| Method::Autoload(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Method::Autoload(3pm) |
Method::Autoload - Autoloads methods from a list of packages into the current package
package MyPackage;
use base qw{Method::Autoload}
The Method::Autoload base class package is used to autoload methods from a list of packages where you may not know what methods are available until run time. A good use of this package is programming support for user contributed packages or user contributed plugins.
use MyPackage;
my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash); #provides new and initialize methods
$object->pushPackages("My::Bar"); #appends to "packages" array
$object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo"); #prepends to "packages" array
use MyPackage;
my $object=MyPackage->new(packages=>["My::Foo", "My::Bar"]);
$object->foo; #from My::Foo
$object->bar; #from My::Bar
my $object=MyPackage->new(%hash); my $object=MyPackage->new(package=>["My::Package1", "My::Package2"]);
Returns the current list of packages in the "packages" array.
my @package=$object->packages; #() my $package=$object->packages; #[]
Pushes packages on to the "packages" array.
$object->pushPackages("My::Bar");
$object->pushPackages(@packages);
Unshifts packages on to the "packages" array. Use this if you want to override a "default" package. Please use with care.
$object->unshiftPackages("My::Foo");
$object->unshiftPackages(@packages);
Returns a hash of autoloaded methods and the classes that they came from.
my %hash=$object->autoloaded; #()
my $hash=$object->autoloaded; #{}
We define DESTROY in this package so that it does not call AUTOLOAD but you may overload this method in your package, if you need it.
AUTOLOAD is a "global" method. Please review the limitations on inheriting this method.
my $subref=$object->autoload($class, $method);
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The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
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| 2024-03-07 | perl v5.38.2 |