NAME

UML::Sequence::PerlSeq - for use with genericseq.pl script, works on Perl programs

SYNOPSIS

    genericseq.pl UML::Sequence::PerlSeq methods_file perl_program [args...] > sequence.xml
    seq2svg.pl sequence.xml > sequence.svg

OR

    genericseq.pl UML::Sequence::PerlSeq methods_file program [args...] | seq2svg.pl > sequence.svg

DESCRIPTION

This file must be used by a script. On demand it will form an outline by running the supplied program with -d:UML::CallSeq which is included in the UML::Sequence distribution. This has been developed on Cygwin under Windows 2000 and tested on Red Hat Linux 7.1.

The methods file should list methods you WANT to hear about. If it isn't in the list, it will not appear in the picture. The format of the file is like this:

    DiePair::new
    Die::new
    DiePair::roll
    Die::roll
    DiePair::total
    DiePair::doubles
    DiePair::to_string

Order is not important.

grab_outline_text

Call this method first. Call it through the class (UML::Sequence::PerlSeq->grab_outline_text) passing it the methods_file, the program to run, and any args for that program. Returns an outline (suitable for printing or passing on to SeqOutline).

grab_methods

Call this only after you have called grab_outline. Call it through the class: UML::Sequence::PerlSeq->grab_methods. Arguments are ignored. Returns a reference to an array listing the methods of interest.

parse_signature

Pass a reference to this method to the UML::Sequence constructor. It must accept a method signature and return the class name (in scalar context) or the class and method names in that order (in list context).