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6 Class::MakeMethods::Template::Hash - Method interfaces for hash-based
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10 package MyObject;
11 use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Hash (
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13 scalar => [ 'foo', 'bar' ]
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18 my $obj = MyObject->new( foo => "Foozle", bar => "Bozzle" );
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23 These meta-methods create and access values within blessed hash
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26 Common Parameters: The following parameters are defined for Hash
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30 The hash key to use when retrieving values from each hash instance.
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40 You can take advantage of parameter expansion to define methods
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42 individual method name, such as "$self->{MyObject-foo}":
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46 Common Behaviors
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54 The following methods from Generic are all supported:
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76 The items marked with a * above are specifically defined in this pack‐
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85 Creates methods for setting, checking and clearing values which are
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89 The argument to struct should be a string or a reference to an array of
90 strings. For each string meta-method x, it defines two methods: x and
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95 Additionally, struct defines three class method: struct, which returns
96 a list of all of the struct values, struct_fields, which returns a list
97 of all the slots by name, and struct_dump, which returns a hash of the
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103 See Class::MakeMethods::Template for more about this family of sub‐
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