Class::MOP::Method and co. are now stricter and require the package_name and name...
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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 13
5f3efd66 14our $VERSION = '0.31';
f0480c45 15our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 16
2243a22b 17use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
18
8b978dd5 19# Creation
0ac992ee 20
be7677c7 21sub initialize {
22 my $class = shift;
23 my $package_name = shift;
24 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 25 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 26 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
27 return $meta;
28 }
c23184fc 29 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 30}
31
32sub reinitialize {
33 my $class = shift;
34 my $package_name = shift;
35 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 36 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 37 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 38 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 39}
40
41# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
42# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 43# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 44# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
45# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 46# normal &construct_instance.
47sub construct_class_instance {
48 my $class = shift;
49 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 50 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 51 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 52 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 53 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 54 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
55 # and it is still defined (it has not been
56 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 57 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 58
59 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
60 return $meta;
61 }
be7677c7 62
63 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 64 # we need to deal with the possibility
65 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 66 # get the name of the class appropriately
67 $class = (blessed($class)
68 ? ($class->is_immutable
69 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
70 : blessed($class))
71 : $class);
72
be7677c7 73 # now create the metaclass
74 my $meta;
9c6877f4 75 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 76 no strict 'refs';
77 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 78 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 79 '$!package' => $package_name,
80
c4260b45 81 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 82 # since the following attributes will
83 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 84 # table, and actually bypass the instance
85 # entirely, we can just leave these things
86 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 87 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 88 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 89 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 90 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 91 '$!version' => \undef,
92 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 93 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 94 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 95
c23184fc 96 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 97 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 98 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
99 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
100 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 101
102 ## uber-private variables
103 # NOTE:
104 # this starts out as undef so that
105 # we can tell the first time the
106 # methods are fetched
107 # - SL
108 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 109 } => $class;
110 }
111 else {
112 # NOTE:
113 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 114 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 115 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
116 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 117 }
0ac992ee 118
be7677c7 119 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 120 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 121
be7677c7 122 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 123
be7677c7 124 # NOTE:
125 # we need to weaken any anon classes
126 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 127 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 128
129 $meta;
130}
131
715adbb7 132sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
133sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 134 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 135 # NOTE:
136 # we can manually update the cache number
137 # since we are actually adding the method
138 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
139 # having to regenerate the method_map.
140 # - SL
b1f5f41d 141 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 142}
143
be7677c7 144sub check_metaclass_compatability {
145 my $self = shift;
146
147 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 148 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 149 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
150
b7bdffc3 151 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 152 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 153
0ac992ee 154 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 155 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 156
373a16ae 157 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 158 # we need to deal with the possibility
159 # of class immutability here, and then
160 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 161 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
162 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 163 : blessed($meta));
164
be7677c7 165 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 166 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
167 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 168 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 169 # NOTE:
be7677c7 170 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
171 # are compatabile in the same the class.
172 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 173 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
174 " is not compatible with the " .
175 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
176 }
177}
8b978dd5 178
6d5355c3 179## ANON classes
180
181{
182 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 183 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
184 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 185 # I will change it.
186 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 187
b9d9fc0b 188 # NOTE:
189 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 190 # this should suffice for now, this is
191 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 192 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 193 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 194
195 sub is_anon_class {
196 my $self = shift;
a651e249 197 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 198 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 199 }
6d5355c3 200
201 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 202 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 203 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 204 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 205 }
6d5355c3 206
b9d9fc0b 207 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 208 # this will only get called for
209 # anon-classes, all other calls
210 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 211 # global destruction and so don't
212 # really need to be handled explicitly
213 sub DESTROY {
214 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 215 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 216 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
217 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 218 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 219 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
220 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
221 }
0ac992ee 222 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 223 }
b9d9fc0b 224
6d5355c3 225}
226
227# creating classes with MOP ...
228
8b978dd5 229sub create {
88dd563c 230 my $class = shift;
231 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 232
bfe4d0fc 233 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 234 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 235
236 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 237 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 238 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
239
240 my (%options) = @_;
d7b2249e 241
242 (ref $options{superclasses} eq 'ARRAY')
243 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of superclasses"
244 if exists $options{superclasses};
245
246 (ref $options{attributes} eq 'ARRAY')
247 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of attributes"
248 if exists $options{attributes};
249
250 (ref $options{methods} eq 'HASH')
251 || confess "You must pass an HASH ref of methods"
252 if exists $options{methods};
0ac992ee 253
8b978dd5 254 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 255 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 256 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 257 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
258 if exists $options{authority};
259
8b978dd5 260 eval $code;
0ac992ee 261 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
262
bfe4d0fc 263 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 264
265 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 266 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 267 });
0ac992ee 268
8b978dd5 269 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
270 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 271 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 272 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 273 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
274 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
275 # I think this should be the order of things.
276 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 277 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
278 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 279 }
0ac992ee 280 }
bfe4d0fc 281 if (exists $options{methods}) {
282 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
283 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
284 }
0ac992ee 285 }
8b978dd5 286 return $meta;
287}
288
7b31baf4 289## Attribute readers
290
291# NOTE:
0ac992ee 292# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 293# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
294
c23184fc 295sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
296sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
297sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
298sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 299
0f71bc80 300# FIXME:
301# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 302sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 303 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 304
305 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 306 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 307 return $self->{'%!methods'};
308 }
309
0ac992ee 310 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
311
0f71bc80 312 my $class_name = $self->name;
313 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 314
92330ee2 315 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 316 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 317
318 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
319 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
320 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
321
e0e4674a 322 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
46b23b44 323
324 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name ||
325 (($name || '') ne '__ANON__' && ($pkg || '') ne $class_name);
326
b38f3848 327 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap(
328 $code,
329 package_name => $class_name,
330 name => $symbol,
331 );
7855ddba 332 }
0ac992ee 333
7855ddba 334 return $map;
c4260b45 335}
336
c9e77dbb 337# Instance Construction & Cloning
338
5f3c057a 339sub new_object {
340 my $class = shift;
651955fb 341 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 342 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 343 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
344 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
345 # which will deal with the singletons
346 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
347 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 348 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 349}
e16da3e6 350
351sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 352 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 353 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
354 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 355 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 356 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 357 }
0ac992ee 358 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 359 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
360 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
361 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
362 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
363 # NOTE:
364 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 365 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 366 # going to keep it here.
367 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
368 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
369 }
2d711cc8 370 return $instance;
371}
372
373sub get_meta_instance {
374 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 375 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 376 $class,
052c2a1a 377 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
378 );
e16da3e6 379}
380
5f3c057a 381sub clone_object {
382 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 383 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 384 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
385 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
386 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 387 # we need to protect the integrity of the
388 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 389 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 390 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 391 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 392}
393
c9e77dbb 394sub clone_instance {
651955fb 395 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
396 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 397 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 398 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 399 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 400 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
de55d708 401 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
402 if (exists $params{$init_arg}) {
403 $attr->set_value($clone, $params{$init_arg});
404 }
c23184fc 405 }
0ac992ee 406 }
407 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 408}
409
3d9e4646 410sub rebless_instance {
214e4bd7 411 my ($self, $instance, %params) = @_;
2a2b8458 412
413 my $old_metaclass;
414 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
415 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
416 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
417 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
418 }
419 else {
420 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
421 }
422
1a720916 423 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 424
3cd40f5e 425 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
de0d4f93 426 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
9b71b643 427
1a720916 428 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 429 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 430
de55d708 431 foreach my $attr ( $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes ) {
432 if ( $attr->has_value($instance) ) {
e253285d 433 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
214e4bd7 434 $params{$init_arg} = $attr->get_value($instance)
435 unless exists $params{$init_arg};
436 }
437 else {
b293f28b 438 $attr->set_value($instance, $attr->get_value($instance));
e253285d 439 }
de55d708 440 }
1a720916 441 }
e253285d 442
443 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
444 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
445 }
830b326c 446
447 $instance;
3d9e4646 448}
449
8b978dd5 450# Inheritance
451
452sub superclasses {
453 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 454 if (@_) {
455 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 456 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 457 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 458 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 459 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 460 # be sure that the superclass is
461 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 462 # we don't know about
463 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 464 }
9d6dce77 465 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 466}
467
7160cad4 468sub subclasses {
469 my $self = shift;
470
471 my $super_class = $self->name;
472 my @derived_classes;
473
474 my $find_derived_classes;
475 $find_derived_classes = sub {
476 my ($outer_class) = @_;
477
478 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
479
c1d5345a 480 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 481 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
482 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
483 my $inner_class = $1;
484
485 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
486
487 my $class =
488 $outer_class
489 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
490 : $inner_class;
491
492 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
493 push @derived_classes, $class;
494 }
495
496 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
497
498 $find_derived_classes->($class);
499 }
500 };
501
502 my $root_class = q{};
503 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
504
505 undef $find_derived_classes;
506
507 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
508
509 return @derived_classes;
510}
511
512
b7bdffc3 513sub linearized_isa {
3cf322a0 514 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
b7bdffc3 515}
516
8b978dd5 517sub class_precedence_list {
518 my $self = shift;
77a143ba 519 my $name = $self->name;
c1d5345a 520
521 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
522 # NOTE:
523 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
524 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
525 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
526 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
527 # suggestions are welcome.
528 # - SL
77a143ba 529 ($name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
c1d5345a 530 }
0ac992ee 531
77a143ba 532 # if our mro is c3, we can
533 # just grab the linear_isa
534 if (mro::get_mro($name) eq 'c3') {
535 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa($name) }
536 }
537 else {
538 # NOTE:
539 # we can't grab the linear_isa for dfs
540 # since it has all the duplicates
541 # already removed.
542 return (
543 $name,
544 map {
545 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
546 } $self->superclasses()
547 );
548 }
8b978dd5 549}
550
0882828e 551## Methods
552
553sub add_method {
554 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
555 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
556 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 557
7855ddba 558 my $body;
7855ddba 559 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 560 $body = $method->body;
4c105333 561 if ($method->package_name ne $self->name &&
562 $method->name ne $method_name) {
563 warn "Hello there, got somethig for you."
564 . " Method says " . $method->package_name . " " . $method->name
565 . " Class says " . $self->name . " " . $method_name;
566 $method = $method->clone(
567 package_name => $self->name,
568 name => $method_name
569 ) if $method->can('clone');
570 }
7855ddba 571 }
0ac992ee 572 else {
7855ddba 573 $body = $method;
7855ddba 574 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 575 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
4c105333 576 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap(
577 $body => (
578 package_name => $self->name,
579 name => $method_name
580 )
581 );
7855ddba 582 }
0f71bc80 583 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
4c105333 584
585 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
586 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" =>
587 Class::MOP::subname($full_method_name => $body)
588 );
715adbb7 589 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 590}
591
a4258ffd 592{
2d711cc8 593 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
594 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
595 # fetch it locally
596 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
597 # if we dont have local ...
598 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 599 # try to find the next method
600 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
601 # die if it does not exist
602 (defined $method)
804f7d24 603 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 604 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 605 # even if it is already wrapped
606 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 607 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 608 }
609 else {
0ac992ee 610 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 611 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 612 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
613 }
614 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 615 return $method;
616 };
617
618 sub add_before_method_modifier {
619 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
620 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 621 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 622 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 623 $method->add_before_modifier(
624 Class::MOP::subname(':before' => $method_modifier)
625 );
2d711cc8 626 }
627
628 sub add_after_method_modifier {
629 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
630 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 631 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 632 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 633 $method->add_after_modifier(
634 Class::MOP::subname(':after' => $method_modifier)
635 );
2d711cc8 636 }
0ac992ee 637
2d711cc8 638 sub add_around_method_modifier {
639 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
640 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
641 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
642 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 643 $method->add_around_modifier(
644 Class::MOP::subname(':around' => $method_modifier)
645 );
0ac992ee 646 }
a4258ffd 647
0ac992ee 648 # NOTE:
8c936afc 649 # the methods above used to be named like this:
650 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
651 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
652 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
653 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 654 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 655 # with their modifier names, like so:
656 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 657 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 658 # evident from the context what method they are attached
659 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 660}
661
663f8198 662sub alias_method {
663 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
664 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
665 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 666
0f71bc80 667 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
668 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 669 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
670
7855ddba 671 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 672 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 673}
674
de19f115 675sub has_method {
676 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
677 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 678 || confess "You must define a method name";
679
680 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 681 return 1;
0882828e 682}
683
684sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 685 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 686 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
687 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 688
0f71bc80 689 # NOTE:
690 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 691 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 692 # will just return undef for me now
693 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 694
7855ddba 695 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 696}
697
698sub remove_method {
699 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
700 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
701 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 702
e0e4674a 703 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
704
705 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
706
715adbb7 707 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 708
c9b8b7f9 709 return $removed_method;
710}
711
712sub get_method_list {
713 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 714 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 715}
716
717sub find_method_by_name {
718 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 719 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 720 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 721 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 722 # fetch the meta-class ...
723 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 724 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 725 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
726 }
727 return;
a5eca695 728}
729
730sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
731 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 732 my (@methods, %seen_method);
733 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 734 # fetch the meta-class ...
735 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 736 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 737 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
738 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
739 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 740 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 741 class => $class,
742 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
743 };
744 }
745 }
746 return @methods;
747}
748
a5eca695 749sub find_all_methods_by_name {
750 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
751 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 752 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 753 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 754 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 755 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 756 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 757 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 758 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 759 class => $class,
760 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
761 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
762 }
763 return @methods;
8b978dd5 764}
765
96ceced8 766sub find_next_method_by_name {
767 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
768 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 769 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 770 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 771 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 772 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 773 # fetch the meta-class ...
774 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 775 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 776 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 777 }
2d711cc8 778 return;
96ceced8 779}
780
552e3d24 781## Attributes
782
e16da3e6 783sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 784 my $self = shift;
785 # either we have an attribute object already
786 # or we need to create one from the args provided
787 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
788 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
789 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 790 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 791
792 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 793 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 794 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 795 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 796
797 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
798 # name here so that we can properly detach
799 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 800 # accessors it would have generated
801 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
802 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 803
b1897d4d 804 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 805 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 806 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 807}
808
809sub has_attribute {
810 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
811 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
812 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 813 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
814}
e16da3e6 815
816sub get_attribute {
817 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
818 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
819 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 820 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 821 # NOTE:
822 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 823 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
824 #return;
825}
e16da3e6 826
827sub remove_attribute {
828 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
829 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
830 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 831 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 832 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 833 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
834 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 835 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 836 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 837}
e16da3e6 838
839sub get_attribute_list {
840 my $self = shift;
f7259199 841 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 842}
e16da3e6 843
844sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
845 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 846 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
847 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 848 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 849 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 850 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 851 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
852 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 853 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 854 }
855 }
0ac992ee 856 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 857}
2eb717d5 858
058c1cf5 859sub find_attribute_by_name {
860 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 861 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 862 # fetch the meta-class ...
863 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
864 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
865 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
866 }
867 return;
868}
869
857f87a7 870## Class closing
871
872sub is_mutable { 1 }
873sub is_immutable { 0 }
874
b817e248 875# NOTE:
876# Why I changed this (groditi)
877# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
878# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
879# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
880# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
881# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
882# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
883# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
884# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
885# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
886# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
887# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
888# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
889# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
890# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
891# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 892
c23184fc 893{
d9586da2 894 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 895 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 896 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 897 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 898 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 899 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
900
901 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
902 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
903
229910b5 904 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 905 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 906 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 907
908 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 909 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
910 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 911 }
09c6e1d2 912
913 1;
c23184fc 914 }
0ac992ee 915
916 sub make_mutable{
917 my $self = shift;
918 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 919 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 920 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 921 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 922 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
09c6e1d2 923 1;
0ac992ee 924 }
d9586da2 925}
0ac992ee 926
d9586da2 927sub create_immutable_transformer {
928 my $self = shift;
929 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
5f3efd66 930 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
931 cannot_call => [qw/
d9586da2 932 add_method
933 alias_method
934 remove_method
935 add_attribute
936 remove_attribute
d9586da2 937 remove_package_symbol
5f3efd66 938 /],
939 memoize => {
d9586da2 940 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 941 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 942 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
943 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
944 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
5f3efd66 945 },
946 # NOTE:
947 # this is ugly, but so are typeglobs,
948 # so whattayahgonnadoboutit
949 # - SL
950 wrapped => {
951 add_package_symbol => sub {
952 my $original = shift;
953 confess "Cannot add package symbols to an immutable metaclass"
954 unless (caller(2))[3] eq 'Class::MOP::Package::get_package_symbol';
955 goto $original->body;
956 },
957 },
d9586da2 958 });
959 return $class;
857f87a7 960}
961
8b978dd5 9621;
963
964__END__
965
966=pod
967
0ac992ee 968=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 969
970Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
971
972=head1 SYNOPSIS
973
0ac992ee 974 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 975 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 976
fe122940 977 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 978
fe122940 979 # add a method to Foo ...
980 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 981
982 # get a list of all the classes searched
983 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 984 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 985
fe122940 986 # remove a method from Foo
987 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 988
fe122940 989 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 990
88dd563c 991 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
992 version => '0.01',
fe122940 993 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
994 attributes => [
995 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 996 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 997 ],
998 methods => {
999 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 1000 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 1001 }
1002 ));
1003
8b978dd5 1004=head1 DESCRIPTION
1005
0ac992ee 1006This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
1007meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
1008manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
1009best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 1010documentation for each of it's methods.
1011
552e3d24 1012=head1 METHODS
1013
2eb717d5 1014=head2 Self Introspection
1015
1016=over 4
1017
1018=item B<meta>
1019
0ac992ee 1020This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
1021to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 1022introspect itself.
1023
0ac992ee 1024As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
1025bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
1026into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
1027of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 1028
1029=back
1030
552e3d24 1031=head2 Class construction
1032
0ac992ee 1033These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
1034which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
1035pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 1036
0ac992ee 1037This module will internally store references to all the instances
1038you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 1039created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
1040
1041=over 4
1042
0ac992ee 1043=item B<create ($package_name,
1044 version =E<gt> ?$version,
1045 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
1046 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1047 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 1048 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 1049
0ac992ee 1050This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
1051C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
1052C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 1053it.
552e3d24 1054
0ac992ee 1055=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1056 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 1057 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1058
0ac992ee 1059This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
1060it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 1061unique package name for you to stash things into.
1062
0ac992ee 1063On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1064the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1065method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1066
d4ba1677 1067It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1068will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1069anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1070been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1071as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1072
66b3dded 1073=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1074
0ac992ee 1075This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1076for a given a C<$package_name>.
1077
66b3dded 1078=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1079
1080This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1081Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1082very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1083
651955fb 1084=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1085
0ac992ee 1086This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1087here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1088to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1089method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1090from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1091
550d56db 1092=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1093
0ac992ee 1094This method is called as the very last thing in the
1095C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1096metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1097your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1098see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1099
715adbb7 1100=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1101
1102This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1103it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1104function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1105but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1106
715adbb7 1107=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1108
127d39a7 1109Clears the package cache flag to announce to the internals that we need
1110to rebuild the method map.
715adbb7 1111
552e3d24 1112=back
1113
c9e77dbb 1114=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1115
0ac992ee 1116These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1117to use them or not.
552e3d24 1118
1119=over 4
1120
2bab2be6 1121=item B<instance_metaclass>
1122
127d39a7 1123Returns the class name of the instance metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Instance>
1124for more information on the instance metaclasses.
1125
2d711cc8 1126=item B<get_meta_instance>
1127
127d39a7 1128Returns an instance of L<Class::MOP::Instance> to be used in the construction
1129of a new instance of the class.
1130
5f3c057a 1131=item B<new_object (%params)>
1132
0ac992ee 1133This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1134blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1135would call a C<new> this method like so:
1136
0ac992ee 1137 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1138 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1139 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1140 }
1141
cbd9f942 1142=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1143
127d39a7 1144This method is used to construct an instance structure suitable for
0ac992ee 1145C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1146with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1147
0ac992ee 1148This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1149(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1150the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1151it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1152in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1153attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1154
5f3c057a 1155=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1156
0ac992ee 1157This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1158blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1159C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1160see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1161class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1162
1163 sub MyClass::clone {
1164 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1165 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1166 }
1167
c9e77dbb 1168=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1169
0ac992ee 1170This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1171you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1172and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1173
0ac992ee 1174The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1175unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1176this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1177do for you).
c9e77dbb 1178
0ac992ee 1179As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1180as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1181thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1182shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1183think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1184is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1185
214e4bd7 1186=item B<rebless_instance($instance, ?%params)>
69663c57 1187
1188This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1189C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
214e4bd7 1190itself. You may pass in optional C<%params> which are like constructor
1191params and will override anything already defined in the instance.
69663c57 1192
552e3d24 1193=back
1194
0ac992ee 1195=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1196
b9d9fc0b 1197These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1198
b9d9fc0b 1199=over 4
552e3d24 1200
b9d9fc0b 1201=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1202
96e38ba6 1203This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1204
b9d9fc0b 1205=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1206
96e38ba6 1207This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1208
b9d9fc0b 1209=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1210
96e38ba6 1211This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1212
552e3d24 1213=back
1214
1215=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1216
1217=over 4
1218
1219=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1220
0ac992ee 1221This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1222relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1223associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1224
1225=item B<class_precedence_list>
1226
0ac992ee 1227This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
127d39a7 1228in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to what
1229B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1230
b7bdffc3 1231=item B<linearized_isa>
1232
1233This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1234duplicates removed.
1235
6c9f390e 1236=item B<subclasses>
1237
127d39a7 1238This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
6c9f390e 1239
552e3d24 1240=back
1241
1242=head2 Methods
1243
1244=over 4
1245
c4260b45 1246=item B<get_method_map>
1247
127d39a7 1248Returns a HASH ref of name to CODE reference mapping for this class.
1249
2e41896e 1250=item B<method_metaclass>
1251
127d39a7 1252Returns the class name of the method metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Method>
1253for more information on the method metaclasses.
1254
552e3d24 1255=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1256
0ac992ee 1257This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1258C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1259
0ac992ee 1260B<NOTE>:
1261This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1262other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1263correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1264such.
1265
663f8198 1266=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1267
0ac992ee 1268This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1269C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1270
0ac992ee 1271B<NOTE>:
1272Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1273C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1274the class's package.
663f8198 1275
552e3d24 1276=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1277
0ac992ee 1278This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1279a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1280if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1281
0ac992ee 1282This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1283that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1284
0ac992ee 1285This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1286installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1287subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1288qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1289correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1290
0ac992ee 1291This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1292packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1293is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1294may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1295
0ac992ee 1296In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1297C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 129890% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1299
1300=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1301
0ac992ee 1302This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1303C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1304
0ac992ee 1305The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1306CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1307
f9debadc 1308=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name)>
16e960bd 1309
1310This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1311or return undef if that method does not exist.
1312
1313Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1314
552e3d24 1315=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1316
0ac992ee 1317This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1318It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1319attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1320
1321=item B<get_method_list>
1322
0ac992ee 1323This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1324methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1325including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1326methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1327
1328=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1329
0ac992ee 1330This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1331respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1332HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1333name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1334reference for the actual method.
1335
1336=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1337
0ac992ee 1338This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1339with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1340C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1341with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1342same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1343lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1344
0ac992ee 1345The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1346duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1347initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1348once, and in the correct order.
1349
96ceced8 1350=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1351
0ac992ee 1352This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1353the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1354C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1355
552e3d24 1356=back
1357
a4258ffd 1358=head2 Method Modifiers
1359
0ac992ee 1360Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1361can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1362that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1363
1364=head3 How method modifiers work?
1365
0ac992ee 1366Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1367it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1368modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1369for the original method.
1370
1371Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1372obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1373return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1374because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1375primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1376like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1377to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1378the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1379responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1380complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1381of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1382
1383Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1384while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1385the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1386
96ceced8 1387 before 2
1388 before 1
1389 around 2
1390 around 1
1391 primary
1392 after 1
1393 after 2
1394
0ac992ee 1395To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1396included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1397F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1398classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1399
1400=head3 What is the performance impact?
1401
0ac992ee 1402Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1403but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1404to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1405
0ac992ee 1406The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1407absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1408performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1409
1410All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1411
1412 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1413 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1414 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1415 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1416 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1417
0ac992ee 1418These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1419comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1420C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1421and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1422
a4258ffd 1423=over 4
1424
1425=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1426
0ac992ee 1427This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1428will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1429method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1430method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1431fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1432C<around> method modifier.
1433
a4258ffd 1434=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1435
0ac992ee 1436This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1437method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1438supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1439As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1440modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1441the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1442C<around> method modifier.
1443
a4258ffd 1444=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1445
0ac992ee 1446This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1447will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1448at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1449continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1450can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1451the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1452C<$code> can or cannot do.
1453
a4258ffd 1454=back
1455
552e3d24 1456=head2 Attributes
1457
0ac992ee 1458It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1459the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1460the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1461their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1462
1463=over 4
1464
2e41896e 1465=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1466
127d39a7 1467Returns the class name of the attribute metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Attribute>
1468for more information on the attribute metaclasses.
1469
7b31baf4 1470=item B<get_attribute_map>
1471
127d39a7 1472This returns a HASH ref of name to attribute meta-object mapping.
1473
1474=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | ($attribute_name, %attribute_spec))>
552e3d24 1475
8203616d 1476This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1477C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1478instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1479within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1480later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1481More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1482L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1483section.
1484
0ac992ee 1485It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1486methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1487into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1488
86482605 1489B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1490If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1491will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1492the new one added.
1493
552e3d24 1494=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1495
0ac992ee 1496Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1497C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1498
1499=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1500
0ac992ee 1501Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1502if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1503
1504=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1505
0ac992ee 1506This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1507C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1508
0ac992ee 1509B<NOTE:>
1510Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1511the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1512any existing instances of the class.
1513
0ac992ee 1514It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1515methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1516has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1517these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1518instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1519you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1520
552e3d24 1521=item B<get_attribute_list>
1522
0ac992ee 1523This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1524class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1525use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1526
1527=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1528
0ac992ee 1529This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1530the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1531HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1532that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1533meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1534
058c1cf5 1535=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1536
0ac992ee 1537This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1538first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1539It will return undef if nothing is found.
1540
552e3d24 1541=back
1542
96e38ba6 1543=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1544
1545=over 4
1546
96e38ba6 1547=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1548
0ac992ee 1549This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1550make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1551the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1552
0ac992ee 1553=item B<make_mutable>
1554
1555This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1556made it immutable.
1557
b817e248 1558=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1559
1560Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1561
857f87a7 1562=back
1563
1a09d9cc 1564=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1565
a2e85e6c 1566Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1567
1568=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1569
69e3ab0a 1570Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1571
1572L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1573
1574This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1575it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1576
798baea5 1577=cut