Provided by: libclass-makemethods-perl_1.01-5_all
NAME
Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin - generates a wrapper around some builtin function
SYNOPSIS
use Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin ( -TargetClass => 'MyStat', builtin_isa => [ '-{new_function}'=>'stat', qw/ dev ino mode nlink / ] );
DESCRIPTION
This class generates a wrapper around some builtin function, storing the results in the object and providing a by-name interface. Takes a (core) function name, and a arrayref of return position names (we will call it pos_list). Creates: new Calls the core func with any given arguments, stores the result in the instance. x For each member of pos_list, creates a method of the same name which gets/sets the nth member of the returned list, where n is the position of x in pos_list. fields Returns pos_list, in the given order. dump Returns a list item name, item value, in order. Example Usage: package Stat; use Class::MakeMethods::Template::StructBuiltin builtin_isa => [ '-{new_function}'=>'stat', qw/ dev ino mode nlink / ], package main; my $file = "$ENV{HOME}/.template"; my $s = Stat->new($file); print "File $file has ", $s->nlink, " links\n"; Note that (a) the new method does not check the return value of the function called (in the above example, if $file does not exist, you will silently get an empty object), and (b) if you really want the above example, see the core File::stat module. But you get the idea, I hope.