NAME

       Method::Autoload - Autoloads methods from a list of packages into the current package

SYNOPSIS

         package MyPackage;
         use base qw{Method::Autoload}

DESCRIPTION

       The Method::Autoload base class package is used to autoload methods from a list of
       packages where you may not know what methods are available until run time.  A good use of
       this package is programming support for user contributed packages or user contributed
       plugins.

USAGE

         use MyPackage;
         my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash);    #provides new and initialize methods
         $object->pushPackages("My::Bar");    #appends to "packages" array
         $object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo"); #prepends to "packages" array

         use MyPackage;
         my $object=MyPackage->new(packages=>["My::Foo", "My::Bar"]);
         $object->foo; #from My::Foo
         $object->bar; #from My::Bar

CONSTRUCTOR

   new
         my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash);
         my $object=MyPackage->new(package=>["My::Package1", "My::Package2"]);

   initialize

METHODS PUBLIC

   packages
       Returns the current list of packages in the "packages" array.

         my @package=$object->packages; #()
         my $package=$object->packages; #[]

   pushPackages
       Pushes packages on to the "packages" array.

         $object->pushPackages("My::Bar");
         $object->pushPackages(@packages);

   unshiftPackages
       Unshifts packages on to the "packages" array.  Use this if you want to override a
       "default" package.  Please use with care.

         $object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo");
         $object->unshiftPackages(@packages);

   autoloaded
       Returns a hash of autoloaded methods and the classes that they came from.

         my %hash=$object->autoloaded; #()
         my $hash=$object->autoloaded; #{}

METHODS PRIVATE

   DESTROY ("Global" method)
       We define DESTROY in this package so that it does not call AUTOLOAD but you may overload
       this method in your package, if you need it.

   AUTOLOAD ("Global" method)
       AUTOLOAD is a "global" method.  Please review the limitations on inheriting this method.

   autoload
         my $subref=$object->autoload($class, $method);

BUGS

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       package.

SUPPORT

AUTHOR

         Michael R. Davis
         CPAN ID: MRDVT
         STOP, LLC
         domain=>michaelrdavis,tld=>com,account=>perl
         http://www.stopllc.com/

COPYRIGHT

       This program is free software licensed under the...

         The BSD License

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

SEE ALSO

       Class::Std AUTOMETHOD method,