Merge branch 'master' into ad-keytabs

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	NEWS

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl/lib/Wallet/Object/Base.pm b/perl/lib/Wallet/Object/Base.pm
index bdd61fb..97e6127 100644
--- a/perl/lib/Wallet/Object/Base.pm
+++ b/perl/lib/Wallet/Object/Base.pm
@@ -609,6 +609,15 @@ sub history {
 # The get methods must always be overridden by the subclass.
 sub get { die "Do not instantiate Wallet::Object::Base directly\n"; }
 
+# The update method should only work if a subclass supports it as something
+# different from get.  That makes it explicit about whether the subclass has
+# a meaningful update.
+sub update {
+    my ($self) = @_;
+    $self->error ("update is not supported for this type, use get instead");
+    return;
+}
+
 # Provide a default store implementation that returns an immutable object
 # error so that auto-generated types don't have to provide their own.
 sub store {