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package # hide the package from PAUSE
    AttributesWithHistory;

use strict;
use warnings;

use Class::MOP 'meta';

our $VERSION = '0.01';

use base 'Class::MOP::Attribute';

# this is for an extra attribute constructor 
# option, which is to be able to create a 
# way for the class to access the history
__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('history_accessor' => (
        reader    => 'history_accessor',
        init_arg  => 'history_accessor',
        predicate => 'has_history_accessor',
    ))
);

# this is a place to store the actual 
# history of the attribute
__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('_history' => (
        accessor => '_history',
        default  => sub { [] },
    ))
);

# generate the methods

sub generate_history_accessor_method {
    my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; 
    eval qq{sub {
        \@\{\$_[0]->meta->get_attribute('$attr_name')->_history()\};        
    }};    
}

sub generate_accessor_method {
    my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
    eval qq{sub {
        if (scalar(\@_) == 2) {
            push \@\{\$_[0]->meta->get_attribute('$attr_name')->_history()\} => \$_[1];
            \$_[0]->{'$attr_name'} = \$_[1];
        }
        \$_[0]->{'$attr_name'};
    }};
}

sub generate_writer_method {
    my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; 
    eval qq{sub {
        push \@\{\$_[0]->meta->get_attribute('$attr_name')->_history()\} => \$_[1];        
        \$_[0]->{'$attr_name'} = \$_[1];
    }};
}

sub install_accessors {
    my $self = shift;
    # do as we normall do ...
    $self->SUPER::install_accessors();
    # and now add the history accessor
    $self->associated_class->add_method(
        $self->process_accessors('history_accessor' => $self->history_accessor())
    ) if $self->has_history_accessor();
    return;
}

1;

=pod

=head1 NAME

AttributesWithHistory - An example attribute metaclass which keeps a history of changes

=head1 SYSNOPSIS
  
  package Foo;
  
  use Class::MOP 'meta';
  
  Foo->meta->add_attribute(AttributesWithHistory->new('foo' => (
      accessor         => 'foo',
      history_accessor => 'get_foo_history',
  )));    
  
  Foo->meta->add_attribute(AttributesWithHistory->new('bar' => (
      reader           => 'get_bar',
      writer           => 'set_bar',
      history_accessor => 'get_bar_history',
  )));    
  
  sub new  {
      my $class = shift;
      bless $class->meta->construct_instance(@_) => $class;
  }
  
=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is an example of an attribute metaclass which keeps a 
record of all the values it has been assigned. It stores the 
history as a field in the attribute meta-object, and will 
autogenerate a means of accessing that history for the class 
which these attributes are added too.

=head1 AUTHOR

Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

L<http://www.iinteractive.com>

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

=cut