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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
6c9f390e 15our $VERSION = '0.25';
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
8b978dd5 396# Inheritance
397
398sub superclasses {
399 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 400 if (@_) {
401 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 402 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 403 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 404 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 405 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 406 # be sure that the superclass is
407 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 408 # we don't know about
409 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 410 }
9d6dce77 411 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 412}
413
7160cad4 414sub subclasses {
415 my $self = shift;
416
417 my $super_class = $self->name;
418 my @derived_classes;
419
420 my $find_derived_classes;
421 $find_derived_classes = sub {
422 my ($outer_class) = @_;
423
424 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
425
426 SYMBOL:
427 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
428 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
429 my $inner_class = $1;
430
431 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
432
433 my $class =
434 $outer_class
435 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
436 : $inner_class;
437
438 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
439 push @derived_classes, $class;
440 }
441
442 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
443
444 $find_derived_classes->($class);
445 }
446 };
447
448 my $root_class = q{};
449 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
450
451 undef $find_derived_classes;
452
453 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
454
455 return @derived_classes;
456}
457
458
b7bdffc3 459sub linearized_isa {
460 my %seen;
461 grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list
462}
463
8b978dd5 464sub class_precedence_list {
465 my $self = shift;
bfe4d0fc 466 # NOTE:
84086365 467 # We need to check for circular inheritance here.
bfe4d0fc 468 # This will do nothing if all is well, and blow
0ac992ee 469 # up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
bfe4d0fc 470 # suggestions are welcome.
93b4e576 471 { ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance') }
0ac992ee 472
8b978dd5 473 (
0ac992ee 474 $self->name,
475 map {
f7259199 476 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
8b978dd5 477 } $self->superclasses()
0ac992ee 478 );
8b978dd5 479}
480
0882828e 481## Methods
482
483sub add_method {
484 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
485 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
486 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 487
7855ddba 488 my $body;
7855ddba 489 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 490 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 491 }
0ac992ee 492 else {
7855ddba 493 $body = $method;
7855ddba 494 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 495 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
496 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 497 }
0f71bc80 498 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 499
500 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 501 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 502 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 503}
504
a4258ffd 505{
2d711cc8 506 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
507 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
508 # fetch it locally
509 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
510 # if we dont have local ...
511 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 512 # try to find the next method
513 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
514 # die if it does not exist
515 (defined $method)
804f7d24 516 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 517 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 518 # even if it is already wrapped
519 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 520 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 521 }
522 else {
0ac992ee 523 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 524 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 525 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
526 }
527 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 528 return $method;
529 };
530
531 sub add_before_method_modifier {
532 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
533 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 534 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 535 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
536 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
537 }
538
539 sub add_after_method_modifier {
540 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
541 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 542 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 543 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
544 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
545 }
0ac992ee 546
2d711cc8 547 sub add_around_method_modifier {
548 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
549 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
550 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
551 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
552 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 553 }
a4258ffd 554
0ac992ee 555 # NOTE:
8c936afc 556 # the methods above used to be named like this:
557 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
558 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
559 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
560 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 561 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 562 # with their modifier names, like so:
563 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 564 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 565 # evident from the context what method they are attached
566 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 567}
568
663f8198 569sub alias_method {
570 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
571 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
572 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 573
0f71bc80 574 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
575 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 576 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
577
7855ddba 578 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 579 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 580}
581
de19f115 582sub has_method {
583 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
584 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 585 || confess "You must define a method name";
586
587 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 588 return 1;
0882828e 589}
590
591sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 592 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 593 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
594 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 595
0f71bc80 596 # NOTE:
597 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 598 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 599 # will just return undef for me now
600 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 601
7855ddba 602 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 603}
604
605sub remove_method {
606 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
607 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
608 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 609
e0e4674a 610 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
611
612 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
613
715adbb7 614 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 615
c9b8b7f9 616 return $removed_method;
617}
618
619sub get_method_list {
620 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 621 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 622}
623
624sub find_method_by_name {
625 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 626 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 627 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 628 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 629 # fetch the meta-class ...
630 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 631 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 632 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
633 }
634 return;
a5eca695 635}
636
637sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
638 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 639 my (@methods, %seen_method);
640 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 641 # fetch the meta-class ...
642 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 643 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 644 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
645 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
646 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 647 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 648 class => $class,
649 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
650 };
651 }
652 }
653 return @methods;
654}
655
a5eca695 656sub find_all_methods_by_name {
657 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
658 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 659 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 660 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 661 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 662 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 663 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 664 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 665 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 666 class => $class,
667 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
668 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
669 }
670 return @methods;
8b978dd5 671}
672
96ceced8 673sub find_next_method_by_name {
674 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
675 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 676 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 677 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 678 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 679 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 680 # fetch the meta-class ...
681 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 682 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 683 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 684 }
2d711cc8 685 return;
96ceced8 686}
687
552e3d24 688## Attributes
689
e16da3e6 690sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 691 my $self = shift;
692 # either we have an attribute object already
693 # or we need to create one from the args provided
694 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
695 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
696 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 697 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 698
699 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 700 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 701 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 702 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 703
704 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
705 # name here so that we can properly detach
706 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 707 # accessors it would have generated
708 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
709 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 710
b1897d4d 711 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 712 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 713 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 714}
715
716sub has_attribute {
717 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
718 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
719 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 720 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
721}
e16da3e6 722
723sub get_attribute {
724 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
725 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
726 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 727 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 728 # NOTE:
729 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 730 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
731 #return;
732}
e16da3e6 733
734sub remove_attribute {
735 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
736 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
737 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 738 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 739 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 740 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
741 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 742 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 743 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 744}
e16da3e6 745
746sub get_attribute_list {
747 my $self = shift;
f7259199 748 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 749}
e16da3e6 750
751sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
752 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 753 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
754 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 755 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 756 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 757 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 758 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
759 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 760 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 761 }
762 }
0ac992ee 763 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 764}
2eb717d5 765
058c1cf5 766sub find_attribute_by_name {
767 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 768 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 769 # fetch the meta-class ...
770 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
771 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
772 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
773 }
774 return;
775}
776
857f87a7 777## Class closing
778
779sub is_mutable { 1 }
780sub is_immutable { 0 }
781
b817e248 782# NOTE:
783# Why I changed this (groditi)
784# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
785# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
786# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
787# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
788# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
789# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
790# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
791# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
792# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
793# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
794# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
795# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
796# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
797# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
798# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 799
c23184fc 800{
d9586da2 801 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 802 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 803 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 804 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 805 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 806 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
807
808 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
809 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
810
229910b5 811 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 812 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 813 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 814
815 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 816 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
817 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 818 }
c23184fc 819 }
0ac992ee 820
821 sub make_mutable{
822 my $self = shift;
823 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 824 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 825 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 826 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 827 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
0ac992ee 828 }
d9586da2 829}
0ac992ee 830
d9586da2 831sub create_immutable_transformer {
832 my $self = shift;
833 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
834 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
835 cannot_call => [qw/
836 add_method
837 alias_method
838 remove_method
839 add_attribute
840 remove_attribute
841 add_package_symbol
842 remove_package_symbol
843 /],
844 memoize => {
845 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 846 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 847 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
848 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
849 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
850 }
851 });
852 return $class;
857f87a7 853}
854
8b978dd5 8551;
856
857__END__
858
859=pod
860
0ac992ee 861=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 862
863Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
864
865=head1 SYNOPSIS
866
0ac992ee 867 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 868 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 869
fe122940 870 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 871
fe122940 872 # add a method to Foo ...
873 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 874
875 # get a list of all the classes searched
876 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 877 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 878
fe122940 879 # remove a method from Foo
880 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 881
fe122940 882 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 883
88dd563c 884 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
885 version => '0.01',
fe122940 886 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
887 attributes => [
888 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 889 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 890 ],
891 methods => {
892 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 893 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 894 }
895 ));
896
8b978dd5 897=head1 DESCRIPTION
898
0ac992ee 899This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
900meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
901manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
902best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 903documentation for each of it's methods.
904
552e3d24 905=head1 METHODS
906
2eb717d5 907=head2 Self Introspection
908
909=over 4
910
911=item B<meta>
912
0ac992ee 913This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
914to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 915introspect itself.
916
0ac992ee 917As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
918bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
919into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
920of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 921
922=back
923
552e3d24 924=head2 Class construction
925
0ac992ee 926These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
927which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
928pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 929
0ac992ee 930This module will internally store references to all the instances
931you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 932created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
933
934=over 4
935
0ac992ee 936=item B<create ($package_name,
937 version =E<gt> ?$version,
938 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
939 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
940 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 941 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 942
0ac992ee 943This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
944C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
945C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 946it.
552e3d24 947
0ac992ee 948=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
949 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 950 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
951
0ac992ee 952This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
953it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 954unique package name for you to stash things into.
955
0ac992ee 956On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
957the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
958method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 959
d4ba1677 960It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 961will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
962anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
963been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
964as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 965
66b3dded 966=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 967
0ac992ee 968This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 969for a given a C<$package_name>.
970
66b3dded 971=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
972
973This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 974Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
975very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 976
651955fb 977=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 978
0ac992ee 979This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
980here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
981to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 982method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
983from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 984
550d56db 985=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
986
0ac992ee 987This method is called as the very last thing in the
988C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
989metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
990your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 991see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
992
715adbb7 993=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 994
995This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
996it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
997function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
998but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
999
715adbb7 1000=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1001
1002Clear this flag, used in Moose.
1003
552e3d24 1004=back
1005
c9e77dbb 1006=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1007
0ac992ee 1008These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1009to use them or not.
552e3d24 1010
1011=over 4
1012
2bab2be6 1013=item B<instance_metaclass>
1014
2d711cc8 1015=item B<get_meta_instance>
1016
5f3c057a 1017=item B<new_object (%params)>
1018
0ac992ee 1019This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1020blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1021would call a C<new> this method like so:
1022
0ac992ee 1023 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1024 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1025 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1026 }
1027
0ac992ee 1028Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1029but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1030
cbd9f942 1031=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1032
0ac992ee 1033This method is used to construct an instace structure suitable for
1034C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1035with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1036
0ac992ee 1037This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1038(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1039the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1040it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1041in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1042attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1043
5f3c057a 1044=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1045
0ac992ee 1046This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1047blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1048C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1049see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1050class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1051
1052 sub MyClass::clone {
1053 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1054 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1055 }
1056
0ac992ee 1057Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1058but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1059
c9e77dbb 1060=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1061
0ac992ee 1062This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1063you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1064and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1065
0ac992ee 1066The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1067unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1068this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1069do for you).
c9e77dbb 1070
0ac992ee 1071As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1072as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1073thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1074shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1075think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1076is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1077
552e3d24 1078=back
1079
0ac992ee 1080=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1081
b9d9fc0b 1082These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1083
b9d9fc0b 1084=over 4
552e3d24 1085
b9d9fc0b 1086=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1087
96e38ba6 1088This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1089
b9d9fc0b 1090=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1091
96e38ba6 1092This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1093
b9d9fc0b 1094=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1095
96e38ba6 1096This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1097
552e3d24 1098=back
1099
1100=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1101
1102=over 4
1103
1104=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1105
0ac992ee 1106This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1107relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1108associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1109
343203ee 1110B<NOTE:>
0ac992ee 1111Perl will occasionally perform some C<@ISA> and method caching, if
1112you decide to change your superclass relationship at runtime (which
1113is quite insane and very much not recommened), then you should be
1114aware of this and the fact that this module does not make any
343203ee 1115attempt to address this issue.
1116
552e3d24 1117=item B<class_precedence_list>
1118
0ac992ee 1119This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
1120in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to
a2e85e6c 1121what B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1122
b7bdffc3 1123=item B<linearized_isa>
1124
1125This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1126duplicates removed.
1127
6c9f390e 1128=item B<subclasses>
1129
1130This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
1131
552e3d24 1132=back
1133
1134=head2 Methods
1135
1136=over 4
1137
c4260b45 1138=item B<get_method_map>
1139
2e41896e 1140=item B<method_metaclass>
1141
552e3d24 1142=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1143
0ac992ee 1144This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1145C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1146
0ac992ee 1147B<NOTE>:
1148This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1149other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1150correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1151such.
1152
663f8198 1153=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1154
0ac992ee 1155This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1156C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1157
0ac992ee 1158B<NOTE>:
1159Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1160C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1161the class's package.
663f8198 1162
552e3d24 1163=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1164
0ac992ee 1165This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1166a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1167if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1168
0ac992ee 1169This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1170that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1171
0ac992ee 1172This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1173installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1174subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1175qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1176correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1177
0ac992ee 1178This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1179packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1180is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1181may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1182
0ac992ee 1183In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1184C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 118590% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1186
1187=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1188
0ac992ee 1189This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1190C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1191
0ac992ee 1192The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1193CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1194
16e960bd 1195=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1196
1197This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1198or return undef if that method does not exist.
1199
1200Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1201
552e3d24 1202=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1203
0ac992ee 1204This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1205It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1206attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1207
1208=item B<get_method_list>
1209
0ac992ee 1210This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1211methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1212including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1213methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1214
1215=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1216
0ac992ee 1217This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1218respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1219HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1220name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1221reference for the actual method.
1222
1223=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1224
0ac992ee 1225This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1226with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1227C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1228with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1229same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1230lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1231
0ac992ee 1232The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1233duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1234initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1235once, and in the correct order.
1236
96ceced8 1237=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1238
0ac992ee 1239This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1240the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1241C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1242
552e3d24 1243=back
1244
a4258ffd 1245=head2 Method Modifiers
1246
0ac992ee 1247Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1248can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1249that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1250
1251=head3 How method modifiers work?
1252
0ac992ee 1253Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1254it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1255modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1256for the original method.
1257
1258Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1259obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1260return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1261because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1262primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1263like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1264to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1265the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1266responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1267complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1268of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1269
1270Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1271while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1272the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1273
96ceced8 1274 before 2
1275 before 1
1276 around 2
1277 around 1
1278 primary
1279 after 1
1280 after 2
1281
0ac992ee 1282To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1283included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1284F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1285classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1286
1287=head3 What is the performance impact?
1288
0ac992ee 1289Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1290but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1291to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1292
0ac992ee 1293The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1294absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1295performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1296
1297All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1298
1299 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1300 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1301 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1302 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1303 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1304
0ac992ee 1305These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1306comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1307C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1308and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1309
a4258ffd 1310=over 4
1311
1312=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1313
0ac992ee 1314This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1315will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1316method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1317method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1318fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1319C<around> method modifier.
1320
a4258ffd 1321=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1322
0ac992ee 1323This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1324method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1325supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1326As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1327modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1328the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1329C<around> method modifier.
1330
a4258ffd 1331=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1332
0ac992ee 1333This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1334will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1335at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1336continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1337can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1338the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1339C<$code> can or cannot do.
1340
a4258ffd 1341=back
1342
552e3d24 1343=head2 Attributes
1344
0ac992ee 1345It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1346the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1347the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1348their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1349
1350=over 4
1351
2e41896e 1352=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1353
7b31baf4 1354=item B<get_attribute_map>
1355
8203616d 1356=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | $attribute_name, %attribute_spec)>
552e3d24 1357
8203616d 1358This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1359C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1360instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1361within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1362later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1363More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1364L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1365section.
1366
0ac992ee 1367It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1368methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1369into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1370
86482605 1371B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1372If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1373will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1374the new one added.
1375
552e3d24 1376=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1377
0ac992ee 1378Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1379C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1380
1381=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1382
0ac992ee 1383Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1384if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1385
1386=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1387
0ac992ee 1388This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1389C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1390
0ac992ee 1391B<NOTE:>
1392Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1393the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1394any existing instances of the class.
1395
0ac992ee 1396It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1397methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1398has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1399these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1400instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1401you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1402
552e3d24 1403=item B<get_attribute_list>
1404
0ac992ee 1405This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1406class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1407use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1408
1409=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1410
0ac992ee 1411This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1412the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1413HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1414that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1415meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1416
058c1cf5 1417=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1418
0ac992ee 1419This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1420first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1421It will return undef if nothing is found.
1422
552e3d24 1423=back
1424
96e38ba6 1425=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1426
1427=over 4
1428
96e38ba6 1429=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1430
0ac992ee 1431This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1432make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1433the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1434
0ac992ee 1435=item B<make_mutable>
1436
1437This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1438made it immutable.
1439
b817e248 1440=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1441
1442Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1443
857f87a7 1444=back
1445
1a09d9cc 1446=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1447
a2e85e6c 1448Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1449
1450=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1451
69e3ab0a 1452Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1453
1454L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1455
1456This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1457it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1458
798baea5 1459=cut