Class/Data/TIN version 0.01
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INSTALLATION

To install this module type the following:

   perl Makefile.PL
   make
   make test
   make install

Class::Data::TIN implements Translucent Inheritable Nonpolluting Class Data.

The thing I don't like with Class::Data::Inheritable or the implementations suggested in perltootc is that you end up with lots of accessor routines in your namespace.

Class::Data::TIN works around this "problem" by storing the Class Data in its own namespace (mirroring the namespace and @ISA hierarchies of the modules using it) and supplying the using packages with (at this time) three meta-accessors called C<get_classdata> (or just C<get>), C<set_classdata> (C<set>) and C<append_classdata> (C<append>). It achieves this with some black magic (namespace munging & evaling).

Take a look at test.pl for some examples.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Class::Data::TIN is Copyright (c) 2001,2002 Thomas Klausner, ZSI.
All rights reserved.

You may use and distribute this module according to the same terms
that Perl is distributed under

Thomas Klausner, domm@zsi.at, http://domm.zsi.at