Modules

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General

Please write your code to the general [StyleGuide] of EPrints

Below the license block the name, description and synopsis (a synopsis is an example of usage). Lastly the METHODS title begins the section for inline subroutine documentation.

	=head1 NAME

	EPrints::MyModule - A one line description of MyModule

	=head1 DESCRIPTION

	One or two paragraphs explaining the function of EPrints::MyModule.

	=head1 SYNOPSIS

		use EPrints::MyModule;

		my $obj = EPrints::MyModule->new( $opts );
		$obj->do_thing( $thingy );

	=head1 METHODS

	=over 4

	=cut

Methods

Public Methods

Each public subroutine should have POD documentation above it, with hashes to separate it from the method above. A large module should probably be split into different sections, e.g. "CONSTRUCTOR METHODS", "ACCESSOR METHODS", etc. Private methods can be documented using Perl comments.

	######################################################################

	=item $objname = EPrints::StyleGuide->my_sub( $arg1, [$opt_arg2], \%opts )

	A description of what my_sub does and arguments it takes ($opt_arg2 is
	shown as optional by using brackets).

	A description of $arg1 if needed, along with an example:

		EPrints::StyleGuide->my_sub( "eprintid" );

		EPrints::StyleGuide->my_sub(
			$arg1,
			undef,
			{
				opt1 => $var1, # What is var1
				opt2 => $var2, # What is var2
			}
		);

	Further elaboration on the effect of $var2.

	=cut

	######################################################################

	sub my_sub
	{
		...
	}

Private Methods