test tweaks
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8b978dd5 1
2package Class::MOP::Class;
3
4use strict;
5use warnings;
6
c23184fc 7use Class::MOP::Immutable;
ba38bf08 8use Class::MOP::Instance;
9use Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped;
10
8b978dd5 11use Carp 'confess';
7f63694d 12use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'weaken';
8b978dd5 13use Sub::Name 'subname';
8b978dd5 14
0c6f4c4a 15our $VERSION = '0.28';
f0480c45 16our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 17
2243a22b 18use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
19
0ac992ee 20# Self-introspection
2eb717d5 21
aa448b16 22sub meta { Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) }
2eb717d5 23
8b978dd5 24# Creation
0ac992ee 25
be7677c7 26sub initialize {
27 my $class = shift;
28 my $package_name = shift;
29 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 30 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 31 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
32 return $meta;
33 }
c23184fc 34 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 35}
36
37sub reinitialize {
38 my $class = shift;
39 my $package_name = shift;
40 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 41 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 42 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 43 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 44}
45
46# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
47# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 48# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 49# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
50# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 51# normal &construct_instance.
52sub construct_class_instance {
53 my $class = shift;
54 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 55 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 56 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 57 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 58 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 59 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
60 # and it is still defined (it has not been
61 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 62 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 63
64 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
65 return $meta;
66 }
be7677c7 67
68 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 69 # we need to deal with the possibility
70 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 71 # get the name of the class appropriately
72 $class = (blessed($class)
73 ? ($class->is_immutable
74 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
75 : blessed($class))
76 : $class);
77
be7677c7 78 # now create the metaclass
79 my $meta;
9c6877f4 80 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 81 no strict 'refs';
82 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 83 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 84 '$!package' => $package_name,
85
c4260b45 86 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 87 # since the following attributes will
88 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 89 # table, and actually bypass the instance
90 # entirely, we can just leave these things
91 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 92 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 93 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 94 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 95 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 96 '$!version' => \undef,
97 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 98 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 99 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 100
c23184fc 101 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 102 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 103 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
104 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
105 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 106
107 ## uber-private variables
108 # NOTE:
109 # this starts out as undef so that
110 # we can tell the first time the
111 # methods are fetched
112 # - SL
113 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 114 } => $class;
115 }
116 else {
117 # NOTE:
118 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 119 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 120 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
121 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 122 }
0ac992ee 123
be7677c7 124 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 125 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 126
be7677c7 127 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 128
be7677c7 129 # NOTE:
130 # we need to weaken any anon classes
131 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 132 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 133
134 $meta;
135}
136
715adbb7 137sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
138sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 139 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 140 # NOTE:
141 # we can manually update the cache number
142 # since we are actually adding the method
143 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
144 # having to regenerate the method_map.
145 # - SL
b1f5f41d 146 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 147}
148
be7677c7 149sub check_metaclass_compatability {
150 my $self = shift;
151
152 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 153 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 154 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
155
b7bdffc3 156 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 157 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 158
0ac992ee 159 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 160 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 161
373a16ae 162 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 163 # we need to deal with the possibility
164 # of class immutability here, and then
165 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 166 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
167 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 168 : blessed($meta));
169
be7677c7 170 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 171 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
172 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 173 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 174 # NOTE:
be7677c7 175 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
176 # are compatabile in the same the class.
177 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 178 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
179 " is not compatible with the " .
180 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
181 }
182}
8b978dd5 183
6d5355c3 184## ANON classes
185
186{
187 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 188 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
189 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 190 # I will change it.
191 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 192
b9d9fc0b 193 # NOTE:
194 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 195 # this should suffice for now, this is
196 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 197 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 198 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 199
200 sub is_anon_class {
201 my $self = shift;
a651e249 202 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 203 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 204 }
6d5355c3 205
206 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 207 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 208 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 209 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 210 }
6d5355c3 211
b9d9fc0b 212 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 213 # this will only get called for
214 # anon-classes, all other calls
215 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 216 # global destruction and so don't
217 # really need to be handled explicitly
218 sub DESTROY {
219 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 220 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 221 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
222 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 223 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 224 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
225 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
226 }
0ac992ee 227 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 228 }
b9d9fc0b 229
6d5355c3 230}
231
232# creating classes with MOP ...
233
8b978dd5 234sub create {
88dd563c 235 my $class = shift;
236 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 237
bfe4d0fc 238 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 239 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 240
241 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 242 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 243 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
244
245 my (%options) = @_;
0ac992ee 246
8b978dd5 247 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 248 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 249 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 250 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
251 if exists $options{authority};
252
8b978dd5 253 eval $code;
0ac992ee 254 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
255
bfe4d0fc 256 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 257
258 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 259 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 260 });
0ac992ee 261
8b978dd5 262 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
263 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 264 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 265 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 266 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
267 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
268 # I think this should be the order of things.
269 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 270 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
271 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 272 }
0ac992ee 273 }
bfe4d0fc 274 if (exists $options{methods}) {
275 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
276 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
277 }
0ac992ee 278 }
8b978dd5 279 return $meta;
280}
281
7b31baf4 282## Attribute readers
283
284# NOTE:
0ac992ee 285# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 286# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
287
c23184fc 288sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
289sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
290sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
291sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 292
0f71bc80 293# FIXME:
294# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 295sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 296 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 297
298 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 299 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 300 return $self->{'%!methods'};
301 }
302
0ac992ee 303 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
304
0f71bc80 305 my $class_name = $self->name;
306 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 307
92330ee2 308 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 309 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 310
311 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
312 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
313 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
314
e0e4674a 315 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
316 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name &&
317 ($name || '') ne '__ANON__';
0ac992ee 318
0f71bc80 319 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap($code);
7855ddba 320 }
0ac992ee 321
7855ddba 322 return $map;
c4260b45 323}
324
c9e77dbb 325# Instance Construction & Cloning
326
5f3c057a 327sub new_object {
328 my $class = shift;
651955fb 329 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 330 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 331 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
332 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
333 # which will deal with the singletons
334 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
335 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 336 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 337}
e16da3e6 338
339sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 340 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 341 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
342 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 343 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 344 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 345 }
0ac992ee 346 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 347 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
348 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
349 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
350 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
351 # NOTE:
352 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 353 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 354 # going to keep it here.
355 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
356 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
357 }
2d711cc8 358 return $instance;
359}
360
361sub get_meta_instance {
362 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 363 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 364 $class,
052c2a1a 365 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
366 );
e16da3e6 367}
368
5f3c057a 369sub clone_object {
370 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 371 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 372 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
373 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
374 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 375 # we need to protect the integrity of the
376 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 377 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 378 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 379 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 380}
381
c9e77dbb 382sub clone_instance {
651955fb 383 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
384 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 385 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 386 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 387 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 388 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
de55d708 389 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
390 if (exists $params{$init_arg}) {
391 $attr->set_value($clone, $params{$init_arg});
392 }
c23184fc 393 }
0ac992ee 394 }
395 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 396}
397
3d9e4646 398sub rebless_instance {
3cd40f5e 399 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
2a2b8458 400
401 my $old_metaclass;
402 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
403 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
404 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
405 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
406 }
407 else {
408 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
409 }
410
1a720916 411 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 412
3cd40f5e 413 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
de0d4f93 414 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
9b71b643 415
1a720916 416 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 417 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 418
e253285d 419 my %params;
420
de55d708 421 foreach my $attr ( $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes ) {
422 if ( $attr->has_value($instance) ) {
e253285d 423 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
424 $params{$init_arg} = $attr->get_value($instance);
425 } else {
426 $attr->set_value($instance);
427 }
de55d708 428 }
1a720916 429 }
e253285d 430
431 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
432 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
433 }
3d9e4646 434}
435
8b978dd5 436# Inheritance
437
438sub superclasses {
439 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 440 if (@_) {
441 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 442 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 443 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 444 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 445 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 446 # be sure that the superclass is
447 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 448 # we don't know about
449 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 450 }
9d6dce77 451 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 452}
453
7160cad4 454sub subclasses {
455 my $self = shift;
456
457 my $super_class = $self->name;
458 my @derived_classes;
459
460 my $find_derived_classes;
461 $find_derived_classes = sub {
462 my ($outer_class) = @_;
463
464 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
465
c1d5345a 466 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 467 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
468 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
469 my $inner_class = $1;
470
471 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
472
473 my $class =
474 $outer_class
475 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
476 : $inner_class;
477
478 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
479 push @derived_classes, $class;
480 }
481
482 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
483
484 $find_derived_classes->($class);
485 }
486 };
487
488 my $root_class = q{};
489 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
490
491 undef $find_derived_classes;
492
493 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
494
495 return @derived_classes;
496}
497
498
b7bdffc3 499sub linearized_isa {
c1d5345a 500 if (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
501 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
502 }
503 else {
504 my %seen;
505 return grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list;
506 }
b7bdffc3 507}
508
8b978dd5 509sub class_precedence_list {
510 my $self = shift;
c1d5345a 511
512 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
513 # NOTE:
514 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
515 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
516 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
517 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
518 # suggestions are welcome.
519 # - SL
520 ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
521 }
0ac992ee 522
8b978dd5 523 (
0ac992ee 524 $self->name,
525 map {
f7259199 526 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
8b978dd5 527 } $self->superclasses()
0ac992ee 528 );
8b978dd5 529}
530
0882828e 531## Methods
532
533sub add_method {
534 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
535 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
536 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 537
7855ddba 538 my $body;
7855ddba 539 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 540 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 541 }
0ac992ee 542 else {
7855ddba 543 $body = $method;
7855ddba 544 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 545 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
546 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 547 }
0f71bc80 548 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 549
550 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 551 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 552 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 553}
554
a4258ffd 555{
2d711cc8 556 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
557 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
558 # fetch it locally
559 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
560 # if we dont have local ...
561 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 562 # try to find the next method
563 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
564 # die if it does not exist
565 (defined $method)
804f7d24 566 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 567 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 568 # even if it is already wrapped
569 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 570 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 571 }
572 else {
0ac992ee 573 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 574 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 575 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
576 }
577 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 578 return $method;
579 };
580
581 sub add_before_method_modifier {
582 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
583 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 584 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 585 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
586 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
587 }
588
589 sub add_after_method_modifier {
590 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
591 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 592 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 593 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
594 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
595 }
0ac992ee 596
2d711cc8 597 sub add_around_method_modifier {
598 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
599 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
600 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
601 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
602 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 603 }
a4258ffd 604
0ac992ee 605 # NOTE:
8c936afc 606 # the methods above used to be named like this:
607 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
608 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
609 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
610 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 611 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 612 # with their modifier names, like so:
613 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 614 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 615 # evident from the context what method they are attached
616 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 617}
618
663f8198 619sub alias_method {
620 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
621 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
622 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 623
0f71bc80 624 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
625 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 626 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
627
7855ddba 628 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 629 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 630}
631
de19f115 632sub has_method {
633 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
634 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 635 || confess "You must define a method name";
636
637 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 638 return 1;
0882828e 639}
640
641sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 642 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 643 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
644 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 645
0f71bc80 646 # NOTE:
647 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 648 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 649 # will just return undef for me now
650 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 651
7855ddba 652 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 653}
654
655sub remove_method {
656 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
657 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
658 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 659
e0e4674a 660 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
661
662 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
663
715adbb7 664 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 665
c9b8b7f9 666 return $removed_method;
667}
668
669sub get_method_list {
670 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 671 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 672}
673
674sub find_method_by_name {
675 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 676 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 677 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 678 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 679 # fetch the meta-class ...
680 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 681 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 682 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
683 }
684 return;
a5eca695 685}
686
687sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
688 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 689 my (@methods, %seen_method);
690 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 691 # fetch the meta-class ...
692 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 693 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 694 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
695 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
696 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 697 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 698 class => $class,
699 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
700 };
701 }
702 }
703 return @methods;
704}
705
a5eca695 706sub find_all_methods_by_name {
707 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
708 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 709 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 710 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 711 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 712 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 713 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 714 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 715 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 716 class => $class,
717 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
718 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
719 }
720 return @methods;
8b978dd5 721}
722
96ceced8 723sub find_next_method_by_name {
724 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
725 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 726 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 727 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 728 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 729 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 730 # fetch the meta-class ...
731 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 732 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 733 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 734 }
2d711cc8 735 return;
96ceced8 736}
737
552e3d24 738## Attributes
739
e16da3e6 740sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 741 my $self = shift;
742 # either we have an attribute object already
743 # or we need to create one from the args provided
744 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
745 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
746 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 747 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 748
749 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 750 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 751 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 752 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 753
754 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
755 # name here so that we can properly detach
756 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 757 # accessors it would have generated
758 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
759 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 760
b1897d4d 761 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 762 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 763 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 764}
765
766sub has_attribute {
767 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
768 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
769 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 770 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
771}
e16da3e6 772
773sub get_attribute {
774 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
775 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
776 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 777 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 778 # NOTE:
779 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 780 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
781 #return;
782}
e16da3e6 783
784sub remove_attribute {
785 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
786 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
787 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 788 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 789 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 790 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
791 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 792 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 793 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 794}
e16da3e6 795
796sub get_attribute_list {
797 my $self = shift;
f7259199 798 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 799}
e16da3e6 800
801sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
802 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 803 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
804 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 805 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 806 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 807 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 808 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
809 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 810 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 811 }
812 }
0ac992ee 813 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 814}
2eb717d5 815
058c1cf5 816sub find_attribute_by_name {
817 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 818 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 819 # fetch the meta-class ...
820 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
821 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
822 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
823 }
824 return;
825}
826
857f87a7 827## Class closing
828
829sub is_mutable { 1 }
830sub is_immutable { 0 }
831
b817e248 832# NOTE:
833# Why I changed this (groditi)
834# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
835# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
836# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
837# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
838# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
839# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
840# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
841# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
842# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
843# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
844# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
845# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
846# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
847# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
848# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 849
c23184fc 850{
d9586da2 851 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 852 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 853 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 854 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 855 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 856 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
857
858 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
859 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
860
229910b5 861 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 862 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 863 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 864
865 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 866 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
867 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 868 }
c23184fc 869 }
0ac992ee 870
871 sub make_mutable{
872 my $self = shift;
873 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 874 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 875 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 876 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 877 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
0ac992ee 878 }
d9586da2 879}
0ac992ee 880
d9586da2 881sub create_immutable_transformer {
882 my $self = shift;
883 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
884 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
885 cannot_call => [qw/
886 add_method
887 alias_method
888 remove_method
889 add_attribute
890 remove_attribute
891 add_package_symbol
892 remove_package_symbol
893 /],
894 memoize => {
895 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 896 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 897 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
898 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
899 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
900 }
901 });
902 return $class;
857f87a7 903}
904
8b978dd5 9051;
906
907__END__
908
909=pod
910
0ac992ee 911=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 912
913Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
914
915=head1 SYNOPSIS
916
0ac992ee 917 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 918 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 919
fe122940 920 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 921
fe122940 922 # add a method to Foo ...
923 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 924
925 # get a list of all the classes searched
926 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 927 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 928
fe122940 929 # remove a method from Foo
930 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 931
fe122940 932 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 933
88dd563c 934 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
935 version => '0.01',
fe122940 936 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
937 attributes => [
938 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 939 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 940 ],
941 methods => {
942 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 943 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 944 }
945 ));
946
8b978dd5 947=head1 DESCRIPTION
948
0ac992ee 949This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
950meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
951manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
952best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 953documentation for each of it's methods.
954
552e3d24 955=head1 METHODS
956
2eb717d5 957=head2 Self Introspection
958
959=over 4
960
961=item B<meta>
962
0ac992ee 963This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
964to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 965introspect itself.
966
0ac992ee 967As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
968bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
969into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
970of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 971
972=back
973
552e3d24 974=head2 Class construction
975
0ac992ee 976These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
977which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
978pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 979
0ac992ee 980This module will internally store references to all the instances
981you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 982created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
983
984=over 4
985
0ac992ee 986=item B<create ($package_name,
987 version =E<gt> ?$version,
988 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
989 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
990 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 991 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 992
0ac992ee 993This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
994C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
995C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 996it.
552e3d24 997
0ac992ee 998=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
999 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 1000 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1001
0ac992ee 1002This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
1003it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 1004unique package name for you to stash things into.
1005
0ac992ee 1006On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1007the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1008method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1009
d4ba1677 1010It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1011will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1012anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1013been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1014as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1015
66b3dded 1016=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1017
0ac992ee 1018This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1019for a given a C<$package_name>.
1020
66b3dded 1021=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1022
1023This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1024Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1025very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1026
651955fb 1027=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1028
0ac992ee 1029This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1030here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1031to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1032method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1033from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1034
550d56db 1035=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1036
0ac992ee 1037This method is called as the very last thing in the
1038C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1039metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1040your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1041see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1042
715adbb7 1043=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1044
1045This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1046it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1047function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1048but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1049
715adbb7 1050=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1051
127d39a7 1052Clears the package cache flag to announce to the internals that we need
1053to rebuild the method map.
715adbb7 1054
552e3d24 1055=back
1056
c9e77dbb 1057=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1058
0ac992ee 1059These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1060to use them or not.
552e3d24 1061
1062=over 4
1063
2bab2be6 1064=item B<instance_metaclass>
1065
127d39a7 1066Returns the class name of the instance metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Instance>
1067for more information on the instance metaclasses.
1068
2d711cc8 1069=item B<get_meta_instance>
1070
127d39a7 1071Returns an instance of L<Class::MOP::Instance> to be used in the construction
1072of a new instance of the class.
1073
5f3c057a 1074=item B<new_object (%params)>
1075
0ac992ee 1076This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1077blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1078would call a C<new> this method like so:
1079
0ac992ee 1080 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1081 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1082 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1083 }
1084
cbd9f942 1085=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1086
127d39a7 1087This method is used to construct an instance structure suitable for
0ac992ee 1088C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1089with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1090
0ac992ee 1091This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1092(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1093the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1094it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1095in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1096attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1097
5f3c057a 1098=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1099
0ac992ee 1100This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1101blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1102C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1103see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1104class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1105
1106 sub MyClass::clone {
1107 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1108 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1109 }
1110
c9e77dbb 1111=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1112
0ac992ee 1113This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1114you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1115and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1116
0ac992ee 1117The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1118unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1119this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1120do for you).
c9e77dbb 1121
0ac992ee 1122As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1123as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1124thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1125shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1126think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1127is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1128
69663c57 1129=item B<rebless_instance($instance)>
1130
1131This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1132C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
127d39a7 1133itself.
69663c57 1134
552e3d24 1135=back
1136
0ac992ee 1137=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1138
b9d9fc0b 1139These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1140
b9d9fc0b 1141=over 4
552e3d24 1142
b9d9fc0b 1143=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1144
96e38ba6 1145This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1146
b9d9fc0b 1147=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1148
96e38ba6 1149This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1150
b9d9fc0b 1151=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1152
96e38ba6 1153This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1154
552e3d24 1155=back
1156
1157=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1158
1159=over 4
1160
1161=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1162
0ac992ee 1163This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1164relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1165associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1166
1167=item B<class_precedence_list>
1168
0ac992ee 1169This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
127d39a7 1170in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to what
1171B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1172
b7bdffc3 1173=item B<linearized_isa>
1174
1175This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1176duplicates removed.
1177
6c9f390e 1178=item B<subclasses>
1179
127d39a7 1180This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
6c9f390e 1181
552e3d24 1182=back
1183
1184=head2 Methods
1185
1186=over 4
1187
c4260b45 1188=item B<get_method_map>
1189
127d39a7 1190Returns a HASH ref of name to CODE reference mapping for this class.
1191
2e41896e 1192=item B<method_metaclass>
1193
127d39a7 1194Returns the class name of the method metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Method>
1195for more information on the method metaclasses.
1196
552e3d24 1197=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1198
0ac992ee 1199This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1200C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1201
0ac992ee 1202B<NOTE>:
1203This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1204other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1205correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1206such.
1207
663f8198 1208=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1209
0ac992ee 1210This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1211C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1212
0ac992ee 1213B<NOTE>:
1214Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1215C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1216the class's package.
663f8198 1217
552e3d24 1218=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1219
0ac992ee 1220This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1221a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1222if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1223
0ac992ee 1224This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1225that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1226
0ac992ee 1227This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1228installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1229subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1230qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1231correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1232
0ac992ee 1233This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1234packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1235is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1236may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1237
0ac992ee 1238In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1239C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 124090% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1241
1242=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1243
0ac992ee 1244This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1245C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1246
0ac992ee 1247The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1248CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1249
16e960bd 1250=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1251
1252This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1253or return undef if that method does not exist.
1254
1255Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1256
552e3d24 1257=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1258
0ac992ee 1259This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1260It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1261attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1262
1263=item B<get_method_list>
1264
0ac992ee 1265This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1266methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1267including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1268methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1269
1270=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1271
0ac992ee 1272This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1273respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1274HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1275name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1276reference for the actual method.
1277
1278=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1279
0ac992ee 1280This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1281with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1282C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1283with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1284same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1285lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1286
0ac992ee 1287The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1288duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1289initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1290once, and in the correct order.
1291
96ceced8 1292=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1293
0ac992ee 1294This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1295the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1296C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1297
552e3d24 1298=back
1299
a4258ffd 1300=head2 Method Modifiers
1301
0ac992ee 1302Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1303can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1304that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1305
1306=head3 How method modifiers work?
1307
0ac992ee 1308Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1309it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1310modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1311for the original method.
1312
1313Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1314obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1315return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1316because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1317primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1318like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1319to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1320the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1321responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1322complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1323of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1324
1325Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1326while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1327the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1328
96ceced8 1329 before 2
1330 before 1
1331 around 2
1332 around 1
1333 primary
1334 after 1
1335 after 2
1336
0ac992ee 1337To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1338included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1339F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1340classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1341
1342=head3 What is the performance impact?
1343
0ac992ee 1344Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1345but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1346to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1347
0ac992ee 1348The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1349absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1350performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1351
1352All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1353
1354 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1355 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1356 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1357 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1358 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1359
0ac992ee 1360These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1361comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1362C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1363and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1364
a4258ffd 1365=over 4
1366
1367=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1368
0ac992ee 1369This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1370will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1371method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1372method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1373fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1374C<around> method modifier.
1375
a4258ffd 1376=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1377
0ac992ee 1378This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1379method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1380supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1381As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1382modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1383the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1384C<around> method modifier.
1385
a4258ffd 1386=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1387
0ac992ee 1388This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1389will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1390at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1391continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1392can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1393the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1394C<$code> can or cannot do.
1395
a4258ffd 1396=back
1397
552e3d24 1398=head2 Attributes
1399
0ac992ee 1400It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1401the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1402the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1403their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1404
1405=over 4
1406
2e41896e 1407=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1408
127d39a7 1409Returns the class name of the attribute metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Attribute>
1410for more information on the attribute metaclasses.
1411
7b31baf4 1412=item B<get_attribute_map>
1413
127d39a7 1414This returns a HASH ref of name to attribute meta-object mapping.
1415
1416=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | ($attribute_name, %attribute_spec))>
552e3d24 1417
8203616d 1418This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1419C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1420instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1421within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1422later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1423More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1424L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1425section.
1426
0ac992ee 1427It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1428methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1429into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1430
86482605 1431B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1432If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1433will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1434the new one added.
1435
552e3d24 1436=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1437
0ac992ee 1438Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1439C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1440
1441=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1442
0ac992ee 1443Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1444if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1445
1446=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1447
0ac992ee 1448This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1449C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1450
0ac992ee 1451B<NOTE:>
1452Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1453the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1454any existing instances of the class.
1455
0ac992ee 1456It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1457methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1458has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1459these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1460instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1461you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1462
552e3d24 1463=item B<get_attribute_list>
1464
0ac992ee 1465This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1466class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1467use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1468
1469=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1470
0ac992ee 1471This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1472the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1473HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1474that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1475meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1476
058c1cf5 1477=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1478
0ac992ee 1479This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1480first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1481It will return undef if nothing is found.
1482
552e3d24 1483=back
1484
96e38ba6 1485=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1486
1487=over 4
1488
96e38ba6 1489=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1490
0ac992ee 1491This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1492make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1493the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1494
0ac992ee 1495=item B<make_mutable>
1496
1497This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1498made it immutable.
1499
b817e248 1500=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1501
1502Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1503
857f87a7 1504=back
1505
1a09d9cc 1506=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1507
a2e85e6c 1508Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1509
1510=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1511
69e3ab0a 1512Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1513
1514L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1515
1516This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1517it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1518
798baea5 1519=cut