Class::Exporter version 0.03 ============================= INSTALLATION To install this module type the following: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install DESCRIPTION This module makes it much easier to set up a hybrid interface ala CGI.pm. You can take any old module that has an object-oriented interface and convert it to have a hybrid interface by simply adding "use base 'Class::Exporter'" to your code. This package allows you to export object methods as regular subroutines. It supports C, C<@EXPORT> and C<@EXPORT_OK> and not a whole lot else. Each package into which your object methods are imported gets its own instance of the object. This ensures that there are no interaction effects between multiple packages that use your object. USAGE package MagicNumber; use base 'Class::Exporter'; # Export object-oriented methods! @EXPORT_OK = qw(magic_number); sub new { my $class = shift; bless { magic_number=>3, @_ }, $class } sub magic_number { my $self = shift; @_ and $self->{magic_number} = shift; $self->{magic_number} } # Meanwhile, in another piece of code! package Bar; use MagicNumber; # exports magic_number print magic_number; # prints 3 magic_number(7); print magic_number; # prints 7 # Each package gets its own instance of the object. This ensures that # two packages both using your module via import semantics don't mess # with each other. package Baz; use MagicNumber; # exports magic_number print magic_number; # prints 3! VERSIONS 0.03 -- Renamed from Object::Exporter to Class::Exporter 0.02 -- Updated documentation, added README file. 0.01 -- Initial Release AUTHOR David James COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003, David James. All Rights Reserved. This program is free software. You may copy or redistribute it under the same terms as Perl itself.