Re: Different accessor names?

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>>>>> "Kaare" == Kaare Rasmussen <kar@xxxxxxxx.xx> writes:

Kaare> I can't see a way to have different accessor and mutator names,
Kaare> depending on the calling class.

What do you mean "calling class"?

An accessor or mutator is associated with the CDBI-derived class, not
with anyone who uses it.  This is absolutely necessary, if you think
about it.  If I have an object blessed into class Foo::Bar, the
accessor and mutator names are looked up in Foo::Bar (and
parents)... nowhere else.

Perhaps what you want is a class of your own creation that "wraps" a
CDBI-based object that translates the accessors and mutators during a
delagation.  However, none of the ->has_a and ->has_many calls defined
on the base classes will generate your wrapper class, and that's a
good thing.

You're probably solving an unsolvable problem.  Can you back up
a step and say *why* you need to do this?

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