base.pm revision 7c478bd95313f5f23a4c958a745db2134aa03244
package base;
use strict 'vars';
use vars qw($VERSION);
$VERSION = '2.05';
# constant.pm is slow
sub SUCCESS () { 1 }
sub has_fields {
my($base) = shift;
}
sub has_version {
my($base) = shift;
}
sub has_attr {
my($proto) = shift;
}
sub get_attr {
return $Fattr->{$_[0]};
}
if ($] < 5.009) {
*get_fields = sub {
# Shut up a possible typo warning.
() = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
my $f = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
# should be centralized in fields? perhaps
# fields::mk_FIELDS_be_OK. Peh. As long as %{ $package . '::FIELDS' }
# is used here anyway, it doesn't matter.
bless $f, 'pseudohash' if (ref($f) ne 'pseudohash');
return $f;
}
}
else {
*get_fields = sub {
# Shut up a possible typo warning.
() = \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
return \%{$_[0].'::FIELDS'};
}
}
sub import {
my $class = shift;
return SUCCESS unless @_;
# List of base classes from which we will inherit %FIELDS.
my $fields_base;
my $inheritor = caller(0);
foreach my $base (@_) {
if (has_version($base)) {
unless defined ${$base.'::VERSION'};
}
else {
eval "require $base";
# Only ignore "Can't locate" errors from our eval require.
# Other fatal errors (syntax etc) must be reported.
die if $@ && $@ !~ /^Can't locate .*? at \(eval /;
unless (%{"$base\::"}) {
require Carp;
}
unless defined ${$base.'::VERSION'};
}
push @{"$inheritor\::ISA"}, $base;
# No multiple fields inheritence *suck*
if ($fields_base) {
require Carp;
Carp::croak("Can't multiply inherit %FIELDS");
} else {
$fields_base = $base;
}
}
}
if( defined $fields_base ) {
}
}
sub inherit_fields {
if( keys %$dfields ) {
warn "$derived is inheriting from $base but already has its own ".
"fields!\n".
"This will cause problems.\n".
"Be sure you use base BEFORE declaring fields\n";
}
# Iterate through the base's fields adding all the non-private
# ones to the derived class. Hang on to the original attribute
# (Public, Private, etc...) and add Inherited.
# This is all too complicated to do efficiently with add_fields().
while (my($k,$v) = each %$bfields) {
my $fno;
require Carp;
Carp::croak ("Inherited %FIELDS can't override existing %FIELDS");
}
}
else {
$dfields->{$k} = $v;
}
}
unless( keys %$bfields ) {
}
}
}
1;
=head1 NAME
base - Establish IS-A relationship with base classes at compile time
=head1 SYNOPSIS
package Baz;
use base qw(Foo Bar);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Allows you to both load one or more modules, while setting up inheritance from
those modules at the same time. Roughly similar in effect to
package Baz;
BEGIN {
require Foo;
require Bar;
push @ISA, qw(Foo Bar);
}
If any of the listed modules are not loaded yet, I<base> silently attempts to
C<require> them (and silently continues if the C<require> failed). Whether to
C<require> a base class module is determined by the absence of a global variable
$VERSION in the base package. If $VERSION is not detected even after loading
it, <base> will define $VERSION in the base package, setting it to the string
C<-1, set by base.pm>.
Will also initialize the fields if one of the base classes has it.
Multiple inheritence of fields is B<NOT> supported, if two or more
base classes each have inheritable fields the 'base' pragma will
croak. See L<fields>, L<public> and L<protected> for a description of
this feature.
=head1 HISTORY
This module was introduced with Perl 5.004_04.
=head1 CAVEATS
Due to the limitations of the implementation, you must use
base I<before> you declare any of your own fields.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<fields>
=cut