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.IX Title "Derived 3"
.TH Derived 3 2023-07-25 "perl v5.38.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
Tk::Derived \- Base class for widgets derived from others
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\&    package Tk::MyNewWidget;
\&
\&    use Tk::widgets qw/ BaseWidget, list of Tk widgets /;
\&    use base qw/ Tk::Derived Tk::BaseWidget /;
\&
\&    Construct Tk::Widget \*(AqMyNewWidget\*(Aq;
\&
\&    sub ClassInit {
\&        my( $class, $mw ) = @_;
\&        #... e.g., class bindings here ...
\&        $class\->SUPER::ClassInit( $mw );
\&    }
\&
\&    sub Populate {
\&        my( $self, $args ) = @_;
\&
\&        my $flag = delete $args\->{\-flag};
\&        if( defined $flag ) {
\&            # handle \-flag => xxx which can only be done at create
\&            # time the delete above ensures that new() does not try
\&            # and do  $self\->configure( \-flag => xxx );
\&        }
\&
\&        $self\->SUPER::Populate( $args );
\&
\&        $self = $self\->Component( ... );
\&
\&        $self\->Delegates( ... );
\&
\&        $self\->ConfigSpecs(
\&            \*(Aq\-cursor\*(Aq    => [ SELF, \*(Aqcursor\*(Aq, \*(AqCursor\*(Aq,   undef ],
\&            \*(Aq\-something\*(Aq => [ METHOD, dbName,  dbClass, default ],
\&            \*(Aq\-text\*(Aq      => [ $label, dbName,  dbClass, default ],
\&            \*(Aq\-heading\*(Aq   => [ {\-text => $head},
\&                                heading, Heading,  \*(AqMy Heading\*(Aq ],
\&       ); 
\&   }
\&
\&   sub something {
\&       my( $self, $value) = @_;
\&       if ( @_ > 1 ) {
\&          # set it
\&       }
\&       return # current value
\&   }
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Tk::Derived is used with Perl's multiple inheritance to override some
methods normally inherited from Tk::Widget.
.PP
Tk::Derived should precede any Tk widgets in the class's base class
definition.
.PP
Tk::Derived's main purpose is to apply wrappers to \f(CW\*(C`configure\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`cget\*(C'\fR
methods of widgets to allow the derived widget to add to or modify behaviour
of the configure options supported by the base widget.
.PP
The derived class should normally override the \f(CW\*(C`Populate\*(C'\fR method provided
by Tk::Derived and call \f(CW\*(C`ConfigSpecs\*(C'\fR to declare configure options.
.PP
The public methods provided by Tk::Derived are as follows:
.IP "\->ConfigSpecs(\-\fIkey\fR => [\fIkind\fR, \fIname\fR, \fIClass\fR, \fIdefault\fR], ...)" 4
.IX Item "->ConfigSpecs(-key => [kind, name, Class, default], ...)"
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Tk::ConfigSpecs
Tk::mega
Tk::composite