PerlBean::Method::Factory - contains bean method factory information

None. This is an abstract class.

Abstract PerlBean method factory information

PerlBean::Method::Factory abstract class for method factory information.

new(OPT_HASH_REF)

Creates a new PerlBean::Method::Factory object. OPT_HASH_REF is a hash reference used to pass initialization options. OPT_HASH_REF is mandatory. On error an exception Error::Simple is thrown.

Options for OPT_HASH_REF may include:

method_factory_name

Passed to set_method_factory_name(). Mandatory option.

perl_bean

Passed to set_perl_bean().

create_methods()

This is an interface method. Returns a list of PerlBean::Attribute::Method objects.

get_method_factory_name()

Returns method factory's name.

get_perl_bean()

Returns the PerlBean to which this method factory belongs.

set_method_factory_name(VALUE)

Set method factory's name. VALUE is the value. VALUE may not be undef. On error an exception Error::Simple is thrown.

VALUE must match regular expression:

^\w+$

set_perl_bean(VALUE)

Set the PerlBean to which this method factory belongs. VALUE is the value. On error an exception Error::Simple is thrown.

VALUE must be a (sub)class of:

PerlBean

PerlBean, PerlBean::Attribute, PerlBean::Attribute::Boolean, PerlBean::Attribute::Factory, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi::Ordered, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi::Unique, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi::Unique::Associative, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi::Unique::Associative::MethodKey, PerlBean::Attribute::Multi::Unique::Ordered, PerlBean::Attribute::Single, PerlBean::Collection, PerlBean::Dependency, PerlBean::Dependency::Import, PerlBean::Dependency::Require, PerlBean::Dependency::Use, PerlBean::Described, PerlBean::Described::ExportTag, PerlBean::Method, PerlBean::Method::Constructor, PerlBean::Style, PerlBean::Symbol

None known (yet.)

First development: April 2003 Last update: April 2003

Vincenzo Zocca

Copyright 2003 by Vincenzo Zocca

This file is part of the PerlBean module hierarchy for Perl by Vincenzo Zocca.

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