I offer the materialization of my Perl worshiping of the last two months. It's called PerlBean and generates bean like Perl modules/packages.
It is a Perl programming tool that saves me a great deal of time when writing Perl code.

In short:
• You can find the package on CPAN
• With PerlBean you can define Perl modules with certain properties (e.g. package name, base, a short description etc...).
• You can add 'attributes' (PerlBean::Attribute) to the PerlBean that describe properties of the PerlBean.
• Once the PerlBean is set up, the Perl module code can be generated for the PerlBean. (I myself find the generated code to be quite readable)
• Not only the code but also its pod documentation is generated.
• A tutorial is available in the 'tutorial' directory
• For the advanced programmer there's also a PerlBean::Collection which consists of a collection of PerlBean.
• Using a PerlBean::Collection results in code and pod documentation that takes the object inheritance into consideration. yes, the module does generate itself (see the 'gen' directory in the distribution)

Although I did put significant effort into writing PerlBean and although PerlBean is quite usable (well to me in any case) I realize that there still is a lot to be done to move it in the direction of 'perfect'.

At the time of writing I can think of:
• Coding style enhancements (make the style configurable).
• Enhancements in the generated structure.
• Support for methods (in order to take the method inheritance into account, and not to build an extra programming layer)
• Review of code and documentation

I hope PerlBean may be useful to other Perl programmers.

Have a nice Christmas.

Yours,
Vincenzo Zocca
Vincenzo@Zocca.no.spam.com
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