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Tangence::Type(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Tangence::Type(3pm)

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>

2024-09-13 perl v5.38.2