NAME

Validation::Class::Collection - Generic Container Class for Various Collections

VERSION

version 7.12

SYNOPSIS

    use Validation::Class::Collection;
    
    my $foos = Validation::Class::Collection->new;
    
    $foos->add(foo => Foo->new);
    
    print $foos->count; # 1 object

DESCRIPTION

Validation::Class::Collection provides an all-purpose container for objects. This class is primarily used as a base class for collection management classes.

METHODS

new

    my $self = Validation::Class::Collection->new;

add

    $self = $self->add(foo => Foo->new);
    
    $self->add(foo => Foo->new, bar => Bar->new);

clear

    $self = $self->clear;

count

    my $count = $self->count; 

each

    $self = $self->each(sub{
        
        my ($name, $object) = @_;
        ...
        
    });

find

    my $matches = $self->find(qr/update_/); # hashref

has

    if ($self->has($name)) {
        ...
    }

hash

    my $hash = $self->hash; 

keys

    my @keys = $self->keys;

list

    my @objects = $self->list;

remove

    $object = $self->remove($name);

values

    my @objects = $self->values;

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm Validation::Class

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Validation::Class