NAME

Attribute::Attempts - attribute version of Attempt::Sub

SYNOPSIS

use Attribute::Attempts;

# alter db will try three times before failing
sub alter_db : attempts(tries => 3, delay => 2)
{
  my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBD::Mysql:foo", "mark", "opensaysme")
    or die "Can't connect to database";
  $dbh->{RaiseException} = 1;
  $dbh->do("alter table items change pie pies int(10)");
}

DESCRIPTION

It's an attribute version of Sub::Attempts. See Sub::Attempts for information on how the attributes work.

AUTHOR

Written by Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com>

Copryright Mark Fowler 2003. All Rights Reserved.

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

BUGS

As far as I know, works on any platform Attribute::Handlers does.

Bugs should be reported to me via the CPAN RT system. http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Attribute::Attempts.

SEE ALSO

Sub::Attempts, Attempt