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NAME

       Class::MakeMethods::Template::ClassInherit - Overridable class data

SYNOPSIS

         package MyClass;

         use Class::MakeMethods( 'Template::ClassInherit:scalar' => 'foo' );
         # We now have an accessor method for an "inheritable" scalar value

         package main;

         MyClass->foo( 'Foozle' );   # Set a class-wide value
         print MyClass->foo();       # Retrieve class-wide value
         ...

         package MySubClass;
         @ISA = 'MyClass';

         print MySubClass->foo();    # Initially same as superclass,
         MySubClass->foo('Foobar');  # but overridable per subclass/

DESCRIPTION

       The MakeMethods subclass provides accessor methods that search an inheritance tree to find a value. This
       allows you to set a shared or default value for a given class, and optionally override it in a subclass.

   Standard Methods
       The following methods from Generic should all be supported:

         scalar
         string
         string_index (?)
         number
         boolean
         bits (?)
         array (*)
         hash (*)
         tiedhash (?)
         hash_of_arrays (?)
         object (?)
         instance (?)
         array_of_objects (?)
         code (?)
         code_or_scalar (?)

       See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for the interfaces and behaviors of these method types.

       The items marked with a * above are specifically defined in this package, whereas the others are formed
       automatically by the interaction of this package's generic settings with the code templates provided by
       the Generic superclass.

       The items marked with a ? above have not been tested sufficiently; please inform the author if they do
       not function as you would expect.

SEE ALSO

       See Class::MakeMethods for general information about this distribution.

       See Class::MakeMethods::Template for more about this family of subclasses.

       See Class::MakeMethods::Template::Generic for information about the various accessor interfaces
       subclassed herein.

       If you just need scalar accessors, see Class::Data::Inheritable for a very elegant and efficient
       implementation.