NAME

Attribute::Attempts - attribute version of Attempt::Sub

SYNOPSIS

  use Attribute::Attempts;

  # alter db will try three times before failing
  sub alter_db : attempts(tries => 3, delay => 2)
  {
    my $dbh = DBI->connect("DBD::Mysql:foo", "mark", "opensaysme")
      or die "Can't connect to database";
    $dbh->{RaiseException} = 1;
    $dbh->do("alter table items change pie pies int(10)");
  }

DESCRIPTION

It's an attribute version of Sub::Attempts. See the Sub::Attempts manpage for information on how the attributes work.

AUTHOR

Written by Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com>

Copryright Mark Fowler 2003. All Rights Reserved.

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

BUGS

As far as I know, works on any platform the Attribute::Handlers manpage does.

Bugs should be reported to me via the CPAN RT system. http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html.

SEE ALSO

the Sub::Attempts manpage, the Attempt manpage