Net::LDAP::Extra(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Bestie, this is Net::LDAP::Extra(3) from the User Contributed Perl Documentation, and the name is Net::LDAP::Extra — its whole job is loading extra Net::LDAP methods. ✨

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

  use Net::LDAP::Extra qw(my_extn);

  $ldap = Net::LDAP->new( ... );

  $ldap->my_extn( ... );

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Okay so Net::LDAP::Extra lets extra methods be added to Net::LDAP. Normally, those methods would get added by sub-classing Net::LDAP, but honestly that gets messy — different people write different additions, and then other people want to use multiple of these sub-classes. Users end up having to create sub-classes of their own which inherit from all the extension sub-classes just so they can get all the features. 😭 It’s giving inheritance chaos, no cap.

Net::LDAP::Extra fixes the vibe by allowing methods to be added directly to all Net::LDAP objects. 💅 You do this by creating a class Net::LDAP::Extra::name which exports functions. Then a use Net::LDAP::Extra qw(name) will make these functions available as methods on all Net::LDAP objects. Slay. ✨

⚠️ Care should be taken when choosing names for the functions to export to ensure that they do not clash with others. Like, pick your function names carefully, bestie — no accidental name collisions, periodt. 💀

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🎀 SEE ALSO 🎀

• Net::LDAP::Extra::AD

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mwah 💋 this page is from perl v5.42.0, dated 2024-01-02, and it’s the Net::LDAP::Extra(3) page — bye bestie 🫶✨