NAME

GX::Class::Object - Universal base class for instantiable classes

SYNOPSIS

    package Person;
    
    use GX::Class::Object;
    
    has 'first_name' => (
        isa      => 'String',
        required => 1
    );
    
    has 'last_name' => (
        isa      => 'String',
        required => 1
    );
    
    build;
    
    my $person = Person->new(
        first_name => 'Peter',
        last_name  => 'Venkman'
    );
    
    print "Hello " . $person->first_name . "!";

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the GX::Class::Object class which extends the GX::Class class.

METHODS

Constructor

new

Returns a new instance of the class.

    $object = $class->new( %attributes );

Arguments:

• %attributes ( named list )

Returns:

• $object ( GX::Class::Object object )

Exceptions:

• GX::Exception

Public Methods

clear

Resets the object's attributes to their uninitialized state.

    $object->clear;

dump

Stringifies the object using Data::Dumper.

    $string = $object->dump;

Returns:

• $string ( string )

In void context, the resulting string is printed to STDERR.

    $object->dump;

meta

See GX::Class.

    $meta = $class->meta;
    $meta = $object->meta;

Internal Methods

import

See GX::Class.

    $class->import( %arguments );

unimport

See GX::Class.

    $class->unimport;

__build

Internal method.

    $class->__build;

__build_clear_instance

Internal method.

    $class->__build_clear_instance;

__build_initialize_instance

Internal method.

    $class->__build_initialize_instance;

__clear_instance

Internal method.

    $object->__clear_instance;

This method cannot be overridden.

__finalize

Internal method.

    $object->__finalize( \%attributes );

__initialize

Internal method.

    $object->__initialize( \%attributes );

__initialize_instance

Internal method.

    $object->__initialize_instance( %attributes );

This method cannot be overridden.

EXPORTS

See GX::Class.

SUBCLASSES

The following classes inherit directly from GX::Class::Object:

• GX::Class::Singleton

SEE ALSO

• GX::Class

• GX::Meta

AUTHOR

Jörg A. Uzarek <uzarek@runlevelnull.de>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2009-2011 Jörg A. Uzarek.

This module is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3 as published by the Free Software Foundation.

cpanm GX

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install GX