NAME

Froody::Base - base class for Froody classes

DESCRIPTION

A base class for all Froody classes, provides useful methods.

METHODS

new()

A constructor. Doesn't take any parameters. Throws an exception if some are passed.

init

Called from new. Designed to be overridden. Remember to call your parent init!

validate_class(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that also makes sure that it's being called as a class method, eg.

sub class_method {
  my $class = shift;
  my %args = $class->validate_class(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

validate_object(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that also makes sure that it's being called as an object method, eg.

sub object_method {
  my $self = shift;
  my %args = $self->validate_class(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

validate_either(@_, { ... })

A utility wrapper around Params::Validate that does nothing else, for methods that can be class or object methods.

sub class_method {
  my $class = shift;
  my %args = $class->validate_either(@_, { ... } )
  ...

see Params::Validate for details on the function.

BUGS

None known.

Please report any bugs you find via the CPAN RT system. http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Froody

AUTHOR

Copyright Fotango 2005. All rights reserved.

Please see the main Froody documentation for details of who has worked on this project.

This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

Froody