NAME

Acme::UNIVERSAL::new - the only constructor you ever need

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

Acme::UNIVERSAL::new provides UNIVERSAL::new(), the only constructor you will ever need:

    use Acme::UNIVERSAL::new;

    my $q   = UNIVERSAL::new( 'CGI' );
        my $dbh = UNIVERSAL::new( 'dbi:Pg:dbname=my_db', '', '', {} );

    # ...

Just call UNIVERSAL::new() as a function, passing whatever arguments you want, and you will receive an appropriate object.

FUNCTIONS

This module provides only one useful function:

UNIVERSAL::new

The universal constructor. Pass in arguments. Get back an object. What could be easier?

There are a few other functions:

get_class( $symbol_table, $name_prefix )

Returns a random class name, after finding everything that looks like a class beneath the given $symbol_table reference named $name_prefix. If you pass neither argument, this starts in the main symbol table.

get_ref()

Returns a random blessable reference.

has_constructor( $class_name )

Returns true if the given class has a constructor named new() that is not UNIVERSAL::new().

get_symbols( $symbol_table )

Returns a hash of symbol tables and their plain names.

AUTHOR and COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2006 chromatic, chromatic at wgz dot org

BUGS

None. Seriously. Don't file any.

LICENSE

You may use, modify, and distribute this module under the same terms as Perl itself.