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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
2a2b8458 15our $VERSION = '0.27';
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()) {
795a0c8b 389 if (exists $params{$attr->init_arg}) {
0ac992ee 390 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($clone, $attr->name, $params{$attr->init_arg});
c23184fc 391 }
0ac992ee 392 }
393 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 394}
395
3d9e4646 396sub rebless_instance {
3cd40f5e 397 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
2a2b8458 398
399 my $old_metaclass;
400 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
401 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
402 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
403 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
404 }
405 else {
406 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
407 }
408
1a720916 409 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 410
3cd40f5e 411 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
de0d4f93 412 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
9b71b643 413
1a720916 414 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 415 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 416
417 # check and upgrade all attributes
a93136d1 418 my %params = map { $_->name => $meta_instance->get_slot_value($instance, $_->name) }
1a720916 419 grep { $meta_instance->is_slot_initialized($instance, $_->name) }
3cd40f5e 420 $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes;
1a720916 421
3cd40f5e 422 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
1a720916 423 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
424 }
3d9e4646 425}
426
8b978dd5 427# Inheritance
428
429sub superclasses {
430 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 431 if (@_) {
432 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 433 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 434 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 435 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 436 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 437 # be sure that the superclass is
438 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 439 # we don't know about
440 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 441 }
9d6dce77 442 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 443}
444
7160cad4 445sub subclasses {
446 my $self = shift;
447
448 my $super_class = $self->name;
449 my @derived_classes;
450
451 my $find_derived_classes;
452 $find_derived_classes = sub {
453 my ($outer_class) = @_;
454
455 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
456
c1d5345a 457 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 458 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
459 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
460 my $inner_class = $1;
461
462 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
463
464 my $class =
465 $outer_class
466 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
467 : $inner_class;
468
469 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
470 push @derived_classes, $class;
471 }
472
473 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
474
475 $find_derived_classes->($class);
476 }
477 };
478
479 my $root_class = q{};
480 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
481
482 undef $find_derived_classes;
483
484 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
485
486 return @derived_classes;
487}
488
489
b7bdffc3 490sub linearized_isa {
c1d5345a 491 if (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
492 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
493 }
494 else {
495 my %seen;
496 return grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list;
497 }
b7bdffc3 498}
499
8b978dd5 500sub class_precedence_list {
501 my $self = shift;
c1d5345a 502
503 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
504 # NOTE:
505 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
506 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
507 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
508 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
509 # suggestions are welcome.
510 # - SL
511 ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
512 }
0ac992ee 513
8b978dd5 514 (
0ac992ee 515 $self->name,
516 map {
f7259199 517 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
8b978dd5 518 } $self->superclasses()
0ac992ee 519 );
8b978dd5 520}
521
0882828e 522## Methods
523
524sub add_method {
525 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
526 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
527 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 528
7855ddba 529 my $body;
7855ddba 530 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 531 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 532 }
0ac992ee 533 else {
7855ddba 534 $body = $method;
7855ddba 535 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 536 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
537 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 538 }
0f71bc80 539 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 540
541 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 542 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 543 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 544}
545
a4258ffd 546{
2d711cc8 547 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
548 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
549 # fetch it locally
550 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
551 # if we dont have local ...
552 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 553 # try to find the next method
554 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
555 # die if it does not exist
556 (defined $method)
804f7d24 557 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 558 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 559 # even if it is already wrapped
560 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 561 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 562 }
563 else {
0ac992ee 564 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 565 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 566 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
567 }
568 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 569 return $method;
570 };
571
572 sub add_before_method_modifier {
573 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
574 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 575 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 576 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
577 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
578 }
579
580 sub add_after_method_modifier {
581 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
582 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 583 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 584 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
585 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
586 }
0ac992ee 587
2d711cc8 588 sub add_around_method_modifier {
589 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
590 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
591 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
592 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
593 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 594 }
a4258ffd 595
0ac992ee 596 # NOTE:
8c936afc 597 # the methods above used to be named like this:
598 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
599 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
600 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
601 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 602 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 603 # with their modifier names, like so:
604 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 605 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 606 # evident from the context what method they are attached
607 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 608}
609
663f8198 610sub alias_method {
611 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
612 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
613 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 614
0f71bc80 615 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
616 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 617 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
618
7855ddba 619 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 620 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 621}
622
de19f115 623sub has_method {
624 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
625 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 626 || confess "You must define a method name";
627
628 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 629 return 1;
0882828e 630}
631
632sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 633 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 634 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
635 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 636
0f71bc80 637 # NOTE:
638 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 639 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 640 # will just return undef for me now
641 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 642
7855ddba 643 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 644}
645
646sub remove_method {
647 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
648 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
649 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 650
e0e4674a 651 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
652
653 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
654
715adbb7 655 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 656
c9b8b7f9 657 return $removed_method;
658}
659
660sub get_method_list {
661 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 662 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 663}
664
665sub find_method_by_name {
666 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 667 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 668 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 669 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 670 # fetch the meta-class ...
671 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 672 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 673 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
674 }
675 return;
a5eca695 676}
677
678sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
679 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 680 my (@methods, %seen_method);
681 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 682 # fetch the meta-class ...
683 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 684 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 685 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
686 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
687 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 688 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 689 class => $class,
690 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
691 };
692 }
693 }
694 return @methods;
695}
696
a5eca695 697sub find_all_methods_by_name {
698 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
699 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 700 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 701 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 702 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 703 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 704 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 705 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 706 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 707 class => $class,
708 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
709 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
710 }
711 return @methods;
8b978dd5 712}
713
96ceced8 714sub find_next_method_by_name {
715 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
716 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 717 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 718 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 719 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 720 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 721 # fetch the meta-class ...
722 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 723 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 724 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 725 }
2d711cc8 726 return;
96ceced8 727}
728
552e3d24 729## Attributes
730
e16da3e6 731sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 732 my $self = shift;
733 # either we have an attribute object already
734 # or we need to create one from the args provided
735 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
736 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
737 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 738 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 739
740 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 741 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 742 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 743 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 744
745 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
746 # name here so that we can properly detach
747 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 748 # accessors it would have generated
749 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
750 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 751
b1897d4d 752 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 753 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 754 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 755}
756
757sub has_attribute {
758 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
759 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
760 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 761 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
762}
e16da3e6 763
764sub get_attribute {
765 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
766 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
767 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 768 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 769 # NOTE:
770 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 771 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
772 #return;
773}
e16da3e6 774
775sub remove_attribute {
776 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
777 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
778 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 779 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 780 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 781 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
782 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 783 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 784 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 785}
e16da3e6 786
787sub get_attribute_list {
788 my $self = shift;
f7259199 789 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 790}
e16da3e6 791
792sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
793 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 794 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
795 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 796 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 797 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 798 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 799 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
800 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 801 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 802 }
803 }
0ac992ee 804 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 805}
2eb717d5 806
058c1cf5 807sub find_attribute_by_name {
808 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 809 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 810 # fetch the meta-class ...
811 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
812 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
813 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
814 }
815 return;
816}
817
857f87a7 818## Class closing
819
820sub is_mutable { 1 }
821sub is_immutable { 0 }
822
b817e248 823# NOTE:
824# Why I changed this (groditi)
825# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
826# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
827# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
828# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
829# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
830# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
831# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
832# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
833# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
834# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
835# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
836# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
837# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
838# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
839# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 840
c23184fc 841{
d9586da2 842 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 843 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 844 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 845 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 846 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 847 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
848
849 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
850 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
851
229910b5 852 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 853 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 854 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 855
856 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 857 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
858 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 859 }
c23184fc 860 }
0ac992ee 861
862 sub make_mutable{
863 my $self = shift;
864 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 865 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 866 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 867 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 868 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
0ac992ee 869 }
d9586da2 870}
0ac992ee 871
d9586da2 872sub create_immutable_transformer {
873 my $self = shift;
874 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
875 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
876 cannot_call => [qw/
877 add_method
878 alias_method
879 remove_method
880 add_attribute
881 remove_attribute
882 add_package_symbol
883 remove_package_symbol
884 /],
885 memoize => {
886 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 887 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 888 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
889 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
890 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
891 }
892 });
893 return $class;
857f87a7 894}
895
8b978dd5 8961;
897
898__END__
899
900=pod
901
0ac992ee 902=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 903
904Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
905
906=head1 SYNOPSIS
907
0ac992ee 908 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 909 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 910
fe122940 911 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 912
fe122940 913 # add a method to Foo ...
914 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 915
916 # get a list of all the classes searched
917 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 918 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 919
fe122940 920 # remove a method from Foo
921 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 922
fe122940 923 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 924
88dd563c 925 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
926 version => '0.01',
fe122940 927 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
928 attributes => [
929 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 930 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 931 ],
932 methods => {
933 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 934 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 935 }
936 ));
937
8b978dd5 938=head1 DESCRIPTION
939
0ac992ee 940This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
941meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
942manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
943best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 944documentation for each of it's methods.
945
552e3d24 946=head1 METHODS
947
2eb717d5 948=head2 Self Introspection
949
950=over 4
951
952=item B<meta>
953
0ac992ee 954This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
955to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 956introspect itself.
957
0ac992ee 958As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
959bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
960into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
961of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 962
963=back
964
552e3d24 965=head2 Class construction
966
0ac992ee 967These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
968which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
969pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 970
0ac992ee 971This module will internally store references to all the instances
972you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 973created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
974
975=over 4
976
0ac992ee 977=item B<create ($package_name,
978 version =E<gt> ?$version,
979 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
980 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
981 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 982 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 983
0ac992ee 984This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
985C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
986C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 987it.
552e3d24 988
0ac992ee 989=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
990 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 991 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
992
0ac992ee 993This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
994it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 995unique package name for you to stash things into.
996
0ac992ee 997On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
998the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
999method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1000
d4ba1677 1001It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1002will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1003anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1004been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1005as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1006
66b3dded 1007=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1008
0ac992ee 1009This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1010for a given a C<$package_name>.
1011
66b3dded 1012=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1013
1014This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1015Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1016very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1017
651955fb 1018=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1019
0ac992ee 1020This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1021here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1022to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1023method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1024from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1025
550d56db 1026=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1027
0ac992ee 1028This method is called as the very last thing in the
1029C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1030metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1031your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1032see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1033
715adbb7 1034=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1035
1036This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1037it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1038function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1039but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1040
715adbb7 1041=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1042
1043Clear this flag, used in Moose.
1044
552e3d24 1045=back
1046
c9e77dbb 1047=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1048
0ac992ee 1049These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1050to use them or not.
552e3d24 1051
1052=over 4
1053
2bab2be6 1054=item B<instance_metaclass>
1055
2d711cc8 1056=item B<get_meta_instance>
1057
5f3c057a 1058=item B<new_object (%params)>
1059
0ac992ee 1060This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1061blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1062would call a C<new> this method like so:
1063
0ac992ee 1064 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1065 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1066 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1067 }
1068
0ac992ee 1069Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1070but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1071
cbd9f942 1072=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1073
0ac992ee 1074This method is used to construct an instace structure suitable for
1075C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1076with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1077
0ac992ee 1078This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1079(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1080the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1081it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1082in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1083attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1084
5f3c057a 1085=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1086
0ac992ee 1087This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1088blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1089C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1090see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1091class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1092
1093 sub MyClass::clone {
1094 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1095 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1096 }
1097
0ac992ee 1098Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1099but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1100
c9e77dbb 1101=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1102
0ac992ee 1103This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1104you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1105and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1106
0ac992ee 1107The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1108unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1109this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1110do for you).
c9e77dbb 1111
0ac992ee 1112As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1113as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1114thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1115shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1116think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1117is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1118
69663c57 1119=item B<rebless_instance($instance)>
1120
1121This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1122C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
1123itself. This limitation may be relaxed in the future.
1124
1125This can be useful in a number of situations, such as when you are writing
1126a program that doesn't know everything at object construction time.
1127
552e3d24 1128=back
1129
0ac992ee 1130=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1131
b9d9fc0b 1132These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1133
b9d9fc0b 1134=over 4
552e3d24 1135
b9d9fc0b 1136=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1137
96e38ba6 1138This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1139
b9d9fc0b 1140=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1141
96e38ba6 1142This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1143
b9d9fc0b 1144=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1145
96e38ba6 1146This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1147
552e3d24 1148=back
1149
1150=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1151
1152=over 4
1153
1154=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1155
0ac992ee 1156This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1157relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1158associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1159
343203ee 1160B<NOTE:>
0ac992ee 1161Perl will occasionally perform some C<@ISA> and method caching, if
1162you decide to change your superclass relationship at runtime (which
1163is quite insane and very much not recommened), then you should be
1164aware of this and the fact that this module does not make any
343203ee 1165attempt to address this issue.
1166
552e3d24 1167=item B<class_precedence_list>
1168
0ac992ee 1169This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
1170in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to
a2e85e6c 1171what B<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
1180This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
1181
552e3d24 1182=back
1183
1184=head2 Methods
1185
1186=over 4
1187
c4260b45 1188=item B<get_method_map>
1189
2e41896e 1190=item B<method_metaclass>
1191
552e3d24 1192=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1193
0ac992ee 1194This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1195C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1196
0ac992ee 1197B<NOTE>:
1198This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1199other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1200correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1201such.
1202
663f8198 1203=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1204
0ac992ee 1205This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1206C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1207
0ac992ee 1208B<NOTE>:
1209Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1210C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1211the class's package.
663f8198 1212
552e3d24 1213=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1214
0ac992ee 1215This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1216a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1217if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1218
0ac992ee 1219This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1220that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1221
0ac992ee 1222This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1223installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1224subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1225qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1226correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1227
0ac992ee 1228This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1229packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1230is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1231may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1232
0ac992ee 1233In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1234C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 123590% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1236
1237=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1238
0ac992ee 1239This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1240C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1241
0ac992ee 1242The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1243CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1244
16e960bd 1245=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1246
1247This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1248or return undef if that method does not exist.
1249
1250Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1251
552e3d24 1252=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1253
0ac992ee 1254This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1255It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1256attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1257
1258=item B<get_method_list>
1259
0ac992ee 1260This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1261methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1262including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1263methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1264
1265=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1266
0ac992ee 1267This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1268respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1269HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1270name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1271reference for the actual method.
1272
1273=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1274
0ac992ee 1275This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1276with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1277C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1278with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1279same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1280lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1281
0ac992ee 1282The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1283duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1284initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1285once, and in the correct order.
1286
96ceced8 1287=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1288
0ac992ee 1289This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1290the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1291C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1292
552e3d24 1293=back
1294
a4258ffd 1295=head2 Method Modifiers
1296
0ac992ee 1297Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1298can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1299that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1300
1301=head3 How method modifiers work?
1302
0ac992ee 1303Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1304it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1305modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1306for the original method.
1307
1308Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1309obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1310return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1311because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1312primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1313like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1314to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1315the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1316responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1317complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1318of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1319
1320Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1321while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1322the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1323
96ceced8 1324 before 2
1325 before 1
1326 around 2
1327 around 1
1328 primary
1329 after 1
1330 after 2
1331
0ac992ee 1332To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1333included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1334F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1335classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1336
1337=head3 What is the performance impact?
1338
0ac992ee 1339Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1340but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1341to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1342
0ac992ee 1343The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1344absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1345performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1346
1347All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1348
1349 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1350 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1351 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1352 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1353 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1354
0ac992ee 1355These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1356comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1357C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1358and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1359
a4258ffd 1360=over 4
1361
1362=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1363
0ac992ee 1364This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1365will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1366method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1367method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1368fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1369C<around> method modifier.
1370
a4258ffd 1371=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1372
0ac992ee 1373This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1374method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1375supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1376As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1377modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1378the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1379C<around> method modifier.
1380
a4258ffd 1381=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1382
0ac992ee 1383This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1384will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1385at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1386continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1387can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1388the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1389C<$code> can or cannot do.
1390
a4258ffd 1391=back
1392
552e3d24 1393=head2 Attributes
1394
0ac992ee 1395It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1396the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1397the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1398their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1399
1400=over 4
1401
2e41896e 1402=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1403
7b31baf4 1404=item B<get_attribute_map>
1405
8203616d 1406=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | $attribute_name, %attribute_spec)>
552e3d24 1407
8203616d 1408This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1409C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1410instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1411within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1412later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1413More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1414L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1415section.
1416
0ac992ee 1417It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1418methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1419into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1420
86482605 1421B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1422If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1423will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1424the new one added.
1425
552e3d24 1426=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1427
0ac992ee 1428Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1429C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1430
1431=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1432
0ac992ee 1433Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1434if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1435
1436=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1437
0ac992ee 1438This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1439C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1440
0ac992ee 1441B<NOTE:>
1442Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1443the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1444any existing instances of the class.
1445
0ac992ee 1446It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1447methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1448has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1449these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1450instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1451you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1452
552e3d24 1453=item B<get_attribute_list>
1454
0ac992ee 1455This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1456class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1457use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1458
1459=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1460
0ac992ee 1461This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1462the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1463HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1464that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1465meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1466
058c1cf5 1467=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1468
0ac992ee 1469This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1470first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1471It will return undef if nothing is found.
1472
552e3d24 1473=back
1474
96e38ba6 1475=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1476
1477=over 4
1478
96e38ba6 1479=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1480
0ac992ee 1481This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1482make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1483the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1484
0ac992ee 1485=item B<make_mutable>
1486
1487This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1488made it immutable.
1489
b817e248 1490=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1491
1492Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1493
857f87a7 1494=back
1495
1a09d9cc 1496=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1497
a2e85e6c 1498Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1499
1500=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1501
69e3ab0a 1502Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1503
1504L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1505
1506This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1507it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1508
798baea5 1509=cut