--- /dev/null
+##############################################################################
+# $URL: http://perlcritic.tigris.org/svn/perlcritic/trunk/Perl-Critic/lib/Perl/Critic/Policy/ClassHierarchies/ProhibitAutoloading.pm $
+# $Date: 2008-07-03 10:19:10 -0500 (Thu, 03 Jul 2008) $
+# $Author: clonezone $
+# $Revision: 2489 $
+##############################################################################
+
+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 = '1.088';
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+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> 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 <thaljef@cpan.org>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT
+
+Copyright (C) 2006 Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer. All rights reserved.
+
+This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+
+# Local Variables:
+# mode: cperl
+# cperl-indent-level: 4
+# fill-column: 78
+# indent-tabs-mode: nil
+# c-indentation-style: bsd
+# End:
+# ex: set ts=8 sts=4 sw=4 tw=78 ft=perl expandtab shiftround :