using the Class::* Modules

chorg has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

So I'm going to make some objects

I want to use one of the Class::* modules to make my life simpler re. acessors. It's great that these classes do that, but where do they put the accessors? How would I modify them?
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Re: using the Class::* Modules by stephen (Priest) on Apr 22, 2001 at 11:09 UTC
I'll assume that you're talking about Class::MethodMaker. MethodMaker defines its methods on-the-fly when the class loads. When you ask "where do they put the accessors?", do you mean "where is the accessor implementation written out to a file?"? If that's what you mean, the accessor implementation isn't written out to a file-- it's just evaluated at compile-time. To modify these methods, you just need to define your own. To quote from the perldoc: To override any generated methods, it is sufficient to ensure that the overriding method is defined when Class::MethodMaker is called. Note that the `use` keyword introduces a `BEGIN` block, so you may need to define (or at least declare) your overriding method in a `BEGIN` block. stephen	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re: using the Class::* Modules
by stephen (Priest) on Apr 22, 2001 at 11:09 UTC

Class::MethodMaker

To modify these methods, you just need to define your own. To quote from the perldoc:

To override any generated methods, it is sufficient to ensure that the overriding method is defined when Class::MethodMaker is called. Note that the use keyword introduces a BEGIN block, so you may need to define (or at least declare) your overriding method in a BEGIN block.

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