Class::AutoClass
Class::AutoClass::Args

*** ALPHA SOFTWARE ***
These classes are still in their alpha state. Use is encouraged, and bug reporting is strongly encouraged :) Although there are a hefty amount of unit and integration tests that stand behind these classes, there use in real-world scenarios has been limited, so don't do anything all mission-critical-like.

DESCRIPTION
Class::AutoClass => similar to Class::MakeMethods, provides support for: - automatically generating mutator methods for simple values, - allows for automatic attribute initialization and default value initilaization, - object initialization is handled correctly (in top-down order), even in the presence of multiple inheritance

Class::AutoClass::Args => argument list processing that normalizes argument lists by ignoring case and leading dashes ('-'). In other words, the following keywords are all equivalent:

first_name, -first_name, -FIRST_NAME, --FIRST_NAME, First_Name, -First_Name

INSTALLATION

perl Makefile.PL
make
make test
make install

AUTHORS
ngoodman@systemsbiology.org
ccavnor@systemsbiology.org (contact)

CAVEOTS

• AutoClass is not as powerful as Class::MakeMethods for method generation, nor is it meant to be. It serves as a binder between AutoClass and AutoDB while providing for class instantiation and initialization.
• There are certainly documentation issues with auto-generated code. Although the code is cleaner and tighter by using autogenerated methods, they are difficult to document for all but the most diligent among us.

TODO

• Autogeneration of list, hash methods is not yet supported
• Work on auto documenting routines