Dermot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> asked: > I am trying my hand at creating an package and am a bit > unsure about some of the inner working of what I've done.
I recommend http://books.perl.org/book/171 > Q3) In new, can I allow for the object create being done with > more argument like my $page = new sendData(type => 'a5'). How > can you detect named arguments when a object is being created. > I have a new method > > sub new { > my $class = shift; # make arguments to new() into a hash my %args = @_; > my $self = {}; # copy relevant named arguments from hash to $self # while setting sensible default values. $self->{'type'} = $args{'type'} || 'a4'; > bless($self, $class); > return $self; > } # creating new object: my $page = sendData->new( 'type' => 'a5' ); > Q2) In get_file_list is the first ARG really $self? I thought > it would be the class? However it seems to know about itself. That's Perl OO for you. The first argument passed to a method of a class is always the object via which the call was made. HTH, Thomas -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
