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¶

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

METHODS PUBLIC¶

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

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

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

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

METHODS PRIVATE¶

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

BUGS¶

DavisNetworks.com provides support services for all Perl applications including this 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,