plucky (3) Tangence::Type.3pm.gz

NAME

       "Tangence::Type" - represent a "Tangence" value type

DESCRIPTION

       Objects in this class represent individual types that are sent over the wire in Tangence messages. This
       is a subclass of Tangence::Meta::Type which provides additional methods that may be useful in server or
       client implementations.

CONSTRUCTOR

   make
          $type = Tangence::Type->make( $primitive_sig );

       Returns an instance to represent a primitive type of the given signature.

          $type = Tangence::Type->make( list => $member_type );

          $type = Tangence::Type->make( dict => $member_type );

       Returns an instance to represent a list or dict aggregation containing members of the given type.

METHODS

   default_value
          $value = $type->default_value;

       Returns a value suitable to use as an initial value for object properties.

   pack_value
          $type->pack_value( $message, $value );

       Appends a value of this type to the end of a Tangence::Message.

   unpack_value
          $value = $type->unpack_value( $message );

       Removes a value of this type from the start of a Tangence::Message.

AUTHOR

       Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>