This is the README file for Class::Generate, version 1.11. Class::Generate is a Perl5 module to simplify creating class hierarchies. It offers typed or untyped scalar, array, and hash members, required members, private members, methods (both instance and class), and other common features of object- oriented software development. Of course, you can implement all these things without a special module, but doing it via Class::Generate is much, much more concise. And futhermore, it's much less error prone: if you are using Perl's -w flag, Class::Generate will catch many class specification and usage errors. After unpacking this module, type the commands: % perl Makefile.PL PREFIX= % make install where is the root of your Perl library directory. The commands will install 2 files: -- Generate.pm, which is the file containing the Class::Generate module. -- Generate.pod, which contains the documentation, in POD format. It is sufficiently large that I decided to place it in a separate file. Copyright (c) 1999,2000,2007 Steven Wartik. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.