package WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value;
use vars qw( $VERSION @ISA );
$VERSION = '0.12';
@ISA = ();
sub new {
my ($class,$name) = @_;
my $self = {
name => $name,
};
bless $self,$class;
$self;
};
# You're supposed to override this
sub value { undef };
# You can't set the name, but retrieve it
sub name { my $result = $_[0]->{name}; $_[0]->{name} = $_[1] if scalar @_ == 2; $result };
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value - Base class for HTML form values
=head1 SYNOPSIS
=begin example
# This class is not used directly
=end example
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This class is the base class for different values - it defines the
interface implemented by the subclasses.
=over 4
=item new NAME
Creates a new value which will correspond to the HTML field C<NAME>.
=item name [NEWNAME]
Gets and sets the name of the HTML field this value corresponds to.
=item value FIELD
Returns the value to put into the HTML field.
=back
=head2 EXPORT
None by default.
=head2 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Copyright (C) 2002,2003 Max Maischein
=head1 AUTHOR
Max Maischein, E<lt>corion@cpan.orgE<gt>
Please contact me if you find bugs or otherwise improve the module. More tests are also very welcome !
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<WWW::Mechanize>,L<WWW::Mechanize::Shell>,L<WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller>,L<WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value::Fixed>,
L<WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value::Default>,L<WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value::Random>,L<WWW::Mechanize::FormFiller::Value::Interactive>