NAME

       Weather::Com::Location - class representing one location and its weather

SYNOPSIS

         #!/usr/bin/perl -w
         use Weather::Com::Finder;

         # you have to fill in your ids from weather.com here
         my $PartnerId  = 'somepartnerid';
         my $LicenseKey = 'mylicense';

         my %weatherargs = (
               'partner_id' => $PartnerId,
               'license'    => $LicenseKey,
         );

         my $finder = Weather::Com::Finder->new(%weatherargs);

         # if you want an array of locations:
         my @locations = $finder->find('Heidelberg');

         # or if you prefer an arrayref:
         my $locations = $finder->find('Heidelberg');

         foreach my $location (@locations) {
           print "Found weather for city: ", $location->name(), "\n";
           print "The city is located at: ", $location->latitude(), "deg N, ",
                         $location->longitude(), "deg E\n";
               print "Local time is ", $location->localtime()->time(), "\n";
               print "Sunrise will be/has been at ", $location->sunrise()->time(), "\n";

         }

DESCRIPTION

       Using Weather::Com::Location objects is the way to access weather (and some location)
       information for one specific location (city).

       You get Weather::Com::Location objects by using a finder object (see
       Weather::Com::Finder).

       Weather::Com::Location is a subclass of Weather::Com::Cached.  An instance of this class
       will update itself corresponding to the caching rules any time one of its methods is
       called.

CONSTRUCTOR

       new(hash or hashref)

       The constructor will usually not be used directly because you get ready to use location
       objects by using a finder.

       If you ever want to instantiate location objects on your own, you have to provide the same
       configuration hash or hashref to the constructor you usually would provide to the "new()"
       method of Weather::Com::Finder.  In addition it is necessary to add a hash element
       "location_id" to this config hash. The "location_id" has to be a valid weather.com
       location id.

METHODS

       id()

       Returns the location id used to instantiate this location.

       name()

       Returns the name of the location as provided by weather.com.

       current_conditions()

       Returns a Weather::Com::CurrentConditions object containing the current conditions of the
       location.

       The Weather::Com::CurrentConditions object is instantiated with the first call of the
       "current_conditions()" method.

       Please refer to Weather::Com::CurrentConditions for further details.

       forecast()

       Returns a Weather::Com::Forecast object.

       Please refer to Weather::Com::Forecast for further details.

       latitude()

       Returns the latitude of the location.

       longitude()

       Returns the longitude of the location.

       localtime()

       Returns a Weather::Com::DateTime object containing the local time of the location.

       This value is evaluated each time you call this method. We do not use the value returned
       from weather.com here because it does not make any sence to use a cached value to show the
       current time.

       localtime_ampm()

       This method is deprecated and will be removed with the next release!

       Returns the local time of the location.

       The time is returned in the format "hh:mm [AM|PM]".  To get a 24 hour format use
       "localtime" instead.

         Sample: 10:30 PM

       sunrise()

       Returns a Weather::Com::DateTime object containing the time of sunrise.

       sunrise_ampm()

       This method is deprecated and will be removed with the next release!

       Returns the time of sunrise in 12 hour format (see "localtime_ampm()" for details).

       sunset()

       Returns a Weather::Com::DateTime object containing the time of sunset.

       sunset_ampm()

       This method is deprecated and will be removed with the next release!

       Returns the time of sunset in 12 hour format (see "localtime_ampm()" for details).

       timezone()

       Returns the timezone offset to GMT (without respecting daylight savings time).

       units()

       Returns a Weather::Com::Units object.

       Please refer to Weather::Com::Units for further details.

SEE ALSO

       See also documentation of Weather::Com, Weather::Com::CurrentConditions,
       Weather::Com::Units.

AUTHOR

       Thomas Schnuecker, <thomas@schnuecker.de>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright (C) 2004-2007 by Thomas Schnuecker

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       The data provided by weather.com and made accessible by this OO interface can be used for
       free under special terms.  Please have a look at the application programming guide of
       weather.com (http://www.weather.com/services/xmloap.html)