NAME Class::Accessor::Installer - Install an accessor subroutine VERSION version 1.100880 SYNOPSIS package Class::Accessor::Foo; use base 'Class::Accessor::Installer'; sub mk_foo_accessors { my ($self, @fields) = @_; my $class = ref $self || $self; for my $field (@fields) { $self->install_accessor( sub => "${field}_foo", code => sub { rand() }, ); } my $field = '...'; $self->document_accessor( name => "${field}_foo", purpose => 'Does this, that and the other', examples => [ "my \$result = $class->${field}_foo(\$value)", "my \$result = $class->${field}_foo(\$value, \$value2)", ], belongs_to => 'foo', ); } DESCRIPTION This mixin class provides a method that will install a code reference. There are other modules that do this, but this one is a bit more specific to the needs of Class::Accessor::Complex and friends. It is intended as a mixin, that is, your accessor-generating class should inherit from this class. METHODS install_accessor Takes as arguments a named hash. The following keys are recognized: "package" The package into which to install the subroutine. If this argument is omitted, it will inspect $self to determine the package. Class::Accessor::* accessor generators are typically used like this: __PACKAGE__ ->mk_new ->mk_array_accessors(qw(foo bar)); Therefore "install_accessor()" can determine the right package into which to install the subroutine. "name" The name or names to use for the subroutine. You can either pass a single string or a reference to an array of strings. Each string is interpreted as a subroutine name inside the given package, and the code reference is installed into the appropriate typeglob. Why would you want to install a subroutine in more than one place inside your package? For example, Class::Accessor::Complex often creates aliases so the user can choose the version of the name that reads more naturally. An example of this usage would be: $self->install_accessor( name => [ "clear_${field}", "${field}_clear" ], code => sub { ... } ); "code" This is the code reference that should be installed. The installed subroutine is named using Sub::Name, so it shows up with a meaningful name in stack traces (instead of as "__ANON__"). However, the inside the debugger, the subroutine still shows up as "__ANON__". You might therefore want to use the following lines at the beginning of your subroutine: $self->install_accessor( name => $field, code => sub { local $DB::sub = local *__ANON__ = "${class}::${field}" if defined &DB::DB && !$Devel::DProf::VERSION; ... ); Now the subroutine will be named both in a stack trace and inside the debugger. document_accessor Adds documentation for an accessor - not necessarily one that has been generated with "install_accessor()". See Sub::Documentation for details. Takes as arguments a named hash. The following keys are recognized: "package" Like the "package" argument of "install_accessor()". "name" The name of the accessor being documented. This can be a string or a reference to an array of strings, if the same documentation applies to more than one method. This can occur, for example, when there are aliases for a method such as "clear_foo()" and "foo_clear()". "purpose" A string describing the generated method. "examples" An array reference containing one or more examples of using the method. These will also be used in the generated documentation. You can pass additional arbitrary key/value pairs; they will be stored as well. It depends on your documentation tool which keys are useful. For example, Class::Accessor::Complex generates and Pod::Weaver::Section::CollectWithAutoDoc supports a "belongs_to" key that shows which generated helper method belongs to which main accessor. INSTALLATION See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at . AVAILABILITY The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you, or see . The development version lives at . Instead of sending patches, please fork this project using the standard git and github infrastructure. AUTHORS Marcel Gruenauer Florian Helmberger COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2007 by Marcel Gruenauer. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.