Class::Maker 0.05.18

Class::Maker Perl module contains classes, reflection, schema, serialization, attribute- and multiple inheritance.

SYNOPSIS

use Class::Maker qw(class);
class Human, { isa => [qw( ParentClass )],
public =>
{
string => [qw(name lastname)],

ref => [qw(father mother)],

array => [qw(friends)],

custom => [qw(anything)],
},

private =>
{
int => [qw(dummy1 dummy2)],
},

configure =>
{
ctor => create,

explicit => 0,
},
};
sub Human::greeting : method { my $this = shift;
printf This is %s (%d), $this->name, $this->uid;
}
class UnixUser, { isa => [qw( Human )],
public =>
{
int => [qw(uid gid)],

string => [qw(username)],
},
};

my $a = Human->new( uid => 1, gid => 2, name => Bart );

$a->father( Human->new( name => Houmer ) );

$a->greeting();

$a->uid = 12;

$a->_dummy1( bla );

Class::Maker introduces the concept of classes via a "class" function. It automatically creates packages, ISA, new and attribute-handlers. The classes can inherit from common perl-classes and class-maker classes. Single and multiple inheritance is supported.

This package is for everybody who wants to program oo-perl and does not really feel comfortable with the common way.

Java-like reflection is also implemented and allows one to inspect the class properties and methods during runtime. This is helpfull for implementing persistance and serialization. A Tangram (see cpan) schema generator is included to the package, so one can use Tangram object-persistance on the fly as long as he uses Class::Maker classes.