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🏷️ NAME

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

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Check if class is installed	installed('Foo::Class')	Returns true if the class is installed on the system
Check if class is loaded	loaded('Foo::Class')	Returns true if the class is already loaded in memory
Get class filename	filename('Foo::Class')	Returns the filesystem path to the class module
Get resolved filename	resolved_filename('Foo::Class')	Returns the full resolved path to the class file
List all functions	functions('Foo::Class')	Returns list of function names defined in the class
List methods	methods('Foo::Class', 'full', 'public')	Returns list of methods, filtered by type/visibility
Check function existence	function_exists('Foo::Class', 'bar')	Checks if a specific function exists in the class
Find loaded subclasses	subclasses('Foo::Class')	Returns all loaded subclasses of the given class

📦 VERSION

version 1.36

📋 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. For a thorough documentation of the available functions, 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

<http://ali.as/>, Class::Handle, Class::Inspector

👤 AUTHOR

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

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

Contributors:

• Tom Wyant
• Steffen Müller
• Kivanc Yazan (KYZN)

📄 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2002-2019 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.

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