NAME
Badger::Factory::Class - class module for Badger::Factory sub-classes
SYNOPSIS
This module can be used to create subclasses of Badger::Factory.
package My::Widgets;
use Badger::Factory::Class
version => 0.01,
item => 'widget',
path => 'My::Widget Your::Widget',
widgets => {
extra => 'Another::Widget::Module',
super => 'Golly::Gosh',
};
package main;
# class method
my $widget = My::Widgets->widget( foo => @args );
# object method
my $widgets = My::Widgets->new;
my $widget = $widgets->widget( foo => @args );DESCRIPTION
This module is a subclass of Badger::Class specialised for the purpose of creating Badger::Factory subclasses. It is used by the Badger::Codecs module among others.
METHODS
The following methods are provided in addition to those inherited from the Badger::Class base class.
item($name)
The singular name of the item that the factory manages. This is used to set the $ITEM package variable for Badger::Factory to use.
items($name)
The plural name of the item that the factory manages. This is used to set the $ITEMS package variable for Badger::Factory to use.
path($name)
A list of module names that form the search path when loading modules. This will set the relevant package variable depending on the value of $ITEMS (or the regular plural form of $ITEM if $ITEMS is undefined). For example, is $ITEMS is set to widgets then this method will set $WIDGETS_PATH.
AUTHOR
Andy Wardley http://wardley.org/
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2006-2008 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.