NAME

Class::Accessor::Fast::Contained - Fast accessors with data containment

VERSION

This document refers to version 1.01 of Class::Accessor::Fast::Contained

SYNOPSIS

     package Foo;
     use base qw(Class::Accessor::Fast::Contained);

     # The rest is the same as Class::Accessor::Fast

DESCRIPTION

This module does two things differently to the venerable Class::Accessor::Fast :

• Fields are stored at arms-length within a single hash value of $self, rather than directly in the $self blessed referent.
• "new()" allows mixin into an existing object, rather than creating and returning a new blessed hashref. To do this, just call something

  like

         my $self = Some::Other::Class->new;
         $self = $self->Class::Accessor::Fast::Contained::new;

        Note that the mixin code only supports objects which use a blessed
        hash reference or a blessed typeglob reference.

        An alias "setup()" is available which does the same as "new()" but
        might make more sense if being used in this way.

DEPENDENCIES

Other than the standard Perl distribution, you will need the following:

• Class::Accessor

BUGS

If you spot a bug or are experiencing difficulties that are not explained within the documentation, please send an email to oliver@cpan.org or submit a bug to the RT system (http://rt.cpan.org/). It would help greatly if you are able to pinpoint problems or even supply a patch.

SEE ALSO

Class::Accessor

AUTHOR

Oliver Gorwits "<oliver.gorwits@oucs.ox.ac.uk>"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Marty Pauly and Michael G Schwern for Class::Accessor and its tests, which I've shamelessly borrowed for this distribution.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright (c) The University of Oxford 2008.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.