1Spoon::Base(3)        User Contributed Perl Documentation       Spoon::Base(3)
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NAME

6       Spoon::Base - Generic Spoon Base Class
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SYNOPSIS

9           use Spoon::Base '-Base';
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DESCRIPTION

12       Base class for application plugins.  Provides basic functionality to
13       all modules inheriting from this class.
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SUBROUTINES

16       These subroutines are meant to be called bare, not as an object-method
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19   trace
20       See Spoon::Trace::trace().
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22   conf(name, default)
23       Returns the configuration value for "name", if it can be found in the
24       config ($self->hub->config).  Returns $default, otherwise.
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METHODS

27   hub
28       Return the application's hub object.  See Spoon::Hub.
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30   init
31       Inherited by all subclasses.  Put your class initialization stuff here.
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33   assert(boolean)
34       Die if the supplied argument is false.
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36   t([label])
37       Calls Spoon::Trace::mark().  See Spoon::Trace.
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39   clone
40       Copies a class instance.  The copy is only a shallow one.
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42   is_in_cgi
43       Returns a boolean, indicating whether we were called from a CGI
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46   is_in_test
47       Returns a boolean, indicating whether we were called from a test suite.
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49   have_plugin(class_id)
50       Tries to load a plugin.  See Spoon::Hub::load_class().
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52   plugin_directory
53       Returns your plugin's directory.  You can use this directory to store
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56   env_check(variable_name)
57       Sanity check: ensure the specified variable exists in %ENV.  If the
58       variable is not found, dies with a useful error message.
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60   dumper_to_file(filepath, variable1 [, variable2...])
61       Uses Data::Dumper to save a dump of one or more variables to the
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64   has_utf8
65       Returns a boolean, indicating whether utf8 is available on this
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68   utf8_encode(string)
69       Encodes the string in utf8, if utf8 is available.  Otherwise, returns
70       $string unmodified.  See Encode::encode().
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72   utf8_decode(string)
73       Decodes the string from utf8, if utf8 is available.  Otherwise, returns
74       $string unmodified.  See Encode::decode().
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76   uri_escape(string)
77       Escapes all invalid URI characters.  See CGI::Util::escape().
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79   uri_unescape(string)
80       Unescapes all invalid URI characters.  See CGI::Util::unescape().
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82   html_escape(string)
83       Escapes all reserved characters.  The result is suitable for including
84       verbatim in an HTML document.  See CGI::escapeHTML().
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86   html_unescape(string)
87       Escapes all reserved characters.  The result is suitable for including
88       verbatim in an HTML document.  See CGI::unescapeHTML().
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90   base64_encode(string)
91       Encodes the specified string into Base64.  See
92       MIME::Base64::encode_base64().
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94   base64_encode(base64_data)
95       Decodes the specified data from Base64.  See
96       MIME::Base64::decode_base64().
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TODO

99       * Document what Spoon::Base->debug() does.
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AUTHOR

102       Brian Ingerson <INGY@cpan.org>
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105       Copyright (c) 2004. Brian Ingerson. All rights reserved.
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107       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
108       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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110       See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
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114perl v5.12.0                      2006-11-09                    Spoon::Base(3)
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