package Perl::Critic::Policy::ClassHierarchies::ProhibitAutoloading;

use 5.006001;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Readonly;

use Perl::Critic::Utils qw{ :severities };
use base 'Perl::Critic::Policy';

our $VERSION = '1.140';

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

Readonly::Scalar my $DESC => q{AUTOLOAD method declared};
Readonly::Scalar my $EXPL => [ 393 ];

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

sub supported_parameters { return ()                         }
sub default_severity     { return $SEVERITY_MEDIUM           }
sub default_themes       { return qw( core maintenance pbp ) }
sub applies_to           { return 'PPI::Statement::Sub'      }

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

sub violates {
    my ($self, $elem, undef) = @_;

    if( $elem->name eq 'AUTOLOAD' ) {
        return $self->violation( $DESC, $EXPL, $elem );
    }
    return; #ok!
}

1;

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

__END__

=pod

=head1 NAME

Perl::Critic::Policy::ClassHierarchies::ProhibitAutoloading - AUTOLOAD methods should be avoided.


=head1 AFFILIATION

This Policy is part of the core L<Perl::Critic|Perl::Critic>
distribution.


=head1 DESCRIPTION

Declaring a subroutine with the name C<"AUTOLOAD"> will violate this
Policy.  The C<AUTOLOAD> mechanism is an easy way to generate methods
for your classes, but unless they are carefully written, those classes
are difficult to inherit from.  And over time, the C<AUTOLOAD> method
will become more and more complex as it becomes responsible for
dispatching more and more functions.  You're better off writing
explicit accessor methods.  Editor macros can help make this a little
easier.


=head1 CONFIGURATION

This Policy is not configurable except for the standard options.


=head1 AUTHOR

Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <jeff@imaginative-software.com>


=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Imaginative Software Systems.  All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

=cut

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