NAME

Class::Meta::Types::String - String data types

SYNOPSIS

  package MyApp::Thingy;
  use strict;
  use Class::Meta;
  use Class::Meta::Types::String;
  # OR...
  # use Class::Meta::Types::String 'affordance';
  # OR...
  # use Class::Meta::Types::String 'semi-affordance';
  BEGIN {
      # Create a Class::Meta object for this class.
      my $cm = Class::Meta->new( key => 'thingy' );
      # Add a string attribute.
      $cm->add_attribute( name => 'name',
                          type => 'string' );
      $cm->build;
  }

DESCRIPTION

This module provides a string data type for use with Class::Meta attributes. Simply load it, then pass "string" to the "add_attribute()" method of a Class::Meta object to create an attribute of the string data type. See Class::Meta::Type for more information on using and creating data types.

SUPPORT

This module is stored in an open GitHub repository <http://github.com/theory/class-meta/>. Feel free to fork and contribute!

Please file bug reports via GitHub Issues <http://github.com/theory/class-meta/issues/> or by sending mail to bug-Class-Meta@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Class-Meta@rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR

David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

SEE ALSO

Other classes of interest within the Class::Meta distribution include:

Class::Meta

This class contains most of the documentation you need to get started with Class::Meta.

Class::Meta::Type

This class manages the creation of data types.

Class::Meta::Attribute

This class manages Class::Meta class attributes, all of which are based on data types.

Other data type modules:

Class::Meta::Types::Perl

Class::Meta::Types::Boolean

Class::Meta::Types::Numeric

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002-2011, David E. Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved.

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