fields

The field definitions as built from the field_list and the 'has_field' declarations. This provides clear_fields, add_field, remove_last_field, num_fields, has_fields, and set_field_at methods.

field( $full_name )

Return the field object with the full_name passed. Will return undef if the field is not found, or will die if passed a second parameter.

field_index

Convenience function for use with 'set_field_at'. Pass in 'name' of field (not full_name)

sorted_fields

Calls fields and returns them in sorted order by their "order" value. Non-sorted fields are retrieved with 'fields'.

clear methods

  clear_data
  clear_fields
  clear_error_fields

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