# ABSTRACT: Container Class for Validation::Class::Field Objects

package Validation::Class::Fields;
{
  $Validation::Class::Fields::VERSION = '7.11';
}

use strict;
use warnings;

our $VERSION = '7.11'; # VERSION

use Carp 'confess';

use base 'Validation::Class::Collection';

use Validation::Class::Field;


sub add {
    
    my $self = shift;
    
    my %arguments = @_ % 2 ? %{$_[0]} : @_;
    
    while (my($key, $object) = each %arguments) {
    
        $object->{name} = $key
            unless defined $object->{name};
        
        $object = Validation::Class::Field->new($object)
            unless "Validation::Class::Field" eq ref $object;
        
        $self->{$key} = $object;
    
    }
    
    return $self;
    
}

sub clear {
    
    #noop - fields can't be deleted this way
    
}

1;
__END__
=pod

=head1 NAME

Validation::Class::Fields - Container Class for Validation::Class::Field Objects

=head1 VERSION

version 7.11

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    ...

=head1 DESCRIPTION

Validation::Class::Fields is a container class for L<Validation::Class::Field>
objects and is derived from the L<Validation::Class::Collection> class.

=head1 AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

=cut