How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response

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Re: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:09 UTC
Why don't you give your class a constructor that clones an HTTP::Response. `my $response = My::HTTP::Response->new_from_lwp( $ua->request(...) );` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by mje (Curate) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:15 UTC
I could do that but that would mean I'd have to change every user of the LWP::UserAgent::request method to clone the response. I was hoping to make the change at a higher level.	[reply]
Re^3: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:17 UTC
Why not override the `request` method and do the change there? That way, all users of the request method will get your new request class. Also see perltoot	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by mje (Curate) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:32 UTC
Re^5: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by Corion (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:37 UTC
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Re^3: How to override HTTP::UserAgent::request to return a subclassed HTTP::Response by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 01, 2009 at 15:21 UTC
You could always subclass or wrap LWP::UserAgent	[reply]