1Clownfish::Class(3pm) User Contributed Perl DocumentationClownfish::Class(3pm)
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NAME

6       Clownfish::Class - Class.
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SYNOPSIS

9           my $class = Clownfish::Class->fetch_class('Foo::Bar');
10           my $subclass = Clownfish::Class->singleton('Foo::Bar::Jr', $class);
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DESCRIPTION

13       Classes are first-class objects in Clownfish.  Class objects are
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CONSTRUCTORS

17   fetch_class
18           my $class = Clownfish::Class->fetch_class($class_name);
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20       Find a registered class.  May return undef if the class is not
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23   singleton
24           my $class = Clownfish::Class->singleton(
25               class_name => $class_name,  # required
26               parent     => $parent,      # required
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29       Return a singleton.  If a Class can be found in the registry based on
30       the supplied class name, it will be returned.  Otherwise, a new Class
31       will be created using "parent" as a base.
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33       If "parent" is undef, an attempt will be made to find it.  If the
34       attempt fails, an error will result.
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METHODS

37   make_obj
38           my $obj = $class->make_obj();
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40       Create an empty object of the type defined by the Class: allocate,
41       assign its class and give it an initial refcount of 1.  The caller is
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44   get_name
45           my $string = $class->get_name();
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47       Return the name of the class.
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49   get_parent
50           my $result = $class->get_parent();
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52       Return the parent class, or undef for a root of the class hierarchy.
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54   get_obj_alloc_size
55           my $int = $class->get_obj_alloc_size();
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57       Return the number of bytes needed to hold an instance of the class.
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INHERITANCE

60       Clownfish::Class isa Clownfish::Obj.
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