug->new()->read('19990127.003')->format('a');

METHODS

new

Create new Bug object:

        my $o_bug = Perlbug::Object::Bug->new();

Object references are returned with most methods, so you can 'chain' the calls:

        print $o_bug->read('198700502.007')->format('h'); 

update

extend SUPER::update with notify_cc (of changes)

new_id

Return valid new object id for bug, wrapper for base->new_id

        my $new_oid = $o_bug->new_id

# =cut redundant

sub new_id { my $self = shift;

        my $newid = $self->base->new_id;        

        return $newid;
}

insertid

Returns newly inserted id from recently created object.

        my $new_oid = $o_obj->insertid();

htmlify

html formatter for individual bug entries for placement

    my $h_bug = $o_bug->htmlify($h_bug);

See also Perlbug::Object::htmlify()

FORMATS

Bug formatters for all occasions...

FORMAT_l

Lean (list) ascii format for bugs:

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_l(\%data);

FORMAT_a

Default ascii format

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_a(\%data);

FORMAT_B_A

Default ASCII format for bugs:

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_A(\%data);

FORMAT_L

Lean html format for bugs:

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_L(\%data);

FORMAT_h

html format for bugs:

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_h(\%data);

FORMAT_H

HTML format for bugs:

        my ($top, $format, @args) = $o_bug->FORMAT_H(\%data);

new_id

Generate new_id for perlbug bug

        my $new_id = $o_bug->new_id;

get_id

Determine if the string contains a valid bug ID.

    my ($ok, $tid) = $obj->get_id($str);

AUTHOR

Richard Foley perlbug@rfi.net 2000