Class::MOP::Method and co. are now stricter and require the package_name and name...
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8b978dd5 1
2package Class::MOP::Class;
3
4use strict;
5use warnings;
6
c23184fc 7use Class::MOP::Immutable;
ba38bf08 8use Class::MOP::Instance;
9use Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped;
10
8b978dd5 11use Carp 'confess';
7f63694d 12use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'weaken';
8b978dd5 13
5f3efd66 14our $VERSION = '0.31';
f0480c45 15our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
8b978dd5 16
2243a22b 17use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
18
8b978dd5 19# Creation
0ac992ee 20
be7677c7 21sub initialize {
22 my $class = shift;
23 my $package_name = shift;
24 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 25 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
3af3cbbd 26 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
27 return $meta;
28 }
c23184fc 29 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
be7677c7 30}
31
32sub reinitialize {
33 my $class = shift;
34 my $package_name = shift;
35 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
0ac992ee 36 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
be7677c7 37 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
c23184fc 38 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
0ac992ee 39}
40
41# NOTE: (meta-circularity)
42# this is a special form of &construct_instance
be7677c7 43# (see below), which is used to construct class
0ac992ee 44# meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
45# class. All other classes will use the more
be7677c7 46# normal &construct_instance.
47sub construct_class_instance {
48 my $class = shift;
49 my %options = @_;
c23184fc 50 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
be7677c7 51 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
0ac992ee 52 || confess "You must pass a package name";
be7677c7 53 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 54 # return the metaclass if we have it cached,
55 # and it is still defined (it has not been
56 # reaped by DESTROY yet, which can happen
be7677c7 57 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
3af3cbbd 58
59 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
60 return $meta;
61 }
be7677c7 62
63 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 64 # we need to deal with the possibility
65 # of class immutability here, and then
be7677c7 66 # get the name of the class appropriately
67 $class = (blessed($class)
68 ? ($class->is_immutable
69 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
70 : blessed($class))
71 : $class);
72
be7677c7 73 # now create the metaclass
74 my $meta;
9c6877f4 75 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
0ac992ee 76 no strict 'refs';
77 $meta = bless {
be7677c7 78 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
0ac992ee 79 '$!package' => $package_name,
80
c4260b45 81 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 82 # since the following attributes will
83 # actually be loaded from the symbol
c4260b45 84 # table, and actually bypass the instance
85 # entirely, we can just leave these things
86 # listed here for reference, because they
0ac992ee 87 # should not actually have a value associated
c4260b45 88 # with the slot.
0ac992ee 89 '%!namespace' => \undef,
be7677c7 90 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
c23184fc 91 '$!version' => \undef,
92 '$!authority' => \undef,
c4260b45 93 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
c23184fc 94 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
0ac992ee 95
c23184fc 96 '%!methods' => {},
0ac992ee 97 '%!attributes' => {},
c23184fc 98 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
99 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
100 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
e0e4674a 101
102 ## uber-private variables
103 # NOTE:
104 # this starts out as undef so that
105 # we can tell the first time the
106 # methods are fetched
107 # - SL
108 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
be7677c7 109 } => $class;
110 }
111 else {
112 # NOTE:
113 # it is safe to use meta here because
0ac992ee 114 # class will always be a subclass of
be7677c7 115 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
116 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
727919c5 117 }
0ac992ee 118
be7677c7 119 # and check the metaclass compatibility
715adbb7 120 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
0ac992ee 121
be7677c7 122 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
0ac992ee 123
be7677c7 124 # NOTE:
125 # we need to weaken any anon classes
126 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
b9d9fc0b 127 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
0ac992ee 128
129 $meta;
130}
131
715adbb7 132sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
133sub update_package_cache_flag {
b1f5f41d 134 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 135 # NOTE:
136 # we can manually update the cache number
137 # since we are actually adding the method
138 # to our cache as well. This avoids us
139 # having to regenerate the method_map.
140 # - SL
b1f5f41d 141 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
e0e4674a 142}
143
be7677c7 144sub check_metaclass_compatability {
145 my $self = shift;
146
147 # this is always okay ...
0ac992ee 148 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
be7677c7 149 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
150
b7bdffc3 151 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
be7677c7 152 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
373a16ae 153
0ac992ee 154 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
be7677c7 155 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
0ac992ee 156
373a16ae 157 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 158 # we need to deal with the possibility
159 # of class immutability here, and then
160 # get the name of the class appropriately
be7677c7 161 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
162 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
0ac992ee 163 : blessed($meta));
164
be7677c7 165 ($self->isa($meta_type))
0ac992ee 166 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
167 " is not compatible with the " .
be7677c7 168 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
77e5fce4 169 # NOTE:
be7677c7 170 # we also need to check that instance metaclasses
171 # are compatabile in the same the class.
172 ($self->instance_metaclass->isa($meta->instance_metaclass))
0ac992ee 173 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
174 " is not compatible with the " .
175 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
176 }
177}
8b978dd5 178
6d5355c3 179## ANON classes
180
181{
182 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 183 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
184 # use case where it is not, write a test and
6d5355c3 185 # I will change it.
186 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
0ac992ee 187
b9d9fc0b 188 # NOTE:
189 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
0ac992ee 190 # this should suffice for now, this is
191 # used in a couple of places below, so
b9d9fc0b 192 # need to put it up here for now.
0ac992ee 193 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
b9d9fc0b 194
195 sub is_anon_class {
196 my $self = shift;
a651e249 197 no warnings 'uninitialized';
0ac992ee 198 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
b9d9fc0b 199 }
6d5355c3 200
201 sub create_anon_class {
0ac992ee 202 my ($class, %options) = @_;
6d5355c3 203 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
88dd563c 204 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
0ac992ee 205 }
6d5355c3 206
b9d9fc0b 207 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 208 # this will only get called for
209 # anon-classes, all other calls
210 # are assumed to occur during
b9d9fc0b 211 # global destruction and so don't
212 # really need to be handled explicitly
213 sub DESTROY {
214 my $self = shift;
0ac992ee 215 no warnings 'uninitialized';
b9d9fc0b 216 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
217 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
0ac992ee 218 no strict 'refs';
b9d9fc0b 219 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
220 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
221 }
0ac992ee 222 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
6d5355c3 223 }
b9d9fc0b 224
6d5355c3 225}
226
227# creating classes with MOP ...
228
8b978dd5 229sub create {
88dd563c 230 my $class = shift;
231 my $package_name = shift;
0ac992ee 232
bfe4d0fc 233 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
8b978dd5 234 || confess "You must pass a package name";
88dd563c 235
236 (scalar @_ % 2 == 0)
0ac992ee 237 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
88dd563c 238 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
239
240 my (%options) = @_;
d7b2249e 241
242 (ref $options{superclasses} eq 'ARRAY')
243 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of superclasses"
244 if exists $options{superclasses};
245
246 (ref $options{attributes} eq 'ARRAY')
247 || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of attributes"
248 if exists $options{attributes};
249
250 (ref $options{methods} eq 'HASH')
251 || confess "You must pass an HASH ref of methods"
252 if exists $options{methods};
0ac992ee 253
8b978dd5 254 my $code = "package $package_name;";
0ac992ee 255 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
88dd563c 256 if exists $options{version};
0ac992ee 257 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
258 if exists $options{authority};
259
8b978dd5 260 eval $code;
0ac992ee 261 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
262
bfe4d0fc 263 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
0ac992ee 264
265 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
df7b4119 266 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
aa448b16 267 });
0ac992ee 268
8b978dd5 269 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
270 if exists $options{superclasses};
2eb717d5 271 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 272 # process attributes first, so that they can
2eb717d5 273 # install accessors, but locally defined methods
274 # can then overwrite them. It is maybe a little odd, but
275 # I think this should be the order of things.
276 if (exists $options{attributes}) {
cbd9f942 277 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
278 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
2eb717d5 279 }
0ac992ee 280 }
bfe4d0fc 281 if (exists $options{methods}) {
282 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
283 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
284 }
0ac992ee 285 }
8b978dd5 286 return $meta;
287}
288
7b31baf4 289## Attribute readers
290
291# NOTE:
0ac992ee 292# all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
7b31baf4 293# away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
294
c23184fc 295sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
296sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
297sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
298sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
7b31baf4 299
0f71bc80 300# FIXME:
301# this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
0ac992ee 302sub get_method_map {
c4260b45 303 my $self = shift;
e0e4674a 304
305 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
b1f5f41d 306 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
e0e4674a 307 return $self->{'%!methods'};
308 }
309
0ac992ee 310 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
311
0f71bc80 312 my $class_name = $self->name;
313 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
0ac992ee 314
92330ee2 315 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
91e0eb4a 316 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
0ac992ee 317
318 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
319 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
320 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
321
e0e4674a 322 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
46b23b44 323
324 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name ||
325 (($name || '') ne '__ANON__' && ($pkg || '') ne $class_name);
326
327 #warn "Checking $pkg against $class_name && $name against __ANON__";
0ac992ee 328
b38f3848 329 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap(
330 $code,
331 package_name => $class_name,
332 name => $symbol,
333 );
7855ddba 334 }
0ac992ee 335
7855ddba 336 return $map;
c4260b45 337}
338
c9e77dbb 339# Instance Construction & Cloning
340
5f3c057a 341sub new_object {
342 my $class = shift;
651955fb 343 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 344 # we need to protect the integrity of the
651955fb 345 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, so we
346 # delegate this to &construct_class_instance
347 # which will deal with the singletons
348 return $class->construct_class_instance(@_)
349 if $class->name->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
24869f62 350 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
5f3c057a 351}
e16da3e6 352
353sub construct_instance {
cbd9f942 354 my ($class, %params) = @_;
0e76a376 355 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
356 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
c9e77dbb 357 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
f892c0f0 358 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
cbd9f942 359 }
0ac992ee 360 # NOTE:
d4ba1677 361 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
362 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
363 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
364 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
365 # NOTE:
366 # At some point we should make this official
0ac992ee 367 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
d4ba1677 368 # going to keep it here.
369 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
370 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
371 }
2d711cc8 372 return $instance;
373}
374
375sub get_meta_instance {
376 my $class = shift;
052c2a1a 377 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
0ac992ee 378 $class,
052c2a1a 379 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
380 );
e16da3e6 381}
382
5f3c057a 383sub clone_object {
384 my $class = shift;
0ac992ee 385 my $instance = shift;
651955fb 386 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
387 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
388 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 389 # we need to protect the integrity of the
390 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
a740253a 391 # should not be cloned.
0ac992ee 392 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
f7259199 393 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
5f3c057a 394}
395
c9e77dbb 396sub clone_instance {
651955fb 397 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
398 (blessed($instance))
c9e77dbb 399 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
f7259199 400 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
0ac992ee 401 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
c23184fc 402 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
de55d708 403 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
404 if (exists $params{$init_arg}) {
405 $attr->set_value($clone, $params{$init_arg});
406 }
c23184fc 407 }
0ac992ee 408 }
409 return $clone;
c9e77dbb 410}
411
3d9e4646 412sub rebless_instance {
214e4bd7 413 my ($self, $instance, %params) = @_;
2a2b8458 414
415 my $old_metaclass;
416 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
417 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
418 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
419 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
420 }
421 else {
422 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
423 }
424
1a720916 425 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
3d9e4646 426
3cd40f5e 427 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
de0d4f93 428 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
9b71b643 429
1a720916 430 # rebless!
3cd40f5e 431 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
1a720916 432
de55d708 433 foreach my $attr ( $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes ) {
434 if ( $attr->has_value($instance) ) {
e253285d 435 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
214e4bd7 436 $params{$init_arg} = $attr->get_value($instance)
437 unless exists $params{$init_arg};
438 }
439 else {
b293f28b 440 $attr->set_value($instance, $attr->get_value($instance));
e253285d 441 }
de55d708 442 }
1a720916 443 }
e253285d 444
445 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
446 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
447 }
830b326c 448
449 $instance;
3d9e4646 450}
451
8b978dd5 452# Inheritance
453
454sub superclasses {
455 my $self = shift;
8b978dd5 456 if (@_) {
457 my @supers = @_;
9d6dce77 458 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
d82060fe 459 # NOTE:
0ac992ee 460 # we need to check the metaclass
84086365 461 # compatibility here so that we can
0ac992ee 462 # be sure that the superclass is
463 # not potentially creating an issues
d82060fe 464 # we don't know about
465 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
8b978dd5 466 }
9d6dce77 467 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
8b978dd5 468}
469
7160cad4 470sub subclasses {
471 my $self = shift;
472
473 my $super_class = $self->name;
474 my @derived_classes;
475
476 my $find_derived_classes;
477 $find_derived_classes = sub {
478 my ($outer_class) = @_;
479
480 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
481
c1d5345a 482 SYMBOL:
7160cad4 483 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
484 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
485 my $inner_class = $1;
486
487 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
488
489 my $class =
490 $outer_class
491 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
492 : $inner_class;
493
494 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
495 push @derived_classes, $class;
496 }
497
498 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
499
500 $find_derived_classes->($class);
501 }
502 };
503
504 my $root_class = q{};
505 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
506
507 undef $find_derived_classes;
508
509 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
510
511 return @derived_classes;
512}
513
514
b7bdffc3 515sub linearized_isa {
3cf322a0 516 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
b7bdffc3 517}
518
8b978dd5 519sub class_precedence_list {
520 my $self = shift;
77a143ba 521 my $name = $self->name;
c1d5345a 522
523 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
524 # NOTE:
525 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
526 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
527 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
528 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
529 # suggestions are welcome.
530 # - SL
77a143ba 531 ($name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
c1d5345a 532 }
0ac992ee 533
77a143ba 534 # if our mro is c3, we can
535 # just grab the linear_isa
536 if (mro::get_mro($name) eq 'c3') {
537 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa($name) }
538 }
539 else {
540 # NOTE:
541 # we can't grab the linear_isa for dfs
542 # since it has all the duplicates
543 # already removed.
544 return (
545 $name,
546 map {
547 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
548 } $self->superclasses()
549 );
550 }
8b978dd5 551}
552
0882828e 553## Methods
554
555sub add_method {
556 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
557 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
558 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 559
7855ddba 560 my $body;
7855ddba 561 if (blessed($method)) {
0ac992ee 562 $body = $method->body;
4c105333 563 if ($method->package_name ne $self->name &&
564 $method->name ne $method_name) {
565 warn "Hello there, got somethig for you."
566 . " Method says " . $method->package_name . " " . $method->name
567 . " Class says " . $self->name . " " . $method_name;
568 $method = $method->clone(
569 package_name => $self->name,
570 name => $method_name
571 ) if $method->can('clone');
572 }
7855ddba 573 }
0ac992ee 574 else {
7855ddba 575 $body = $method;
7855ddba 576 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 577 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
4c105333 578 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap(
579 $body => (
580 package_name => $self->name,
581 name => $method_name
582 )
583 );
7855ddba 584 }
0f71bc80 585 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
4c105333 586
587 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
588 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" =>
589 Class::MOP::subname($full_method_name => $body)
590 );
715adbb7 591 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0882828e 592}
593
a4258ffd 594{
2d711cc8 595 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
596 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
597 # fetch it locally
598 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
599 # if we dont have local ...
600 unless ($method) {
195f5bf8 601 # try to find the next method
602 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
603 # die if it does not exist
604 (defined $method)
804f7d24 605 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
0ac992ee 606 # and now make sure to wrap it
195f5bf8 607 # even if it is already wrapped
608 # because we need a new sub ref
2d711cc8 609 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
195f5bf8 610 }
611 else {
0ac992ee 612 # now make sure we wrap it properly
195f5bf8 613 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
0ac992ee 614 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
615 }
616 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
2d711cc8 617 return $method;
618 };
619
620 sub add_before_method_modifier {
621 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
622 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 623 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 624 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 625 $method->add_before_modifier(
626 Class::MOP::subname(':before' => $method_modifier)
627 );
2d711cc8 628 }
629
630 sub add_after_method_modifier {
631 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
632 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 633 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
2d711cc8 634 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 635 $method->add_after_modifier(
636 Class::MOP::subname(':after' => $method_modifier)
637 );
2d711cc8 638 }
0ac992ee 639
2d711cc8 640 sub add_around_method_modifier {
641 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
642 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
643 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
644 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
4c105333 645 $method->add_around_modifier(
646 Class::MOP::subname(':around' => $method_modifier)
647 );
0ac992ee 648 }
a4258ffd 649
0ac992ee 650 # NOTE:
8c936afc 651 # the methods above used to be named like this:
652 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
653 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
654 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
655 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
0ac992ee 656 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
8c936afc 657 # with their modifier names, like so:
658 # :(before|after|around)
0ac992ee 659 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
8c936afc 660 # evident from the context what method they are attached
661 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
ee5e71d4 662}
663
663f8198 664sub alias_method {
665 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
666 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
667 || confess "You must define a method name";
de19f115 668
0f71bc80 669 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
670 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
0ac992ee 671 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
672
7855ddba 673 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
715adbb7 674 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
16e960bd 675}
676
de19f115 677sub has_method {
678 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
679 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 680 || confess "You must define a method name";
681
682 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
de19f115 683 return 1;
0882828e 684}
685
686sub get_method {
c9b8b7f9 687 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
0882828e 688 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
689 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 690
0f71bc80 691 # NOTE:
692 # I don't really need this here, because
0ac992ee 693 # if the method_map is missing a key it
0f71bc80 694 # will just return undef for me now
695 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
0ac992ee 696
7855ddba 697 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
c9b8b7f9 698}
699
700sub remove_method {
701 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
702 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
703 || confess "You must define a method name";
0ac992ee 704
e0e4674a 705 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
706
707 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
708
715adbb7 709 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
0ac992ee 710
c9b8b7f9 711 return $removed_method;
712}
713
714sub get_method_list {
715 my $self = shift;
0f71bc80 716 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
7855ddba 717}
718
719sub find_method_by_name {
720 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
b9575695 721 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 722 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 723 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
b9575695 724 # fetch the meta-class ...
725 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 726 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
b9575695 727 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
728 }
729 return;
a5eca695 730}
731
732sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
733 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 734 my (@methods, %seen_method);
735 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 736 # fetch the meta-class ...
737 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 738 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
a5eca695 739 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
740 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
741 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 742 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 743 class => $class,
744 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
745 };
746 }
747 }
748 return @methods;
749}
750
a5eca695 751sub find_all_methods_by_name {
752 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
753 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 754 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
a5eca695 755 my @methods;
b7bdffc3 756 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
a5eca695 757 # fetch the meta-class ...
96ceced8 758 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
a5eca695 759 push @methods => {
0ac992ee 760 name => $method_name,
a5eca695 761 class => $class,
762 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
763 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
764 }
765 return @methods;
8b978dd5 766}
767
96ceced8 768sub find_next_method_by_name {
769 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
770 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
0ac992ee 771 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
b7bdffc3 772 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
2d711cc8 773 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
96ceced8 774 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
96ceced8 775 # fetch the meta-class ...
776 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 777 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
2d711cc8 778 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
96ceced8 779 }
2d711cc8 780 return;
96ceced8 781}
782
552e3d24 783## Attributes
784
e16da3e6 785sub add_attribute {
2e41896e 786 my $self = shift;
787 # either we have an attribute object already
788 # or we need to create one from the args provided
789 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
790 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
791 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
0ac992ee 792 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
b1897d4d 793
794 # first we attach our new attribute
0ac992ee 795 # because it might need certain information
b1897d4d 796 # about the class which it is attached to
9ec169fe 797 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
0ac992ee 798
799 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
800 # name here so that we can properly detach
801 # the old attr object, and remove any
b1897d4d 802 # accessors it would have generated
803 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
804 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
0ac992ee 805
b1897d4d 806 # then onto installing the new accessors
2d711cc8 807 $attribute->install_accessors();
291073fc 808 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
e16da3e6 809}
810
811sub has_attribute {
812 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
813 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
814 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 815 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
816}
e16da3e6 817
818sub get_attribute {
819 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
820 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
821 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 822 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
b1897d4d 823 # NOTE:
824 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
0ac992ee 825 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
826 #return;
827}
e16da3e6 828
829sub remove_attribute {
830 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
831 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
832 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
0ac992ee 833 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
22286063 834 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 835 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
836 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
2d711cc8 837 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
e16da3e6 838 return $removed_attribute;
0ac992ee 839}
e16da3e6 840
841sub get_attribute_list {
842 my $self = shift;
f7259199 843 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
0ac992ee 844}
e16da3e6 845
846sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
847 my $self = shift;
b7bdffc3 848 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
849 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
e16da3e6 850 # fetch the meta-class ...
f7259199 851 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
0ac992ee 852 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
e16da3e6 853 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
854 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
c9e77dbb 855 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
e16da3e6 856 }
857 }
0ac992ee 858 return @attrs;
e16da3e6 859}
2eb717d5 860
058c1cf5 861sub find_attribute_by_name {
862 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
b7bdffc3 863 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
058c1cf5 864 # fetch the meta-class ...
865 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
866 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
867 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
868 }
869 return;
870}
871
857f87a7 872## Class closing
873
874sub is_mutable { 1 }
875sub is_immutable { 0 }
876
b817e248 877# NOTE:
878# Why I changed this (groditi)
879# - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
880# - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
881# - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
882# - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
883# - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
884# - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
885# - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
886# - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
887# immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
888# another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
889# of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
890# Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
891# Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
892# - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
893# the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
04dd7510 894
c23184fc 895{
d9586da2 896 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
0ac992ee 897 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
c23184fc 898 sub make_immutable {
0ac992ee 899 my $self = shift;
04dd7510 900 my %options = @_;
d9586da2 901 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
902
903 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
904 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
905
229910b5 906 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
7f63694d 907 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
d9586da2 908 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
04dd7510 909
910 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
d9586da2 911 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
912 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
04dd7510 913 }
09c6e1d2 914
915 1;
c23184fc 916 }
0ac992ee 917
918 sub make_mutable{
919 my $self = shift;
920 return if $self->is_mutable;
7f63694d 921 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
1d68af04 922 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
d9586da2 923 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
229910b5 924 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
09c6e1d2 925 1;
0ac992ee 926 }
d9586da2 927}
0ac992ee 928
d9586da2 929sub create_immutable_transformer {
930 my $self = shift;
931 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
5f3efd66 932 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
933 cannot_call => [qw/
d9586da2 934 add_method
935 alias_method
936 remove_method
937 add_attribute
938 remove_attribute
d9586da2 939 remove_package_symbol
5f3efd66 940 /],
941 memoize => {
d9586da2 942 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
b7bdffc3 943 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
d9586da2 944 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
945 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
946 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
5f3efd66 947 },
948 # NOTE:
949 # this is ugly, but so are typeglobs,
950 # so whattayahgonnadoboutit
951 # - SL
952 wrapped => {
953 add_package_symbol => sub {
954 my $original = shift;
955 confess "Cannot add package symbols to an immutable metaclass"
956 unless (caller(2))[3] eq 'Class::MOP::Package::get_package_symbol';
957 goto $original->body;
958 },
959 },
d9586da2 960 });
961 return $class;
857f87a7 962}
963
8b978dd5 9641;
965
966__END__
967
968=pod
969
0ac992ee 970=head1 NAME
8b978dd5 971
972Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
973
974=head1 SYNOPSIS
975
0ac992ee 976 # assuming that class Foo
8c936afc 977 # has been defined, you can
0ac992ee 978
fe122940 979 # use this for introspection ...
0ac992ee 980
fe122940 981 # add a method to Foo ...
982 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
0ac992ee 983
984 # get a list of all the classes searched
985 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
fe122940 986 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
0ac992ee 987
fe122940 988 # remove a method from Foo
989 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
0ac992ee 990
fe122940 991 # or use this to actually create classes ...
0ac992ee 992
88dd563c 993 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
994 version => '0.01',
fe122940 995 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
996 attributes => [
997 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
0ac992ee 998 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
fe122940 999 ],
1000 methods => {
1001 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
0ac992ee 1002 construct_baz => sub { ... }
fe122940 1003 }
1004 ));
1005
8b978dd5 1006=head1 DESCRIPTION
1007
0ac992ee 1008This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
1009meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
1010manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
1011best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
fe122940 1012documentation for each of it's methods.
1013
552e3d24 1014=head1 METHODS
1015
2eb717d5 1016=head2 Self Introspection
1017
1018=over 4
1019
1020=item B<meta>
1021
0ac992ee 1022This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
1023to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
fe122940 1024introspect itself.
1025
0ac992ee 1026As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
1027bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
1028into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
1029of the MOP when subclassing it.
2eb717d5 1030
1031=back
1032
552e3d24 1033=head2 Class construction
1034
0ac992ee 1035These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
1036which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
1037pre-existing classes.
552e3d24 1038
0ac992ee 1039This module will internally store references to all the instances
1040you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
552e3d24 1041created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
1042
1043=over 4
1044
0ac992ee 1045=item B<create ($package_name,
1046 version =E<gt> ?$version,
1047 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
1048 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1049 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
a2e85e6c 1050 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
552e3d24 1051
0ac992ee 1052This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
1053C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
1054C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
88dd563c 1055it.
552e3d24 1056
0ac992ee 1057=item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1058 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
587aca23 1059 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1060
0ac992ee 1061This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
1062it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
587aca23 1063unique package name for you to stash things into.
1064
0ac992ee 1065On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1066the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1067method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
823a5d31 1068
d4ba1677 1069It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
0ac992ee 1070will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1071anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1072been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1073as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
d4ba1677 1074
66b3dded 1075=item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
552e3d24 1076
0ac992ee 1077This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
a2e85e6c 1078for a given a C<$package_name>.
1079
66b3dded 1080=item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1081
1082This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
0ac992ee 1083Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1084very easily make a very large mess of your program.
66b3dded 1085
651955fb 1086=item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
a2e85e6c 1087
0ac992ee 1088This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1089here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1090to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
a2e85e6c 1091method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1092from outside of that method really.
552e3d24 1093
550d56db 1094=item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1095
0ac992ee 1096This method is called as the very last thing in the
1097C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1098metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1099your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
550d56db 1100see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1101
715adbb7 1102=item B<update_package_cache_flag>
e0e4674a 1103
1104This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1105it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1106function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1107but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1108
715adbb7 1109=item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1110
127d39a7 1111Clears the package cache flag to announce to the internals that we need
1112to rebuild the method map.
715adbb7 1113
552e3d24 1114=back
1115
c9e77dbb 1116=head2 Object instance construction and cloning
a2e85e6c 1117
0ac992ee 1118These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
c9e77dbb 1119to use them or not.
552e3d24 1120
1121=over 4
1122
2bab2be6 1123=item B<instance_metaclass>
1124
127d39a7 1125Returns the class name of the instance metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Instance>
1126for more information on the instance metaclasses.
1127
2d711cc8 1128=item B<get_meta_instance>
1129
127d39a7 1130Returns an instance of L<Class::MOP::Instance> to be used in the construction
1131of a new instance of the class.
1132
5f3c057a 1133=item B<new_object (%params)>
1134
0ac992ee 1135This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1136blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
5f3c057a 1137would call a C<new> this method like so:
1138
0ac992ee 1139 sub MyClass::new {
5f3c057a 1140 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1141 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1142 }
1143
cbd9f942 1144=item B<construct_instance (%params)>
552e3d24 1145
127d39a7 1146This method is used to construct an instance structure suitable for
0ac992ee 1147C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
c9e77dbb 1148with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1149
0ac992ee 1150This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1151(currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1152the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1153it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1154in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
a2e85e6c 1155attribute meta-object.
727919c5 1156
5f3c057a 1157=item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1158
0ac992ee 1159This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1160blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1161C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1162see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
19d4b5b8 1163class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
5f3c057a 1164
1165 sub MyClass::clone {
1166 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1167 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1168 }
1169
c9e77dbb 1170=item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1171
0ac992ee 1172This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1173you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
19d4b5b8 1174and clones the instance shallowly.
a27ae83f 1175
0ac992ee 1176The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1177unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
a27ae83f 1178this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1179do for you).
c9e77dbb 1180
0ac992ee 1181As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1182as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1183thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1184shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1185think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
19d4b5b8 1186is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1187
214e4bd7 1188=item B<rebless_instance($instance, ?%params)>
69663c57 1189
1190This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1191C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
214e4bd7 1192itself. You may pass in optional C<%params> which are like constructor
1193params and will override anything already defined in the instance.
69663c57 1194
552e3d24 1195=back
1196
0ac992ee 1197=head2 Informational
552e3d24 1198
b9d9fc0b 1199These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
552e3d24 1200
b9d9fc0b 1201=over 4
552e3d24 1202
b9d9fc0b 1203=item B<is_anon_class>
552e3d24 1204
96e38ba6 1205This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1206
b9d9fc0b 1207=item B<is_mutable>
552e3d24 1208
96e38ba6 1209This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1210
b9d9fc0b 1211=item B<is_immutable>
552e3d24 1212
96e38ba6 1213This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1214
552e3d24 1215=back
1216
1217=head2 Inheritance Relationships
1218
1219=over 4
1220
1221=item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1222
0ac992ee 1223This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
a2e85e6c 1224relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1225associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
552e3d24 1226
1227=item B<class_precedence_list>
1228
0ac992ee 1229This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
127d39a7 1230in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to what
1231B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
552e3d24 1232
b7bdffc3 1233=item B<linearized_isa>
1234
1235This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1236duplicates removed.
1237
6c9f390e 1238=item B<subclasses>
1239
127d39a7 1240This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
6c9f390e 1241
552e3d24 1242=back
1243
1244=head2 Methods
1245
1246=over 4
1247
c4260b45 1248=item B<get_method_map>
1249
127d39a7 1250Returns a HASH ref of name to CODE reference mapping for this class.
1251
2e41896e 1252=item B<method_metaclass>
1253
127d39a7 1254Returns the class name of the method metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Method>
1255for more information on the method metaclasses.
1256
552e3d24 1257=item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1258
0ac992ee 1259This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1260C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
552e3d24 1261
0ac992ee 1262B<NOTE>:
1263This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1264other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1265correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
552e3d24 1266such.
1267
663f8198 1268=item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1269
0ac992ee 1270This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1271C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
663f8198 1272
0ac992ee 1273B<NOTE>:
1274Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1275C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1276the class's package.
663f8198 1277
552e3d24 1278=item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1279
0ac992ee 1280This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1281a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
a2e85e6c 1282if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
552e3d24 1283
0ac992ee 1284This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
552e3d24 1285that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1286
0ac992ee 1287This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1288installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1289subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1290qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1291correctly identify it.
552e3d24 1292
0ac992ee 1293This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1294packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1295is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1296may be a valid method being applied to the class.
552e3d24 1297
0ac992ee 1298In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1299C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
a2e85e6c 130090% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
552e3d24 1301
1302=item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1303
0ac992ee 1304This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
86482605 1305C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1306
0ac992ee 1307The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
86482605 1308CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
552e3d24 1309
f9debadc 1310=item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name)>
16e960bd 1311
1312This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1313or return undef if that method does not exist.
1314
1315Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1316
552e3d24 1317=item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1318
0ac992ee 1319This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1320It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
552e3d24 1321attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1322
1323=item B<get_method_list>
1324
0ac992ee 1325This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1326methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1327including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
552e3d24 1328methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1329
1330=item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1331
0ac992ee 1332This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1333respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1334HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1335name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
552e3d24 1336reference for the actual method.
1337
1338=item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1339
0ac992ee 1340This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1341with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1342C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1343with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1344same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
552e3d24 1345lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1346
0ac992ee 1347The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1348duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1349initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
552e3d24 1350once, and in the correct order.
1351
96ceced8 1352=item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1353
0ac992ee 1354This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1355the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
96ceced8 1356C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1357
552e3d24 1358=back
1359
a4258ffd 1360=head2 Method Modifiers
1361
0ac992ee 1362Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1363can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1364that will be called everytime the method is called.
96ceced8 1365
1366=head3 How method modifiers work?
1367
0ac992ee 1368Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1369it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1370modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1371for the original method.
1372
1373Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1374obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1375return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1376because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1377primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1378like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1379to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1380the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1381responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1382complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1383of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1384
1385Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1386while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
96ceced8 1387the call tree might looks something like this:
0ac992ee 1388
96ceced8 1389 before 2
1390 before 1
1391 around 2
1392 around 1
1393 primary
1394 after 1
1395 after 2
1396
0ac992ee 1397To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1398included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1399F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
96ceced8 1400classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1401
1402=head3 What is the performance impact?
1403
0ac992ee 1404Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1405but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
96ceced8 1406to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1407
0ac992ee 1408The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1409absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
96ceced8 1410performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1411
1412All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1413
1414 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1415 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1416 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1417 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1418 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1419
0ac992ee 1420These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1421comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
96ceced8 1422C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
0ac992ee 1423and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
96ceced8 1424
a4258ffd 1425=over 4
1426
1427=item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1428
0ac992ee 1429This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1430will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1431method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1432method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1433fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1434C<around> method modifier.
1435
a4258ffd 1436=item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1437
0ac992ee 1438This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1439method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
96ceced8 1440supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
0ac992ee 1441As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1442modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1443the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
96ceced8 1444C<around> method modifier.
1445
a4258ffd 1446=item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1447
0ac992ee 1448This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1449will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1450at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1451continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1452can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1453the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
96ceced8 1454C<$code> can or cannot do.
1455
a4258ffd 1456=back
1457
552e3d24 1458=head2 Attributes
1459
0ac992ee 1460It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1461the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1462the information given, and can not easily discover information on
a2e85e6c 1463their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
552e3d24 1464
1465=over 4
1466
2e41896e 1467=item B<attribute_metaclass>
1468
127d39a7 1469Returns the class name of the attribute metaclass, see L<Class::MOP::Attribute>
1470for more information on the attribute metaclasses.
1471
7b31baf4 1472=item B<get_attribute_map>
1473
127d39a7 1474This returns a HASH ref of name to attribute meta-object mapping.
1475
1476=item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | ($attribute_name, %attribute_spec))>
552e3d24 1477
8203616d 1478This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
0ac992ee 1479C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1480instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1481within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
8203616d 1482later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
0ac992ee 1483More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
a2e85e6c 1484L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1485section.
1486
0ac992ee 1487It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1488methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
a2e85e6c 1489into the class at this time.
552e3d24 1490
86482605 1491B<NOTE>
0ac992ee 1492If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1493will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
86482605 1494the new one added.
1495
552e3d24 1496=item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1497
0ac992ee 1498Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
552e3d24 1499C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1500
1501=item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1502
0ac992ee 1503Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1504if none is found, it will return undef.
552e3d24 1505
1506=item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1507
0ac992ee 1508This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1509C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
552e3d24 1510
0ac992ee 1511B<NOTE:>
1512Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1513the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
552e3d24 1514any existing instances of the class.
1515
0ac992ee 1516It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1517methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1518has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1519these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1520instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
a2e85e6c 1521you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1522
552e3d24 1523=item B<get_attribute_list>
1524
0ac992ee 1525This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1526class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
552e3d24 1527use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1528
1529=item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1530
0ac992ee 1531This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1532the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1533HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1534that same information is discoverable through the attribute
c9e77dbb 1535meta-object itself.
552e3d24 1536
058c1cf5 1537=item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1538
0ac992ee 1539This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1540first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
058c1cf5 1541It will return undef if nothing is found.
1542
552e3d24 1543=back
1544
96e38ba6 1545=head2 Class Immutability
857f87a7 1546
1547=over 4
1548
96e38ba6 1549=item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1550
0ac992ee 1551This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1552make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
96e38ba6 1553the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
857f87a7 1554
0ac992ee 1555=item B<make_mutable>
1556
1557This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1558made it immutable.
1559
b817e248 1560=item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1561
1562Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1563
857f87a7 1564=back
1565
1a09d9cc 1566=head1 AUTHORS
8b978dd5 1567
a2e85e6c 1568Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
8b978dd5 1569
1570=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1571
69e3ab0a 1572Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
8b978dd5 1573
1574L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1575
1576This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
0ac992ee 1577it under the same terms as Perl itself.
8b978dd5 1578
798baea5 1579=cut