Re: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string

What you want is certainly possible, but your code in Module::Test is not how you construct objects (or "objects"). Please have a look at bless or one of the object tutorials. If your objects are merely collections of data, just return an unblessed hash reference:

sub new {
...
    return \%return
};
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Re^2: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string by jhyland87 (Sexton) on Jan 03, 2012 at 16:56 UTC
ok, so bless the hash and then return it, got it. How would I structure it though so that perl sees the exit code within the hash?	[reply]
Re^3: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2012 at 17:08 UTC
What do you mean by that? Do you ask how to set a key in your hash? I think it would help me if you show what you got and show what you want.	[reply]
Re^4: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string by jhyland87 (Sexton) on Jan 03, 2012 at 19:09 UTC
I checked it into a google code SVN repo, so here ya go. (Again, I still kinda consider myself a perl noob, atleast as far as creating perl modules goes and using OOP in perl, so don't hate! lol) http://big-ip-f5-api.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ Basically, if you look in the sample (which some of it works, some doesn't, I doubt you have an F5 laying around to test it on though), the code is as below `my $connection = BigIP::F5->new($settings); die ("Unable to connect to " . $settings{'server'} . "\nIt said: " . $ +connection->fault) if (!$connection);` [download] I basically need the logic behind that to work, Yes I could make my module just die or croak, but id rather give the user the ability to end it in their own way if it throws a fail code	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string by Corion (Patriarch) on Jan 03, 2012 at 21:10 UTC
Re^3: Perl Module Object - Return fail/success with a fault string by ~~David~~ (Hermit) on Jan 03, 2012 at 17:08 UTC
I would recommend not returning an error code or value. If you don't get the data you need, a good option is to carp/warn and return undef, or die/croak ( depending on whatever is appropriate ).	[reply]