1moniker(3)            User Contributed Perl Documentation           moniker(3)
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NAME

6       UNIVERSAL::moniker
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SYNOPSIS

9         use UNIVERSAL::moniker;
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DESCRIPTION

12       Class names in Perl often don't sound great when spoken, or look good
13       when written in prose.  For this reason, we tend to say things like
14       "customer" or "basket" when we are referring to
15       "My::Site::User::Customer" or "My::Site::Shop::Basket".  We thought it
16       would be nice if our classes knew what we would prefer to call them.
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18       This module will add a "moniker" (and "plural_moniker") method to
19       "UNIVERSAL", and so to every class or module.
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21   moniker
22         $ob->moniker;
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24       Returns the moniker for $ob.  So, if $ob->isa("Big::Scary::Animal"),
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27   plural_moniker
28         $ob->plural_moniker;
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30       Returns the plural moniker for $ob.  So, if
31       $ob->isa("Cephalopod::Octopus"), "plural_moniker" will return
32       "octopuses".
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34       (You need to install Lingua::EN::Inflect for this to work.)
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AUTHORS

37       Marty Pauley <marty+perl@kasei.com>, Tony Bowden <tony@kasei.com>,
38       Elizabeth Mattijsen <liz@dijkmat.nl>
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40       (Yes, 3 authors for such a small module!)
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43         Copyright (C) 2004 Kasei
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45         This program is free software; you can redistribute it under the same terms as
46         Perl.
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48         This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
49         ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
50         FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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