TAP::Object(3pm)

💅 TAP::Object — the manual page, but make it make sense

ok so this is TAP::Object, from the Perl Programmers Reference Guide — it's the base class that hands all the "TAP::*" modules their shared functionality ✨ like, it's the mom friend of the TAP namespace, no cap.

🌸 VERSION

Version 3.50 🎀

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

package TAP::Whatever;

use strict;

use base 'TAP::Object';

# new() implementation by TAP::Object
sub _initialize {
    my ( $self, @args) = @_;
    # initialize your object
    return $self;
}

# ... later ...
my $obj = TAP::Whatever->new(@args);

see that? you inherit, you write one _initialize, and the constructor is literally just handed to you. slay. 💅

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🌈 DESCRIPTION

"TAP::Object" gives you a default constructor and an exception model for every single "TAP::*" class in the family 🫶. Exceptions get raised using Carp. that's the whole vibe — consistent construction, consistent erroring, no reinventing the wheel every time, periodt.

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💖 METHODS 💖

👑 Class Methods

• "new" — creates a brand-new object, bestie 💫. anything you hand to "new" gets passed straight along to the "_initialize" method. returns a new object. that's it, that's the method.

🦋 Instance Methods

• "_initialize" — initializes a new object 🧚. heads up: this method is a stub by default, so you're supposed to override it with whatever your little heart needs.

⚠️ Note: "new" expects you to return $self or raise an exception. no third option, iykyk. see "_croak" and Carp.

• "_croak" — raises an exception using "croak" from Carp 🔥, like:

$self->_croak( 'why me?', 'aaarrgh!' );

it can also be called as a class method, which honestly? iconic:

$class->_croak( 'this works too' );

• "_confess" — raises an exception using "confess" from Carp 😭, like:

$self->_confess( 'why me?', 'aaarrgh!' );

and yes, class method energy works here too:

$class->_confess( 'this works too' );

• "_construct" — creates a new instance of the specified class ⭐.
• "mk_methods" — creates simple getter/setters 🌸:

__PACKAGE__->mk_methods(@method_names);

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that's the whole page, bestie — every method accounted for, nothing missing, we ate and left no crumbs 🍓

kisses and good vibes from perl v5.42.3, dated 2026-11-03 — this has been TAP::Object(3pm), mwah 💜