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+## @file
+# This file contains the implementation of the base Webperl class.
+#
+# @author  Chris Page <chris@starforge.co.uk>
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+## @class
+# This is a class intended to contain features common across all Webperl
+# modules. At the moment, this is essentially a wrapper around Webperl::Application.
+package Webperl;
+
+use strict;
+use Webperl::Application;
+
+# ============================================================================
+#  Constructor
+
+## @cmethod $ new(%args)
+# Create a new Webperl::Application object. Please refer to the documentation
+# for that class for constructor arguments.
+#
+# @param args A hash of arguments to initialise the Webperl::Application object with.
+# @return A new Webperl::Application object.
+sub new {
+    my $invocant = shift;
+    my $class    = ref($invocant) || $invocant;
+
+    # Discard any invocant or class passed in, this just really makes a new Application
+    return Webperl::Application -> new(@_);
+}
+
+1;