focal (3) Tangence::Meta::Type.3pm.gz

Provided by: libtangence-perl_0.25-1_all bug

NAME
       "Tangence::Meta::Type" - structure representing one "Tangence" value type


DESCRIPTION
       This data structure object represents information about a type, such as a method or event argument, a
       method return value, or a property element type.

       Due to their simple contents and immutable nature, these objects may be implemented as singletons.


CONSTRUCTOR
   new
          $type = Tangence::Meta::Type->new( $primitive )

       Returns an instance to represent the given primitive type signature.

          $type = Tangence::Meta::Type->new( $aggregate => $member_type )

       Returns an instance to represent the given aggregation of the given type instance.

   new_from_sig
          $type = Tangence::Meta::Type->new_from_sig( $sig )

       Parses the given full Tangence type signature and returns an instance to represent it.


ACCESSORS
   aggregate
          $agg = $type->aggregate

       Returns "prim" for primitive types, or the aggregation name for list and dict aggregate types.

   member_type
          $member_type = $type->member_type

       Returns the member type for aggregation types. Throws an exception for primitive types.

   sig
          $sig = $type->sig

       Returns the Tangence type signature for the type.


AUTHOR
       Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>