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6 Class::MakeMethods::Template::ClassVar - Static methods with subclass
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10 package MyObject;
11 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::ClassVar (
12 scalar => [ 'foo' ]
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15 package main;
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17 MyObject->foo('bar')
18 print MyObject->foo();
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20 $MyObject::foo = 'bazillion';
21 print MyObject->foo();
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24 These meta-methods provide access to package (class global) variables,
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27 This is basically the same as the PackageVar meta-methods, except that
28 PackageVar methods find the named variable in the package that defines
29 the method, while ClassVar methods use the package the object is
30 blessed into. As a result, subclasses will each store a distinct value
31 for a ClassVar method, but will share the same value for a PackageVar
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34 Common Parameters: The following parameters are defined for ClassVar
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38 The name of the variable to store the value in. Defaults to the
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41 Standard Methods
42 The following methods from Generic should all be supported:
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45 string
46 string_index (?)
47 number
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49 bits (?)
50 array (*)
51 hash (*)
52 tiedhash (?)
53 hash_of_arrays (?)
54 object (?)
55 instance (?)
56 array_of_objects (?)
57 code (?)
58 code_or_scalar (?)
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60 See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for the interfaces and
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63 The items marked with a * above are specifically defined in this
64 package, whereas the others are formed automatically by the interaction
65 of this package's generic settings with the code templates provided by
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68 The items marked with a ? above have not been tested sufficiently;
69 please inform the author if they do not function as you would expect.
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72 This rewrite rule converts package variable names into ClassVar methods
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83 MyClass now has methods that get and set the contents of its
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92 MySubclass->MyClass::push_ISA( 'MyClass' );
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