Fix failing test because of the new has_{read,write}_method
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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
830b326c 15our $VERSION = '0.30';
f0480c45 16our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 17
2243a22b 18use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
19
8b978dd5 20# Creation
0ac992ee 21
be7677c7 22sub initialize {
23 my $class = shift;
24 my $package_name = shift;
25 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 26 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 27 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
28 return $meta;
29 }
c23184fc 30 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 31}
32
33sub reinitialize {
34 my $class = shift;
35 my $package_name = shift;
36 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 37 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 38 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 39 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 40}
41
42# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
43# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 44# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 45# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
46# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 47# normal &construct_instance.
48sub construct_class_instance {
49 my $class = shift;
50 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 51 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 52 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 53 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 54 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 55 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
56 # and it is still defined (it has not been
57 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 58 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 59
60 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
61 return $meta;
62 }
be7677c7 63
64 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 65 # we need to deal with the possibility
66 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 67 # get the name of the class appropriately
68 $class = (blessed($class)
69 ? ($class->is_immutable
70 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
71 : blessed($class))
72 : $class);
73
be7677c7 74 # now create the metaclass
75 my $meta;
9c6877f4 76 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 77 no strict 'refs';
78 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 79 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 80 '$!package' => $package_name,
81
c4260b45 82 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 83 # since the following attributes will
84 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 85 # table, and actually bypass the instance
86 # entirely, we can just leave these things
87 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 88 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 89 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 90 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 91 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 92 '$!version' => \undef,
93 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 94 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 95 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 96
c23184fc 97 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 98 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 99 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
100 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
101 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 102
103 ## uber-private variables
104 # NOTE:
105 # this starts out as undef so that
106 # we can tell the first time the
107 # methods are fetched
108 # - SL
109 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 110 } => $class;
111 }
112 else {
113 # NOTE:
114 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 115 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 116 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
117 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 118 }
0ac992ee 119
be7677c7 120 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 121 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 122
be7677c7 123 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 124
be7677c7 125 # NOTE:
126 # we need to weaken any anon classes
127 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 128 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 129
130 $meta;
131}
132
715adbb7 133sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
134sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 135 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 136 # NOTE:
137 # we can manually update the cache number
138 # since we are actually adding the method
139 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
140 # having to regenerate the method_map.
141 # - SL
b1f5f41d 142 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 143}
144
be7677c7 145sub check_metaclass_compatability {
146 my $self = shift;
147
148 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 149 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 150 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
151
b7bdffc3 152 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 153 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 154
0ac992ee 155 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 156 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 157
373a16ae 158 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 159 # we need to deal with the possibility
160 # of class immutability here, and then
161 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 162 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
163 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 164 : blessed($meta));
165
be7677c7 166 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 167 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
168 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 169 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 170 # NOTE:
be7677c7 171 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
172 # are compatabile in the same the class.
173 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 174 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
175 " is not compatible with the " .
176 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
177 }
178}
8b978dd5 179
6d5355c3 180## ANON classes
181
182{
183 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 184 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
185 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 186 # I will change it.
187 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 188
b9d9fc0b 189 # NOTE:
190 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 191 # this should suffice for now, this is
192 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 193 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 194 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 195
196 sub is_anon_class {
197 my $self = shift;
a651e249 198 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 199 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 200 }
6d5355c3 201
202 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 203 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 204 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 205 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 206 }
6d5355c3 207
b9d9fc0b 208 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 209 # this will only get called for
210 # anon-classes, all other calls
211 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 212 # global destruction and so don't
213 # really need to be handled explicitly
214 sub DESTROY {
215 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 216 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 217 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
218 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 219 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 220 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
221 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
222 }
0ac992ee 223 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 224 }
b9d9fc0b 225
6d5355c3 226}
227
228# creating classes with MOP ...
229
8b978dd5 230sub create {
88dd563c 231 my $class = shift;
232 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 233
bfe4d0fc 234 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 235 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 236
237 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 238 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 239 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
240
241 my (%options) = @_;
d7b2249e 242
243 (ref $options{superclasses} eq 'ARRAY')
244 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of superclasses"
245 if exists $options{superclasses};
246
247 (ref $options{attributes} eq 'ARRAY')
248 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of attributes"
249 if exists $options{attributes};
250
251 (ref $options{methods} eq 'HASH')
252 || confess "You must pass an HASH ref of methods"
253 if exists $options{methods};
0ac992ee 254
8b978dd5 255 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 256 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 257 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 258 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
259 if exists $options{authority};
260
8b978dd5 261 eval $code;
0ac992ee 262 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
263
bfe4d0fc 264 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 265
266 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 267 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 268 });
0ac992ee 269
8b978dd5 270 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
271 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 272 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 273 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 274 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
275 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
276 # I think this should be the order of things.
277 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 278 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
279 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 280 }
0ac992ee 281 }
bfe4d0fc 282 if (exists $options{methods}) {
283 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
284 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
285 }
0ac992ee 286 }
8b978dd5 287 return $meta;
288}
289
7b31baf4 290## Attribute readers
291
292# NOTE:
0ac992ee 293# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 294# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
295
c23184fc 296sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
297sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
298sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
299sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 300
0f71bc80 301# FIXME:
302# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 303sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 304 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 305
306 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 307 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 308 return $self->{'%!methods'};
309 }
310
0ac992ee 311 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
312
0f71bc80 313 my $class_name = $self->name;
314 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 315
92330ee2 316 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 317 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 318
319 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
320 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
321 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
322
e0e4674a 323 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
324 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name &&
325 ($name || '') ne '__ANON__';
0ac992ee 326
0f71bc80 327 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap($code);
7855ddba 328 }
0ac992ee 329
7855ddba 330 return $map;
c4260b45 331}
332
c9e77dbb 333# Instance Construction & Cloning
334
5f3c057a 335sub new_object {
336 my $class = shift;
651955fb 337 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 338 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 339 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
340 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
341 # which will deal with the singletons
342 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
343 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 344 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 345}
e16da3e6 346
347sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 348 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 349 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
350 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 351 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 352 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 353 }
0ac992ee 354 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 355 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
356 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
357 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
358 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
359 # NOTE:
360 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 361 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 362 # going to keep it here.
363 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
364 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
365 }
2d711cc8 366 return $instance;
367}
368
369sub get_meta_instance {
370 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 371 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 372 $class,
052c2a1a 373 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
374 );
e16da3e6 375}
376
5f3c057a 377sub clone_object {
378 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 379 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 380 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
381 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
382 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 383 # we need to protect the integrity of the
384 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 385 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 386 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 387 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 388}
389
c9e77dbb 390sub clone_instance {
651955fb 391 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
392 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 393 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 394 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 395 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 396 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
de55d708 397 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
398 if (exists $params{$init_arg}) {
399 $attr->set_value($clone, $params{$init_arg});
400 }
c23184fc 401 }
0ac992ee 402 }
403 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 404}
405
3d9e4646 406sub rebless_instance {
214e4bd7 407 my ($self, $instance, %params) = @_;
2a2b8458 408
409 my $old_metaclass;
410 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
411 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
412 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
413 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
414 }
415 else {
416 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
417 }
418
1a720916 419 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 420
3cd40f5e 421 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
de0d4f93 422 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
9b71b643 423
1a720916 424 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 425 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 426
de55d708 427 foreach my $attr ( $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes ) {
428 if ( $attr->has_value($instance) ) {
e253285d 429 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
214e4bd7 430 $params{$init_arg} = $attr->get_value($instance)
431 unless exists $params{$init_arg};
432 }
433 else {
b293f28b 434 $attr->set_value($instance, $attr->get_value($instance));
e253285d 435 }
de55d708 436 }
1a720916 437 }
e253285d 438
439 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
440 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
441 }
830b326c 442
443 $instance;
3d9e4646 444}
445
8b978dd5 446# Inheritance
447
448sub superclasses {
449 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 450 if (@_) {
451 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 452 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 453 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 454 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 455 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 456 # be sure that the superclass is
457 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 458 # we don't know about
459 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 460 }
9d6dce77 461 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 462}
463
7160cad4 464sub subclasses {
465 my $self = shift;
466
467 my $super_class = $self->name;
468 my @derived_classes;
469
470 my $find_derived_classes;
471 $find_derived_classes = sub {
472 my ($outer_class) = @_;
473
474 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
475
c1d5345a 476 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 477 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
478 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
479 my $inner_class = $1;
480
481 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
482
483 my $class =
484 $outer_class
485 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
486 : $inner_class;
487
488 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
489 push @derived_classes, $class;
490 }
491
492 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
493
494 $find_derived_classes->($class);
495 }
496 };
497
498 my $root_class = q{};
499 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
500
501 undef $find_derived_classes;
502
503 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
504
505 return @derived_classes;
506}
507
508
b7bdffc3 509sub linearized_isa {
3cf322a0 510 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
b7bdffc3 511}
512
8b978dd5 513sub class_precedence_list {
514 my $self = shift;
77a143ba 515 my $name = $self->name;
c1d5345a 516
517 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
518 # NOTE:
519 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
520 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
521 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
522 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
523 # suggestions are welcome.
524 # - SL
77a143ba 525 ($name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
c1d5345a 526 }
0ac992ee 527
77a143ba 528 # if our mro is c3, we can
529 # just grab the linear_isa
530 if (mro::get_mro($name) eq 'c3') {
531 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa($name) }
532 }
533 else {
534 # NOTE:
535 # we can't grab the linear_isa for dfs
536 # since it has all the duplicates
537 # already removed.
538 return (
539 $name,
540 map {
541 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
542 } $self->superclasses()
543 );
544 }
8b978dd5 545}
546
0882828e 547## Methods
548
549sub add_method {
550 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
551 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
552 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 553
7855ddba 554 my $body;
7855ddba 555 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 556 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 557 }
0ac992ee 558 else {
7855ddba 559 $body = $method;
7855ddba 560 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 561 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
562 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 563 }
0f71bc80 564 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 565
566 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 567 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 568 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 569}
570
a4258ffd 571{
2d711cc8 572 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
573 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
574 # fetch it locally
575 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
576 # if we dont have local ...
577 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 578 # try to find the next method
579 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
580 # die if it does not exist
581 (defined $method)
804f7d24 582 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 583 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 584 # even if it is already wrapped
585 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 586 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 587 }
588 else {
0ac992ee 589 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 590 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 591 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
592 }
593 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 594 return $method;
595 };
596
597 sub add_before_method_modifier {
598 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
599 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 600 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 601 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
602 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
603 }
604
605 sub add_after_method_modifier {
606 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
607 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 608 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 609 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
610 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
611 }
0ac992ee 612
2d711cc8 613 sub add_around_method_modifier {
614 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
615 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
616 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
617 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
618 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 619 }
a4258ffd 620
0ac992ee 621 # NOTE:
8c936afc 622 # the methods above used to be named like this:
623 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
624 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
625 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
626 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 627 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 628 # with their modifier names, like so:
629 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 630 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 631 # evident from the context what method they are attached
632 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 633}
634
663f8198 635sub alias_method {
636 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
637 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
638 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 639
0f71bc80 640 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
641 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 642 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
643
7855ddba 644 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 645 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 646}
647
de19f115 648sub has_method {
649 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
650 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 651 || confess "You must define a method name";
652
653 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 654 return 1;
0882828e 655}
656
657sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 658 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 659 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
660 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 661
0f71bc80 662 # NOTE:
663 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 664 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 665 # will just return undef for me now
666 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 667
7855ddba 668 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 669}
670
671sub remove_method {
672 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
673 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
674 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 675
e0e4674a 676 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
677
678 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
679
715adbb7 680 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 681
c9b8b7f9 682 return $removed_method;
683}
684
685sub get_method_list {
686 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 687 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 688}
689
690sub find_method_by_name {
691 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 692 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 693 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 694 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 695 # fetch the meta-class ...
696 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 697 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 698 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
699 }
700 return;
a5eca695 701}
702
703sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
704 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 705 my (@methods, %seen_method);
706 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 707 # fetch the meta-class ...
708 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 709 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 710 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
711 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
712 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 713 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 714 class => $class,
715 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
716 };
717 }
718 }
719 return @methods;
720}
721
a5eca695 722sub find_all_methods_by_name {
723 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
724 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 725 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 726 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 727 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 728 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 729 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 730 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 731 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 732 class => $class,
733 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
734 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
735 }
736 return @methods;
8b978dd5 737}
738
96ceced8 739sub find_next_method_by_name {
740 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
741 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 742 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 743 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 744 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 745 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 746 # fetch the meta-class ...
747 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 748 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 749 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 750 }
2d711cc8 751 return;
96ceced8 752}
753
552e3d24 754## Attributes
755
e16da3e6 756sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 757 my $self = shift;
758 # either we have an attribute object already
759 # or we need to create one from the args provided
760 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
761 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
762 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 763 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 764
765 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 766 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 767 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 768 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 769
770 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
771 # name here so that we can properly detach
772 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 773 # accessors it would have generated
774 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
775 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 776
b1897d4d 777 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 778 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 779 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 780}
781
782sub has_attribute {
783 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
784 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
785 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 786 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
787}
e16da3e6 788
789sub get_attribute {
790 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
791 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
792 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 793 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 794 # NOTE:
795 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 796 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
797 #return;
798}
e16da3e6 799
800sub remove_attribute {
801 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
802 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
803 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 804 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 805 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 806 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
807 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 808 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 809 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 810}
e16da3e6 811
812sub get_attribute_list {
813 my $self = shift;
f7259199 814 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 815}
e16da3e6 816
817sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
818 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 819 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
820 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 821 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 822 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 823 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 824 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
825 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 826 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 827 }
828 }
0ac992ee 829 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 830}
2eb717d5 831
058c1cf5 832sub find_attribute_by_name {
833 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 834 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 835 # fetch the meta-class ...
836 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
837 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
838 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
839 }
840 return;
841}
842
857f87a7 843## Class closing
844
845sub is_mutable { 1 }
846sub is_immutable { 0 }
847
b817e248 848# NOTE:
849# Why I changed this (groditi)
850# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
851# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
852# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
853# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
854# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
855# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
856# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
857# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
858# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
859# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
860# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
861# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
862# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
863# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
864# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 865
c23184fc 866{
d9586da2 867 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 868 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 869 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 870 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 871 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 872 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
873
874 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
875 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
876
229910b5 877 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 878 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 879 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 880
881 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 882 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
883 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 884 }
09c6e1d2 885
886 1;
c23184fc 887 }
0ac992ee 888
889 sub make_mutable{
890 my $self = shift;
891 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 892 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 893 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 894 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 895 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
09c6e1d2 896 1;
0ac992ee 897 }
d9586da2 898}
0ac992ee 899
d9586da2 900sub create_immutable_transformer {
901 my $self = shift;
902 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
903 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
904 cannot_call => [qw/
905 add_method
906 alias_method
907 remove_method
908 add_attribute
909 remove_attribute
d9586da2 910 remove_package_symbol
911 /],
912 memoize => {
913 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 914 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 915 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
916 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
917 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
53299a7b 918 },
919 around => {
920 add_package_symbol => sub {
921 my $original = shift;
922 confess "NO ADD SYMBOLS FOR YOU" unless caller eq 'get_package_symbol';
923 $original->(@_);
924 },
925 },
d9586da2 926 });
927 return $class;
857f87a7 928}
929
8b978dd5 9301;
931
932__END__
933
934=pod
935
0ac992ee 936=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 937
938Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
939
940=head1 SYNOPSIS
941
0ac992ee 942 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 943 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 944
fe122940 945 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 946
fe122940 947 # add a method to Foo ...
948 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 949
950 # get a list of all the classes searched
951 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 952 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 953
fe122940 954 # remove a method from Foo
955 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 956
fe122940 957 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 958
88dd563c 959 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
960 version => '0.01',
fe122940 961 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
962 attributes => [
963 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 964 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 965 ],
966 methods => {
967 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 968 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 969 }
970 ));
971
8b978dd5 972=head1 DESCRIPTION
973
0ac992ee 974This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
975meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
976manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
977best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 978documentation for each of it's methods.
979
552e3d24 980=head1 METHODS
981
2eb717d5 982=head2 Self Introspection
983
984=over 4
985
986=item B<meta>
987
0ac992ee 988This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
989to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 990introspect itself.
991
0ac992ee 992As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
993bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
994into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
995of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 996
997=back
998
552e3d24 999=head2 Class construction
1000
0ac992ee 1001These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
1002which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
1003pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 1004
0ac992ee 1005This module will internally store references to all the instances
1006you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 1007created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
1008
1009=over 4
1010
0ac992ee 1011=item B<create ($package_name,
1012 version =E<gt> ?$version,
1013 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
1014 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1015 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 1016 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 1017
0ac992ee 1018This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
1019C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
1020C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 1021it.
552e3d24 1022
0ac992ee 1023=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1024 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 1025 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1026
0ac992ee 1027This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
1028it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 1029unique package name for you to stash things into.
1030
0ac992ee 1031On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1032the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1033method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1034
d4ba1677 1035It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1036will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1037anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1038been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1039as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1040
66b3dded 1041=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1042
0ac992ee 1043This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1044for a given a C<$package_name>.
1045
66b3dded 1046=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1047
1048This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1049Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1050very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1051
651955fb 1052=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1053
0ac992ee 1054This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1055here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1056to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1057method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1058from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1059
550d56db 1060=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1061
0ac992ee 1062This method is called as the very last thing in the
1063C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1064metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1065your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1066see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1067
715adbb7 1068=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1069
1070This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1071it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1072function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1073but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1074
715adbb7 1075=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1076
127d39a7 1077Clears the package cache flag to announce to the internals that we need
1078to rebuild the method map.
715adbb7 1079
552e3d24 1080=back
1081
c9e77dbb 1082=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1083
0ac992ee 1084These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1085to use them or not.
552e3d24 1086
1087=over 4
1088
2bab2be6 1089=item B<instance_metaclass>
1090
127d39a7 1091Returns the class name of the instance metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Instance>
1092for more information on the instance metaclasses.
1093
2d711cc8 1094=item B<get_meta_instance>
1095
127d39a7 1096Returns an instance of L<Class::MOP::Instance> to be used in the construction
1097of a new instance of the class.
1098
5f3c057a 1099=item B<new_object (%params)>
1100
0ac992ee 1101This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1102blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1103would call a C<new> this method like so:
1104
0ac992ee 1105 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1106 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1107 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1108 }
1109
cbd9f942 1110=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1111
127d39a7 1112This method is used to construct an instance structure suitable for
0ac992ee 1113C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1114with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1115
0ac992ee 1116This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1117(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1118the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1119it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1120in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1121attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1122
5f3c057a 1123=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1124
0ac992ee 1125This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1126blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1127C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1128see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1129class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1130
1131 sub MyClass::clone {
1132 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1133 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1134 }
1135
c9e77dbb 1136=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1137
0ac992ee 1138This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1139you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1140and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1141
0ac992ee 1142The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1143unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1144this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1145do for you).
c9e77dbb 1146
0ac992ee 1147As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1148as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1149thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1150shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1151think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1152is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1153
214e4bd7 1154=item B<rebless_instance($instance, ?%params)>
69663c57 1155
1156This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1157C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
214e4bd7 1158itself. You may pass in optional C<%params> which are like constructor
1159params and will override anything already defined in the instance.
69663c57 1160
552e3d24 1161=back
1162
0ac992ee 1163=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1164
b9d9fc0b 1165These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1166
b9d9fc0b 1167=over 4
552e3d24 1168
b9d9fc0b 1169=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1170
96e38ba6 1171This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1172
b9d9fc0b 1173=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1174
96e38ba6 1175This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1176
b9d9fc0b 1177=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1178
96e38ba6 1179This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1180
552e3d24 1181=back
1182
1183=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1184
1185=over 4
1186
1187=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1188
0ac992ee 1189This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1190relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1191associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1192
1193=item B<class_precedence_list>
1194
0ac992ee 1195This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
127d39a7 1196in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to what
1197B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1198
b7bdffc3 1199=item B<linearized_isa>
1200
1201This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1202duplicates removed.
1203
6c9f390e 1204=item B<subclasses>
1205
127d39a7 1206This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
6c9f390e 1207
552e3d24 1208=back
1209
1210=head2 Methods
1211
1212=over 4
1213
c4260b45 1214=item B<get_method_map>
1215
127d39a7 1216Returns a HASH ref of name to CODE reference mapping for this class.
1217
2e41896e 1218=item B<method_metaclass>
1219
127d39a7 1220Returns the class name of the method metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Method>
1221for more information on the method metaclasses.
1222
552e3d24 1223=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1224
0ac992ee 1225This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1226C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1227
0ac992ee 1228B<NOTE>:
1229This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1230other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1231correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1232such.
1233
663f8198 1234=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1235
0ac992ee 1236This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1237C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1238
0ac992ee 1239B<NOTE>:
1240Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1241C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1242the class's package.
663f8198 1243
552e3d24 1244=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1245
0ac992ee 1246This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1247a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1248if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1249
0ac992ee 1250This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1251that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1252
0ac992ee 1253This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1254installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1255subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1256qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1257correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1258
0ac992ee 1259This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1260packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1261is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1262may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1263
0ac992ee 1264In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1265C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 126690% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1267
1268=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1269
0ac992ee 1270This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1271C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1272
0ac992ee 1273The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1274CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1275
f9debadc 1276=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name)>
16e960bd 1277
1278This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1279or return undef if that method does not exist.
1280
1281Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1282
552e3d24 1283=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1284
0ac992ee 1285This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1286It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1287attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1288
1289=item B<get_method_list>
1290
0ac992ee 1291This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1292methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1293including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1294methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1295
1296=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1297
0ac992ee 1298This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1299respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1300HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1301name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1302reference for the actual method.
1303
1304=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1305
0ac992ee 1306This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1307with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1308C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1309with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1310same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1311lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1312
0ac992ee 1313The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1314duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1315initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1316once, and in the correct order.
1317
96ceced8 1318=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1319
0ac992ee 1320This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1321the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1322C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1323
552e3d24 1324=back
1325
a4258ffd 1326=head2 Method Modifiers
1327
0ac992ee 1328Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1329can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1330that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1331
1332=head3 How method modifiers work?
1333
0ac992ee 1334Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1335it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1336modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1337for the original method.
1338
1339Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1340obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1341return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1342because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1343primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1344like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1345to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1346the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1347responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1348complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1349of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1350
1351Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1352while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1353the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1354
96ceced8 1355 before 2
1356 before 1
1357 around 2
1358 around 1
1359 primary
1360 after 1
1361 after 2
1362
0ac992ee 1363To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1364included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1365F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1366classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1367
1368=head3 What is the performance impact?
1369
0ac992ee 1370Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1371but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1372to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1373
0ac992ee 1374The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1375absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1376performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1377
1378All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1379
1380 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1381 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1382 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1383 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1384 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1385
0ac992ee 1386These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1387comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1388C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1389and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1390
a4258ffd 1391=over 4
1392
1393=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1394
0ac992ee 1395This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1396will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1397method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1398method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1399fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1400C<around> method modifier.
1401
a4258ffd 1402=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1403
0ac992ee 1404This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1405method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1406supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1407As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1408modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1409the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1410C<around> method modifier.
1411
a4258ffd 1412=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1413
0ac992ee 1414This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1415will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1416at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1417continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1418can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1419the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1420C<$code> can or cannot do.
1421
a4258ffd 1422=back
1423
552e3d24 1424=head2 Attributes
1425
0ac992ee 1426It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1427the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1428the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1429their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1430
1431=over 4
1432
2e41896e 1433=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1434
127d39a7 1435Returns the class name of the attribute metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Attribute>
1436for more information on the attribute metaclasses.
1437
7b31baf4 1438=item B<get_attribute_map>
1439
127d39a7 1440This returns a HASH ref of name to attribute meta-object mapping.
1441
1442=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | ($attribute_name, %attribute_spec))>
552e3d24 1443
8203616d 1444This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1445C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1446instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1447within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1448later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1449More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1450L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1451section.
1452
0ac992ee 1453It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1454methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1455into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1456
86482605 1457B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1458If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1459will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1460the new one added.
1461
552e3d24 1462=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1463
0ac992ee 1464Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1465C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1466
1467=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1468
0ac992ee 1469Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1470if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1471
1472=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1473
0ac992ee 1474This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1475C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1476
0ac992ee 1477B<NOTE:>
1478Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1479the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1480any existing instances of the class.
1481
0ac992ee 1482It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1483methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1484has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1485these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1486instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1487you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1488
552e3d24 1489=item B<get_attribute_list>
1490
0ac992ee 1491This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1492class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1493use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1494
1495=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1496
0ac992ee 1497This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1498the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1499HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1500that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1501meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1502
058c1cf5 1503=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1504
0ac992ee 1505This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1506first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1507It will return undef if nothing is found.
1508
552e3d24 1509=back
1510
96e38ba6 1511=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1512
1513=over 4
1514
96e38ba6 1515=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1516
0ac992ee 1517This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1518make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1519the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1520
0ac992ee 1521=item B<make_mutable>
1522
1523This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1524made it immutable.
1525
b817e248 1526=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1527
1528Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1529
857f87a7 1530=back
1531
1a09d9cc 1532=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1533
a2e85e6c 1534Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1535
1536=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1537
69e3ab0a 1538Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1539
1540L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1541
1542This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1543it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1544
798baea5 1545=cut