1Class::Forward(3)     User Contributed Perl Documentation    Class::Forward(3)
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NAME

6       Class::Forward - Namespace Dispatch and Resolution
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VERSION

9       version 0.100006
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SYNOPSIS

12           use Class::Forward;
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14           # create a resolution object
15           my $res = Class::Forward->new(namespace => 'MyApp');
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17           # returns MyApp::Data
18           say $res->forward('data');
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20           # returns a MyApp::Data instance
21           my $data  = $res->forward('data.new');
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23           # returns the string /my_app/data
24           my $string = $res->reverse('data.new');
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26           # returns MyApp::Data
27           say $res->forward($string);
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DESCRIPTION

30       Class::Forward is designed to resolve Perl namespaces from shorthand
31       (which is simply a file-path-like specification). Class::Forward can
32       also be used to dispatch method calls using said shorthand. See the
33       following exported functions for examples on how this can be used.
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EXPORTS

36   clsf
37       The exported function clsf is responsible for resolving your shorthand.
38       The following is an example of how it functions:
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40           package App::Store;
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42           use CGI;
43           use Class::Forward;
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45           clsf;                             # returns App::Store
46           clsf './user';                    # returns App::Store::User
47           clsf './user.new', name => 'N30'; # return a new App::Store::User object
48           clsf './user_profile.new';        # ... App::Store::UserProfile object
49           clsf '../user';                   # returns App::User
50           clsf '//';                        # returns App; (top of the calling class)
51           clsf '//.new';                    # returns a new App object
52           clsf '//view';                    # ... returns App::View
53           clsf '//view.new';                # ... returns a new App::View object
54           clsf '//view.new.render';         # ... dispatches methods in succession
55           clsf 'cgi';                       # returns App::Store::Cgi
56           clsf '/cgi';                      # returns Cgi (or CGI if already loaded)
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58           1;
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60       The clsf function takes two arguments, the shorthand to be translated,
61       and an optional list of arguments to be passed to the last method
62       appended to the shorthand.
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64   clsr
65       The exported function clsr is responsible for resolving your shorthand.
66       The following is an example of how it functions:
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68           package App::Store;
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70           use CGI;
71           use Class::Forward;
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73           clsr;                             # returns /app/store
74           clsr './user';                    # returns /app/store/user
75           clsr './user.new', name => 'N30'; # returns /app/store/user
76           clsr './user_profile';            # returns /app/store/user_profile
77           clsr '../user';                   # returns /app/user
78           clsr '//';                        # returns /app
79           clsr '//.new';                    # returns /app
80           clsr '//view';                    # returns /app/view
81           clsr '//view.new';                # returns /app/view
82           clsr '//view.new.render';         # returns /app/view
83           clsr 'cgi';                       # returns /app/store/cgi
84           clsr '/cgi';                      # returns /cgi
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86           1;
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88       The clsr function takes three arguments, the shorthand to be translated
89       (required), the offset (optional level of namespace nodes to omit left-
90       to-right), and the delimiter to be used to generate the resulting path
91       (defaults to forward-slash).
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METHODS

94   new
95       The new method is used to instantiate a new instance.
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97   namespace
98       The namespace method is used to get/set the root namespace used as an
99       anchor for all resolution requests.
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101           my $namespace = $self->namespace('MyApp');
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103   forward
104       The forward (or forward_lookup) method is used to resolve Perl
105       namespaces from path-like shorthand.
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107           say $self->forward('example');
108           # given a default namespace of MyApp
109           # prints MyApp::Example
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111   reverse
112       The reverse method (or reverse_lookup) is used to generate path-like
113       shorthand from Perl namespaces.
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115           say $self->reverse('Simple::Example');
116           # given a default namespace of MyApp
117           # prints /my_app/simple/example
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119           say $self->reverse('Simple::Example', 1);
120           # given a default namespace of MyApp
121           # prints simple/example
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123           say $self->reverse('Simple::Example', 1, '_');
124           # given a default namespace of MyApp
125           # prints simple_example
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SEE ALSO

128       Class::Forward was designed to provide shorthand and easy access to
129       class namespaces in an environment where you're dealing with a
130       multitude of long well-named classes. In that vein, it provides an
131       alternative to modules like aliased, aliased::factory, as, and the
132       like, and also modules like Namespace::Dispatch which are similar
133       enough to be mentioned but really address a completely different issue.
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AUTHOR

136       Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>
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139       This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Al Newkirk.
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141       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
142       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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