Need to use a lower level method in getting attribute value, because of things like...
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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
c1d5345a 15our $VERSION = '0.26';
f0480c45 16our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 17
2243a22b 18use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
19
0ac992ee 20# Self-introspection
2eb717d5 21
aa448b16 22sub meta { Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) }
2eb717d5 23
8b978dd5 24# Creation
0ac992ee 25
be7677c7 26sub initialize {
27 my $class = shift;
28 my $package_name = shift;
29 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 30 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 31 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
32 return $meta;
33 }
c23184fc 34 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 35}
36
37sub reinitialize {
38 my $class = shift;
39 my $package_name = shift;
40 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 41 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 42 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 43 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 44}
45
46# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
47# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 48# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 49# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
50# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 51# normal &construct_instance.
52sub construct_class_instance {
53 my $class = shift;
54 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 55 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 56 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 57 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 58 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 59 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
60 # and it is still defined (it has not been
61 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 62 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 63
64 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
65 return $meta;
66 }
be7677c7 67
68 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 69 # we need to deal with the possibility
70 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 71 # get the name of the class appropriately
72 $class = (blessed($class)
73 ? ($class->is_immutable
74 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
75 : blessed($class))
76 : $class);
77
be7677c7 78 # now create the metaclass
79 my $meta;
9c6877f4 80 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 81 no strict 'refs';
82 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 83 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 84 '$!package' => $package_name,
85
c4260b45 86 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 87 # since the following attributes will
88 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 89 # table, and actually bypass the instance
90 # entirely, we can just leave these things
91 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 92 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 93 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 94 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 95 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 96 '$!version' => \undef,
97 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 98 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 99 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 100
c23184fc 101 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 102 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 103 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
104 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
105 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 106
107 ## uber-private variables
108 # NOTE:
109 # this starts out as undef so that
110 # we can tell the first time the
111 # methods are fetched
112 # - SL
113 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 114 } => $class;
115 }
116 else {
117 # NOTE:
118 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 119 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 120 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
121 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 122 }
0ac992ee 123
be7677c7 124 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 125 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 126
be7677c7 127 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 128
be7677c7 129 # NOTE:
130 # we need to weaken any anon classes
131 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 132 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 133
134 $meta;
135}
136
715adbb7 137sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
138sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 139 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 140 # NOTE:
141 # we can manually update the cache number
142 # since we are actually adding the method
143 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
144 # having to regenerate the method_map.
145 # - SL
b1f5f41d 146 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 147}
148
be7677c7 149sub check_metaclass_compatability {
150 my $self = shift;
151
152 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 153 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 154 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
155
b7bdffc3 156 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 157 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 158
0ac992ee 159 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 160 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 161
373a16ae 162 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 163 # we need to deal with the possibility
164 # of class immutability here, and then
165 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 166 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
167 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 168 : blessed($meta));
169
be7677c7 170 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 171 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
172 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 173 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 174 # NOTE:
be7677c7 175 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
176 # are compatabile in the same the class.
177 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 178 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
179 " is not compatible with the " .
180 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
181 }
182}
8b978dd5 183
6d5355c3 184## ANON classes
185
186{
187 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 188 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
189 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 190 # I will change it.
191 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 192
b9d9fc0b 193 # NOTE:
194 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 195 # this should suffice for now, this is
196 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 197 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 198 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 199
200 sub is_anon_class {
201 my $self = shift;
a651e249 202 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 203 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 204 }
6d5355c3 205
206 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 207 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 208 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 209 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 210 }
6d5355c3 211
b9d9fc0b 212 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 213 # this will only get called for
214 # anon-classes, all other calls
215 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 216 # global destruction and so don't
217 # really need to be handled explicitly
218 sub DESTROY {
219 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 220 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 221 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
222 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 223 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 224 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
225 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
226 }
0ac992ee 227 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 228 }
b9d9fc0b 229
6d5355c3 230}
231
232# creating classes with MOP ...
233
8b978dd5 234sub create {
88dd563c 235 my $class = shift;
236 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 237
bfe4d0fc 238 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 239 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 240
241 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 242 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 243 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
244
245 my (%options) = @_;
0ac992ee 246
8b978dd5 247 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 248 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 249 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 250 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
251 if exists $options{authority};
252
8b978dd5 253 eval $code;
0ac992ee 254 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
255
bfe4d0fc 256 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 257
258 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 259 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 260 });
0ac992ee 261
8b978dd5 262 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
263 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 264 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 265 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 266 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
267 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
268 # I think this should be the order of things.
269 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 270 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
271 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 272 }
0ac992ee 273 }
bfe4d0fc 274 if (exists $options{methods}) {
275 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
276 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
277 }
0ac992ee 278 }
8b978dd5 279 return $meta;
280}
281
7b31baf4 282## Attribute readers
283
284# NOTE:
0ac992ee 285# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 286# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
287
c23184fc 288sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
289sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
290sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
291sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 292
0f71bc80 293# FIXME:
294# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 295sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 296 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 297
298 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 299 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 300 return $self->{'%!methods'};
301 }
302
0ac992ee 303 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
304
0f71bc80 305 my $class_name = $self->name;
306 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 307
92330ee2 308 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 309 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 310
311 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
312 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
313 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
314
e0e4674a 315 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
316 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name &&
317 ($name || '') ne '__ANON__';
0ac992ee 318
0f71bc80 319 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap($code);
7855ddba 320 }
0ac992ee 321
7855ddba 322 return $map;
c4260b45 323}
324
c9e77dbb 325# Instance Construction & Cloning
326
5f3c057a 327sub new_object {
328 my $class = shift;
651955fb 329 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 330 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 331 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
332 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
333 # which will deal with the singletons
334 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
335 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 336 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 337}
e16da3e6 338
339sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 340 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 341 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
342 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 343 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 344 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 345 }
0ac992ee 346 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 347 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
348 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
349 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
350 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
351 # NOTE:
352 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 353 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 354 # going to keep it here.
355 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
356 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
357 }
2d711cc8 358 return $instance;
359}
360
361sub get_meta_instance {
362 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 363 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 364 $class,
052c2a1a 365 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
366 );
e16da3e6 367}
368
5f3c057a 369sub clone_object {
370 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 371 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 372 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
373 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
374 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 375 # we need to protect the integrity of the
376 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 377 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 378 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 379 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 380}
381
c9e77dbb 382sub clone_instance {
651955fb 383 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
384 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 385 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 386 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 387 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 388 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
795a0c8b 389 if (exists $params{$attr->init_arg}) {
0ac992ee 390 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($clone, $attr->name, $params{$attr->init_arg});
c23184fc 391 }
0ac992ee 392 }
393 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 394}
395
3d9e4646 396sub rebless_instance {
397 my ($self, $instance, $new_metaclass) = @_;
398
399 # it's okay (expected, even) to pass in a package name
400 unless (blessed $new_metaclass) {
401 $new_metaclass = $self->initialize($new_metaclass);
402 }
1a720916 403 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 404
9b71b643 405 # make sure we're reblessing into a subclass
406 my $is_subclass = 0;
407 for my $superclass ($new_metaclass->linearized_isa) {
408 if ($superclass eq $self->name) {
409 $is_subclass = 1;
410 last;
411 }
412 }
413
414 $is_subclass
415 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass. (". $new_metaclass->name .") is not a subclass of (". $self->name .").";
416
1a720916 417 # rebless!
418 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $new_metaclass);
419
420 # check and upgrade all attributes
a93136d1 421 my %params = map { $_->name => $meta_instance->get_slot_value($instance, $_->name) }
1a720916 422 grep { $meta_instance->is_slot_initialized($instance, $_->name) }
423 $new_metaclass->compute_all_applicable_attributes;
424
425 foreach my $attr ($new_metaclass->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
426 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
427 }
3d9e4646 428}
429
8b978dd5 430# Inheritance
431
432sub superclasses {
433 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 434 if (@_) {
435 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 436 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 437 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 438 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 439 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 440 # be sure that the superclass is
441 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 442 # we don't know about
443 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 444 }
9d6dce77 445 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 446}
447
7160cad4 448sub subclasses {
449 my $self = shift;
450
451 my $super_class = $self->name;
452 my @derived_classes;
453
454 my $find_derived_classes;
455 $find_derived_classes = sub {
456 my ($outer_class) = @_;
457
458 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
459
c1d5345a 460 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 461 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
462 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
463 my $inner_class = $1;
464
465 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
466
467 my $class =
468 $outer_class
469 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
470 : $inner_class;
471
472 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
473 push @derived_classes, $class;
474 }
475
476 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
477
478 $find_derived_classes->($class);
479 }
480 };
481
482 my $root_class = q{};
483 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
484
485 undef $find_derived_classes;
486
487 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
488
489 return @derived_classes;
490}
491
492
b7bdffc3 493sub linearized_isa {
c1d5345a 494 if (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
495 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
496 }
497 else {
498 my %seen;
499 return grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list;
500 }
b7bdffc3 501}
502
8b978dd5 503sub class_precedence_list {
504 my $self = shift;
c1d5345a 505
506 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
507 # NOTE:
508 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
509 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
510 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
511 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
512 # suggestions are welcome.
513 # - SL
514 ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
515 }
0ac992ee 516
8b978dd5 517 (
0ac992ee 518 $self->name,
519 map {
f7259199 520 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
8b978dd5 521 } $self->superclasses()
0ac992ee 522 );
8b978dd5 523}
524
0882828e 525## Methods
526
527sub add_method {
528 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
529 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
530 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 531
7855ddba 532 my $body;
7855ddba 533 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 534 $body = $method->body;
7855ddba 535 }
0ac992ee 536 else {
7855ddba 537 $body = $method;
7855ddba 538 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 539 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
540 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
7855ddba 541 }
0f71bc80 542 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
0ac992ee 543
544 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
7855ddba 545 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
715adbb7 546 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 547}
548
a4258ffd 549{
2d711cc8 550 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
551 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
552 # fetch it locally
553 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
554 # if we dont have local ...
555 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 556 # try to find the next method
557 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
558 # die if it does not exist
559 (defined $method)
804f7d24 560 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 561 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 562 # even if it is already wrapped
563 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 564 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 565 }
566 else {
0ac992ee 567 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 568 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 569 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
570 }
571 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 572 return $method;
573 };
574
575 sub add_before_method_modifier {
576 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
577 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 578 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 579 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
580 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
581 }
582
583 sub add_after_method_modifier {
584 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
585 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 586 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 587 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
588 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
589 }
0ac992ee 590
2d711cc8 591 sub add_around_method_modifier {
592 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
593 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
594 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
595 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
596 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
0ac992ee 597 }
a4258ffd 598
0ac992ee 599 # NOTE:
8c936afc 600 # the methods above used to be named like this:
601 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
602 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
603 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
604 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 605 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 606 # with their modifier names, like so:
607 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 608 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 609 # evident from the context what method they are attached
610 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 611}
612
663f8198 613sub alias_method {
614 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
615 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
616 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 617
0f71bc80 618 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
619 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 620 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
621
7855ddba 622 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 623 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 624}
625
de19f115 626sub has_method {
627 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
628 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 629 || confess "You must define a method name";
630
631 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 632 return 1;
0882828e 633}
634
635sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 636 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 637 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
638 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 639
0f71bc80 640 # NOTE:
641 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 642 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 643 # will just return undef for me now
644 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 645
7855ddba 646 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 647}
648
649sub remove_method {
650 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
651 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
652 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 653
e0e4674a 654 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
655
656 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
657
715adbb7 658 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 659
c9b8b7f9 660 return $removed_method;
661}
662
663sub get_method_list {
664 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 665 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 666}
667
668sub find_method_by_name {
669 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 670 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 671 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 672 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 673 # fetch the meta-class ...
674 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 675 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 676 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
677 }
678 return;
a5eca695 679}
680
681sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
682 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 683 my (@methods, %seen_method);
684 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 685 # fetch the meta-class ...
686 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 687 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 688 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
689 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
690 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 691 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 692 class => $class,
693 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
694 };
695 }
696 }
697 return @methods;
698}
699
a5eca695 700sub find_all_methods_by_name {
701 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
702 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 703 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 704 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 705 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 706 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 707 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 708 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 709 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 710 class => $class,
711 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
712 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
713 }
714 return @methods;
8b978dd5 715}
716
96ceced8 717sub find_next_method_by_name {
718 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
719 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 720 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 721 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 722 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 723 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 724 # fetch the meta-class ...
725 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 726 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 727 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 728 }
2d711cc8 729 return;
96ceced8 730}
731
552e3d24 732## Attributes
733
e16da3e6 734sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 735 my $self = shift;
736 # either we have an attribute object already
737 # or we need to create one from the args provided
738 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
739 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
740 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 741 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 742
743 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 744 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 745 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 746 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 747
748 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
749 # name here so that we can properly detach
750 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 751 # accessors it would have generated
752 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
753 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 754
b1897d4d 755 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 756 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 757 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 758}
759
760sub has_attribute {
761 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
762 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
763 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 764 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
765}
e16da3e6 766
767sub get_attribute {
768 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
769 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
770 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 771 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 772 # NOTE:
773 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 774 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
775 #return;
776}
e16da3e6 777
778sub remove_attribute {
779 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
780 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
781 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 782 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 783 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 784 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
785 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 786 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 787 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 788}
e16da3e6 789
790sub get_attribute_list {
791 my $self = shift;
f7259199 792 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 793}
e16da3e6 794
795sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
796 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 797 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
798 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 799 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 800 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 801 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 802 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
803 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 804 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 805 }
806 }
0ac992ee 807 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 808}
2eb717d5 809
058c1cf5 810sub find_attribute_by_name {
811 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 812 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 813 # fetch the meta-class ...
814 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
815 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
816 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
817 }
818 return;
819}
820
857f87a7 821## Class closing
822
823sub is_mutable { 1 }
824sub is_immutable { 0 }
825
b817e248 826# NOTE:
827# Why I changed this (groditi)
828# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
829# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
830# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
831# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
832# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
833# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
834# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
835# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
836# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
837# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
838# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
839# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
840# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
841# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
842# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 843
c23184fc 844{
d9586da2 845 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 846 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 847 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 848 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 849 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 850 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
851
852 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
853 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
854
229910b5 855 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 856 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 857 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 858
859 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 860 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
861 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 862 }
c23184fc 863 }
0ac992ee 864
865 sub make_mutable{
866 my $self = shift;
867 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 868 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 869 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 870 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 871 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
0ac992ee 872 }
d9586da2 873}
0ac992ee 874
d9586da2 875sub create_immutable_transformer {
876 my $self = shift;
877 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
878 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
879 cannot_call => [qw/
880 add_method
881 alias_method
882 remove_method
883 add_attribute
884 remove_attribute
885 add_package_symbol
886 remove_package_symbol
887 /],
888 memoize => {
889 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 890 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 891 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
892 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
893 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
894 }
895 });
896 return $class;
857f87a7 897}
898
8b978dd5 8991;
900
901__END__
902
903=pod
904
0ac992ee 905=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 906
907Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
908
909=head1 SYNOPSIS
910
0ac992ee 911 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 912 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 913
fe122940 914 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 915
fe122940 916 # add a method to Foo ...
917 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 918
919 # get a list of all the classes searched
920 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 921 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 922
fe122940 923 # remove a method from Foo
924 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 925
fe122940 926 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 927
88dd563c 928 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
929 version => '0.01',
fe122940 930 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
931 attributes => [
932 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 933 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 934 ],
935 methods => {
936 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 937 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 938 }
939 ));
940
8b978dd5 941=head1 DESCRIPTION
942
0ac992ee 943This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
944meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
945manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
946best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 947documentation for each of it's methods.
948
552e3d24 949=head1 METHODS
950
2eb717d5 951=head2 Self Introspection
952
953=over 4
954
955=item B<meta>
956
0ac992ee 957This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
958to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 959introspect itself.
960
0ac992ee 961As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
962bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
963into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
964of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 965
966=back
967
552e3d24 968=head2 Class construction
969
0ac992ee 970These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
971which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
972pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 973
0ac992ee 974This module will internally store references to all the instances
975you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 976created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
977
978=over 4
979
0ac992ee 980=item B<create ($package_name,
981 version =E<gt> ?$version,
982 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
983 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
984 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 985 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 986
0ac992ee 987This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
988C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
989C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 990it.
552e3d24 991
0ac992ee 992=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
993 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 994 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
995
0ac992ee 996This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
997it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 998unique package name for you to stash things into.
999
0ac992ee 1000On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1001the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1002method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1003
d4ba1677 1004It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1005will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1006anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1007been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1008as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1009
66b3dded 1010=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1011
0ac992ee 1012This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1013for a given a C<$package_name>.
1014
66b3dded 1015=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1016
1017This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1018Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1019very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1020
651955fb 1021=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1022
0ac992ee 1023This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1024here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1025to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1026method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1027from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1028
550d56db 1029=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1030
0ac992ee 1031This method is called as the very last thing in the
1032C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1033metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1034your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1035see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1036
715adbb7 1037=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1038
1039This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1040it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1041function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1042but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1043
715adbb7 1044=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1045
1046Clear this flag, used in Moose.
1047
552e3d24 1048=back
1049
c9e77dbb 1050=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1051
0ac992ee 1052These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1053to use them or not.
552e3d24 1054
1055=over 4
1056
2bab2be6 1057=item B<instance_metaclass>
1058
2d711cc8 1059=item B<get_meta_instance>
1060
5f3c057a 1061=item B<new_object (%params)>
1062
0ac992ee 1063This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1064blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1065would call a C<new> this method like so:
1066
0ac992ee 1067 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1068 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1069 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1070 }
1071
0ac992ee 1072Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1073but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1074
cbd9f942 1075=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1076
0ac992ee 1077This method is used to construct an instace structure suitable for
1078C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1079with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1080
0ac992ee 1081This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1082(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1083the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1084it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1085in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1086attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1087
5f3c057a 1088=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1089
0ac992ee 1090This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1091blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1092C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1093see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1094class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1095
1096 sub MyClass::clone {
1097 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1098 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1099 }
1100
0ac992ee 1101Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
5f3c057a 1102but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1103
c9e77dbb 1104=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1105
0ac992ee 1106This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1107you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1108and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1109
0ac992ee 1110The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1111unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1112this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1113do for you).
c9e77dbb 1114
0ac992ee 1115As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1116as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1117thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1118shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1119think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1120is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1121
552e3d24 1122=back
1123
0ac992ee 1124=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1125
b9d9fc0b 1126These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1127
b9d9fc0b 1128=over 4
552e3d24 1129
b9d9fc0b 1130=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1131
96e38ba6 1132This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1133
b9d9fc0b 1134=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1135
96e38ba6 1136This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1137
b9d9fc0b 1138=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1139
96e38ba6 1140This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1141
552e3d24 1142=back
1143
1144=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1145
1146=over 4
1147
1148=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1149
0ac992ee 1150This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1151relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1152associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1153
343203ee 1154B<NOTE:>
0ac992ee 1155Perl will occasionally perform some C<@ISA> and method caching, if
1156you decide to change your superclass relationship at runtime (which
1157is quite insane and very much not recommened), then you should be
1158aware of this and the fact that this module does not make any
343203ee 1159attempt to address this issue.
1160
552e3d24 1161=item B<class_precedence_list>
1162
0ac992ee 1163This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
1164in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to
a2e85e6c 1165what B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1166
b7bdffc3 1167=item B<linearized_isa>
1168
1169This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1170duplicates removed.
1171
6c9f390e 1172=item B<subclasses>
1173
1174This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
1175
552e3d24 1176=back
1177
1178=head2 Methods
1179
1180=over 4
1181
c4260b45 1182=item B<get_method_map>
1183
2e41896e 1184=item B<method_metaclass>
1185
552e3d24 1186=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1187
0ac992ee 1188This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1189C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1190
0ac992ee 1191B<NOTE>:
1192This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1193other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1194correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1195such.
1196
663f8198 1197=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1198
0ac992ee 1199This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1200C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1201
0ac992ee 1202B<NOTE>:
1203Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1204C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1205the class's package.
663f8198 1206
552e3d24 1207=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1208
0ac992ee 1209This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1210a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1211if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1212
0ac992ee 1213This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1214that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1215
0ac992ee 1216This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1217installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1218subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1219qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1220correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1221
0ac992ee 1222This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1223packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1224is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1225may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1226
0ac992ee 1227In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1228C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 122990% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1230
1231=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1232
0ac992ee 1233This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1234C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1235
0ac992ee 1236The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1237CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1238
16e960bd 1239=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1240
1241This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1242or return undef if that method does not exist.
1243
1244Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1245
552e3d24 1246=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1247
0ac992ee 1248This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1249It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1250attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1251
1252=item B<get_method_list>
1253
0ac992ee 1254This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1255methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1256including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1257methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1258
1259=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1260
0ac992ee 1261This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1262respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1263HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1264name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1265reference for the actual method.
1266
1267=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1268
0ac992ee 1269This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1270with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1271C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1272with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1273same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1274lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1275
0ac992ee 1276The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1277duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1278initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1279once, and in the correct order.
1280
96ceced8 1281=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1282
0ac992ee 1283This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1284the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1285C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1286
552e3d24 1287=back
1288
a4258ffd 1289=head2 Method Modifiers
1290
0ac992ee 1291Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1292can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1293that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1294
1295=head3 How method modifiers work?
1296
0ac992ee 1297Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1298it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1299modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1300for the original method.
1301
1302Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1303obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1304return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1305because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1306primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1307like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1308to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1309the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1310responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1311complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1312of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1313
1314Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1315while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1316the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1317
96ceced8 1318 before 2
1319 before 1
1320 around 2
1321 around 1
1322 primary
1323 after 1
1324 after 2
1325
0ac992ee 1326To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1327included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1328F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1329classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1330
1331=head3 What is the performance impact?
1332
0ac992ee 1333Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1334but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1335to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1336
0ac992ee 1337The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1338absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1339performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1340
1341All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1342
1343 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1344 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1345 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1346 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1347 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1348
0ac992ee 1349These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1350comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1351C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1352and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1353
a4258ffd 1354=over 4
1355
1356=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1357
0ac992ee 1358This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1359will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1360method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1361method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1362fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1363C<around> method modifier.
1364
a4258ffd 1365=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1366
0ac992ee 1367This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1368method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1369supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1370As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1371modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1372the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1373C<around> method modifier.
1374
a4258ffd 1375=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1376
0ac992ee 1377This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1378will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1379at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1380continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1381can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1382the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1383C<$code> can or cannot do.
1384
a4258ffd 1385=back
1386
552e3d24 1387=head2 Attributes
1388
0ac992ee 1389It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1390the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1391the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1392their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1393
1394=over 4
1395
2e41896e 1396=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1397
7b31baf4 1398=item B<get_attribute_map>
1399
8203616d 1400=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | $attribute_name, %attribute_spec)>
552e3d24 1401
8203616d 1402This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1403C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1404instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1405within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1406later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1407More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1408L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1409section.
1410
0ac992ee 1411It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1412methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1413into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1414
86482605 1415B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1416If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1417will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1418the new one added.
1419
552e3d24 1420=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1421
0ac992ee 1422Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1423C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1424
1425=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1426
0ac992ee 1427Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1428if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1429
1430=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1431
0ac992ee 1432This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1433C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1434
0ac992ee 1435B<NOTE:>
1436Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1437the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1438any existing instances of the class.
1439
0ac992ee 1440It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1441methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1442has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1443these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1444instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1445you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1446
552e3d24 1447=item B<get_attribute_list>
1448
0ac992ee 1449This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1450class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1451use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1452
1453=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1454
0ac992ee 1455This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1456the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1457HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1458that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1459meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1460
058c1cf5 1461=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1462
0ac992ee 1463This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1464first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1465It will return undef if nothing is found.
1466
552e3d24 1467=back
1468
96e38ba6 1469=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1470
1471=over 4
1472
96e38ba6 1473=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1474
0ac992ee 1475This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1476make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1477the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1478
0ac992ee 1479=item B<make_mutable>
1480
1481This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1482made it immutable.
1483
b817e248 1484=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1485
1486Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1487
857f87a7 1488=back
1489
1a09d9cc 1490=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1491
a2e85e6c 1492Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1493
1494=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1495
69e3ab0a 1496Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1497
1498L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1499
1500This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1501it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1502
798baea5 1503=cut