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NAME
Class::MakeMethods::Template::Ref - Universal copy and compare methods
SYNOPSIS
package MyObject;
use Class::MakeMethods::Template::Ref (
'Hash:new' => [ 'new' ],
clone => [ 'clone' ]
);
package main;
my $obj = MyObject->new( foo => ["Foozle", "Bozzle"] );
my $clone = $obj->clone();
print $obj->{'foo'}[1];
DESCRIPTION
The following types of methods are provided via the Class::MakeMethods interface:
clone
Produce a deep copy of an instance of almost any underlying datatype.
Parameters:
init_method
If defined, this method is called on the new object with any arguments passed in.
prototype
Create new instances by making a deep copy of a static prototypical instance.
Parameters:
init_method
If defined, this method is called on the new object with any arguments passed in.
compare
Compare one object to another.
Templates
- default
Three-way (sorting-style) comparison.
- equals
Are these two objects equivalent?
- identity
Are these two references to the exact same object?
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::Utility::Ref for the clone and compare functions used above.
| 2004-09-06 | perl v5.40.2 |
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