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.IX Title "Class::Accessor::Chained 3"
.TH Class::Accessor::Chained 3 2023-07-25 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Class::Accessor::Chained \- make chained accessors
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\& package Foo;
\& use base qw( Class::Accessor::Chained );
\& _\|_PACKAGE_\|_\->mk_accessors(qw( foo bar baz ));
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\& my $foo = Foo\->new\->foo(1)\->bar(2)\->baz(4);
\& print $foo\->bar; # prints 2
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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A chained accessor is one that always returns the object when called
with parameters (to set), and the value of the field when called with
no arguments.
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This module subclasses Class::Accessor in order to provide the same
mk_accessors interface.
.SH AUTHOR
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Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>
.SH COPYRIGHT
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Copyright (C) 2003 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.
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This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Class::Accessor, Class::Accessor::Chained::Fast