NAME

Class::Inspector::Functions - Get information about a class and its structure

VERSION

version 1.37_01

SYNOPSIS

use Class::Inspector::Functions;
# Class::Inspector provides a non-polluting,
# method based interface!

# Is a class installed and/or loaded
installed( 'Foo::Class' );
loaded( 'Foo::Class' );

# Filename related information
filename( 'Foo::Class' );
resolved_filename( 'Foo::Class' );

# Get subroutine related information
functions( 'Foo::Class' );
function_refs( 'Foo::Class' );
function_exists( 'Foo::Class', 'bar' );
methods( 'Foo::Class', 'full', 'public' );

# Find all loaded subclasses or something
subclasses( 'Foo::Class' );

DESCRIPTION

Class::Inspector::Functions is a function based interface of Class::Inspector. This is the module in which the actual work is implemented; the class methods on Class::Inspector are thin wrappers around the functions defined here. For a thorough documentation of the available functionality, please check the manual for the main module.

Exports

The following functions are exported by default.

installed
loaded
filename
functions
methods
subclasses

The following functions are exported only by request.

resolved_filename
loaded_filename
function_refs
function_exists

All the functions may be imported using the :ALL tag.

SEE ALSO

Class::Handle, Class::Inspector

AUTHOR

Original author: Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

Current maintainer: Graham Ollis <plicease@cpan.org>

Contributors:

Tom Wyant

Steffen Müller

Kivanc Yazan (KYZN)

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2002-2024 by Adam Kennedy.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.