NAME

GX::Meta::Attribute::Object - Attribute metaclass

SYNOPSIS

None.

DESCRIPTION

This module provides the GX::Meta::Attribute::Object class which extends the GX::Meta::Attribute::Scalar class.

METHODS

Constructor

new

Returns a new GX::Meta::Attribute::Object attribute metaobject.

    $attribute = GX::Meta::Attribute::Object->new( %attributes );

Attributes:

• default ( object | undef )

  See GX::Meta::Attribute. The supplied value must be a blessed reference or undef.

• delegator ( string | HASH reference )

  A method name or delegator definition.

• delegators ( ARRAY reference )

  A reference to an array containing method names and / or delegator definitions.

• initializer ( string | CODE reference )

  See GX::Meta::Attribute. The initializer must return a blessed reference or undef.

• weaken ( bool )

  A boolean flag indicating whether or not to weaken the stored reference. Defaults to false.

• See GX::Meta::Attribute for more.

Returns:

• $attribute ( GX::Meta::Attribute::Object object )

Exceptions:

• GX::Meta::Exception

Public Methods

Also see GX::Meta::Attribute.

add_delegator

Creates a new delegator metaobject for the attribute and adds it.

    $delegator = $attribute->add_delegator( %arguments );

Arguments:

• %arguments ( named list )

  Arguments to pass to the GX::Meta::Delegator constructor.

Returns:

• $delegator ( GX::Meta::Delegator object )

Exceptions:

• GX::Meta::Exception

delegators

Returns the associated delegator metaobjects.

    @delegators = $attribute->delegators;

Returns:

• @delegators ( GX::Meta::Delegator objects )

install_delegators

Installs the delegators.

    $attribute->install_delegators;

Exceptions:

• GX::Meta::Exception

USAGE

Accessor Types

See "Accessor Types" in GX::Meta::Attribute::Scalar.

SEE ALSO

• 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