adding in the ability to pass params to rebles when doing runtime roles
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c0e30cf5 1
2package Moose::Meta::Attribute;
3
4use strict;
5use warnings;
6
78cd1d3b 7use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'weaken', 'reftype';
a15dff8d 8use Carp 'confess';
7dbbdcab 9use Sub::Name 'subname';
a909a4df 10use overload ();
a15dff8d 11
80d955e4 12our $VERSION = '0.22';
d44714be 13our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
78cd1d3b 14
8ee73eeb 15use Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor;
a3c7e2fe 16use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints ();
bc1e29b5 17
c0e30cf5 18use base 'Class::MOP::Attribute';
19
452bac1b 20# options which are not directly used
21# but we store them for metadata purposes
98aae381 22__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('isa' => (reader => '_isa_metadata'));
23__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('does' => (reader => '_does_metadata'));
24__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('is' => (reader => '_is_metadata'));
452bac1b 25
26# these are actual options for the attrs
1a563243 27__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('required' => (reader => 'is_required' ));
28__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('lazy' => (reader => 'is_lazy' ));
26fbace8 29__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('lazy_build' => (reader => 'is_lazy_build' ));
1a563243 30__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('coerce' => (reader => 'should_coerce' ));
31__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('weak_ref' => (reader => 'is_weak_ref' ));
32__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('auto_deref' => (reader => 'should_auto_deref'));
82168dbb 33__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('type_constraint' => (
34 reader => 'type_constraint',
35 predicate => 'has_type_constraint',
36));
8c9d74e7 37__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('trigger' => (
38 reader => 'trigger',
39 predicate => 'has_trigger',
40));
452bac1b 41__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('handles' => (
42 reader => 'handles',
43 predicate => 'has_handles',
44));
ddbdc0cb 45__PACKAGE__->meta->add_attribute('documentation' => (
46 reader => 'documentation',
47 predicate => 'has_documentation',
48));
82168dbb 49
78cd1d3b 50sub new {
f3c4e20e 51 my ($class, $name, %options) = @_;
52 $class->_process_options($name, \%options);
53 return $class->SUPER::new($name, %options);
1d768fb1 54}
55
ce0e8d63 56sub clone_and_inherit_options {
57 my ($self, %options) = @_;
83cc9094 58 # you can change default, required, coerce, documentation and lazy
ce0e8d63 59 my %actual_options;
83cc9094 60 foreach my $legal_option (qw(default coerce required documentation lazy)) {
ce0e8d63 61 if (exists $options{$legal_option}) {
62 $actual_options{$legal_option} = $options{$legal_option};
63 delete $options{$legal_option};
64 }
65 }
26fbace8 66
83cc9094 67 # handles can only be added, not changed
68 if ($options{handles}) {
69 confess "You can only add the 'handles' option, you cannot change it"
70 if $self->has_handles;
71 $actual_options{handles} = $options{handles};
72 delete $options{handles};
73 }
8d62bf6d 74
75 # handles can only be added, not changed
76 if ($options{builder}) {
77 confess "You can only add the 'builder' option, you cannot change it"
78 if $self->has_builder;
79 $actual_options{builder} = $options{builder};
80 delete $options{builder};
81 }
26fbace8 82
83 # isa can be changed, but only if the
84 # new type is a subtype
ce0e8d63 85 if ($options{isa}) {
86 my $type_constraint;
8de73ff1 87 if (blessed($options{isa}) && $options{isa}->isa('Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint')) {
88 $type_constraint = $options{isa};
89 }
90 else {
91 $type_constraint = Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_or_create_type_constraint(
92 $options{isa}
93 );
94 (defined $type_constraint)
95 || confess "Could not find the type constraint '" . $options{isa} . "'";
96 }
97 # NOTE:
98 # check here to see if the new type
99 # is a subtype of the old one
100 ($type_constraint->is_subtype_of($self->type_constraint->name))
101 || confess "New type constraint setting must be a subtype of inherited one"
102 # iff we have a type constraint that is ...
103 if $self->has_type_constraint;
104 # then we use it :)
105 $actual_options{type_constraint} = $type_constraint;
ce0e8d63 106 delete $options{isa};
107 }
26fbace8 108 (scalar keys %options == 0)
ce0e8d63 109 || confess "Illegal inherited options => (" . (join ', ' => keys %options) . ")";
110 $self->clone(%actual_options);
1d768fb1 111}
112
113sub _process_options {
114 my ($class, $name, $options) = @_;
8de73ff1 115
f3c4e20e 116 if (exists $options->{is}) {
8de73ff1 117 if ($options->{is} eq 'ro') {
118 $options->{reader} ||= $name;
119 (!exists $options->{trigger})
120 || confess "Cannot have a trigger on a read-only attribute";
121 }
122 elsif ($options->{is} eq 'rw') {
123 $options->{accessor} = $name;
124 ((reftype($options->{trigger}) || '') eq 'CODE')
125 || confess "Trigger must be a CODE ref"
126 if exists $options->{trigger};
127 }
128 else {
129 confess "I do not understand this option (is => " . $options->{is} . ")"
130 }
f3c4e20e 131 }
8de73ff1 132
f3c4e20e 133 if (exists $options->{isa}) {
f3c4e20e 134 if (exists $options->{does}) {
135 if (eval { $options->{isa}->can('does') }) {
136 ($options->{isa}->does($options->{does}))
137 || confess "Cannot have an isa option and a does option if the isa does not do the does";
138 }
139 else {
140 confess "Cannot have an isa option which cannot ->does()";
26fbace8 141 }
26fbace8 142 }
8de73ff1 143
f3c4e20e 144 # allow for anon-subtypes here ...
145 if (blessed($options->{isa}) && $options->{isa}->isa('Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint')) {
8de73ff1 146 $options->{type_constraint} = $options->{isa};
147 }
148 else {
149 $options->{type_constraint} = Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_or_create_type_constraint(
150 $options->{isa} => {
f3c4e20e 151 parent => Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_type_constraint('Object'),
152 constraint => sub { $_[0]->isa($options->{isa}) }
26fbace8 153 }
8de73ff1 154 );
155 }
f3c4e20e 156 }
157 elsif (exists $options->{does}) {
158 # allow for anon-subtypes here ...
159 if (blessed($options->{does}) && $options->{does}->isa('Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint')) {
238b424d 160 $options->{type_constraint} = $options->{does};
8de73ff1 161 }
162 else {
163 $options->{type_constraint} = Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_or_create_type_constraint(
164 $options->{does} => {
f3c4e20e 165 parent => Moose::Util::TypeConstraints::find_type_constraint('Role'),
238b424d 166 constraint => sub {
167 Moose::Util::does_role($_[0], $options->{does})
168 }
26fbace8 169 }
8de73ff1 170 );
171 }
f3c4e20e 172 }
8de73ff1 173
f3c4e20e 174 if (exists $options->{coerce} && $options->{coerce}) {
175 (exists $options->{type_constraint})
176 || confess "You cannot have coercion without specifying a type constraint";
8de73ff1 177 confess "You cannot have a weak reference to a coerced value"
178 if $options->{weak_ref};
f3c4e20e 179 }
8de73ff1 180
f3c4e20e 181 if (exists $options->{auto_deref} && $options->{auto_deref}) {
182 (exists $options->{type_constraint})
183 || confess "You cannot auto-dereference without specifying a type constraint";
184 ($options->{type_constraint}->is_a_type_of('ArrayRef') ||
8de73ff1 185 $options->{type_constraint}->is_a_type_of('HashRef'))
f3c4e20e 186 || confess "You cannot auto-dereference anything other than a ArrayRef or HashRef";
187 }
8de73ff1 188
f3c4e20e 189 if (exists $options->{lazy_build} && $options->{lazy_build} == 1) {
190 confess("You can not use lazy_build and default for the same attribute")
8de73ff1 191 if exists $options->{default};
a6c84c69 192 $options->{lazy} = 1;
193 $options->{required} = 1;
194 $options->{builder} ||= "_build_${name}";
195 if ($name =~ /^_/) {
f3c4e20e 196 $options->{clearer} ||= "_clear${name}";
197 $options->{predicate} ||= "_has${name}";
a6c84c69 198 }
199 else {
f3c4e20e 200 $options->{clearer} ||= "clear_${name}";
201 $options->{predicate} ||= "has_${name}";
26fbace8 202 }
f3c4e20e 203 }
8de73ff1 204
f3c4e20e 205 if (exists $options->{lazy} && $options->{lazy}) {
9edba990 206 (exists $options->{default} || defined $options->{builder} )
f3c4e20e 207 || confess "You cannot have lazy attribute without specifying a default value for it";
208 }
26fbace8 209
9edba990 210 if ( $options->{required} && !( ( !exists $options->{init_arg} || defined $options->{init_arg} ) || exists $options->{default} || defined $options->{builder} ) ) {
211 confess "You cannot have a required attribute without a default, builder, or an init_arg";
212 }
213
78cd1d3b 214}
c0e30cf5 215
d500266f 216sub initialize_instance_slot {
ddd0ec20 217 my ($self, $meta_instance, $instance, $params) = @_;
d500266f 218 my $init_arg = $self->init_arg();
219 # try to fetch the init arg from the %params ...
ddd0ec20 220
26fbace8 221 my $val;
1ed0b94f 222 my $value_is_set;
625d571f 223 if ( defined($init_arg) and exists $params->{$init_arg}) {
d500266f 224 $val = $params->{$init_arg};
2c78d811 225 $value_is_set = 1;
d500266f 226 }
227 else {
228 # skip it if it's lazy
229 return if $self->is_lazy;
230 # and die if it's required and doesn't have a default value
26fbace8 231 confess "Attribute (" . $self->name . ") is required"
232 if $self->is_required && !$self->has_default && !$self->has_builder;
ddd0ec20 233
1ed0b94f 234 # if nothing was in the %params, we can use the
235 # attribute's default value (if it has one)
236 if ($self->has_default) {
237 $val = $self->default($instance);
238 $value_is_set = 1;
a6c84c69 239 }
240 elsif ($self->has_builder) {
241 if (my $builder = $instance->can($self->builder)){
1ed0b94f 242 $val = $instance->$builder;
243 $value_is_set = 1;
a6c84c69 244 }
245 else {
0b26305c 246 confess(blessed($instance)." does not support builder method '".$self->builder."' for attribute '" . $self->name . "'");
1ed0b94f 247 }
a0748c37 248 }
26fbace8 249 }
250
1ed0b94f 251 return unless $value_is_set;
252
253 if ($self->has_type_constraint) {
254 my $type_constraint = $self->type_constraint;
255 if ($self->should_coerce && $type_constraint->has_coercion) {
256 $val = $type_constraint->coerce($val);
d500266f 257 }
ab76842e 258 $type_constraint->check($val)
688fcdda 259 || confess "Attribute ("
260 . $self->name
261 . ") does not pass the type constraint because: "
262 . $type_constraint->get_message($val);
1ed0b94f 263 }
ddd0ec20 264
759e4e8f 265 $self->set_initial_value($instance, $val);
26fbace8 266 $meta_instance->weaken_slot_value($instance, $self->name)
a6c84c69 267 if ref $val && $self->is_weak_ref;
d500266f 268}
269
d617b644 270## Slot management
9e93dd19 271
8abe9636 272# FIXME:
273# this duplicates too much code from
274# Class::MOP::Attribute, we need to
275# refactor these bits eventually.
276# - SL
277sub _set_initial_slot_value {
278 my ($self, $meta_instance, $instance, $value) = @_;
279
280 my $slot_name = $self->name;
281
282 return $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $value)
283 unless $self->has_initializer;
284
285 my ($type_constraint, $can_coerce);
286 if ($self->has_type_constraint) {
287 $type_constraint = $self->type_constraint;
288 $can_coerce = ($self->should_coerce && $type_constraint->has_coercion);
289 }
290
291 my $callback = sub {
292 my $val = shift;
293 if ($type_constraint) {
294 $val = $type_constraint->coerce($val)
295 if $can_coerce;
296 $type_constraint->check($val)
297 || confess "Attribute ("
298 . $slot_name
299 . ") does not pass the type constraint because: "
300 . $type_constraint->get_message($val);
301 }
302 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $val);
303 };
304
305 my $initializer = $self->initializer;
306
307 # most things will just want to set a value, so make it first arg
308 $instance->$initializer($value, $callback, $self);
309}
310
946289d1 311sub set_value {
312 my ($self, $instance, $value) = @_;
26fbace8 313
946289d1 314 my $attr_name = $self->name;
26fbace8 315
946289d1 316 if ($self->is_required) {
26fbace8 317 defined($value)
946289d1 318 || confess "Attribute ($attr_name) is required, so cannot be set to undef";
319 }
26fbace8 320
946289d1 321 if ($self->has_type_constraint) {
26fbace8 322
946289d1 323 my $type_constraint = $self->type_constraint;
26fbace8 324
946289d1 325 if ($self->should_coerce) {
26fbace8 326 $value = $type_constraint->coerce($value);
688fcdda 327 }
42bc21a4 328 $type_constraint->_compiled_type_constraint->($value)
688fcdda 329 || confess "Attribute ("
330 . $self->name
331 . ") does not pass the type constraint because "
ab76842e 332 . $type_constraint->get_message($value);
946289d1 333 }
26fbace8 334
946289d1 335 my $meta_instance = Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance))
336 ->get_meta_instance;
26fbace8 337
338 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $attr_name, $value);
339
946289d1 340 if (ref $value && $self->is_weak_ref) {
26fbace8 341 $meta_instance->weaken_slot_value($instance, $attr_name);
946289d1 342 }
26fbace8 343
946289d1 344 if ($self->has_trigger) {
345 $self->trigger->($instance, $value, $self);
346 }
347}
348
349sub get_value {
350 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
26fbace8 351
946289d1 352 if ($self->is_lazy) {
8de73ff1 353 unless ($self->has_value($instance)) {
354 if ($self->has_default) {
355 my $default = $self->default($instance);
759e4e8f 356 $self->set_initial_value($instance, $default);
8de73ff1 357 }
358 if ( $self->has_builder ){
a6c84c69 359 if (my $builder = $instance->can($self->builder)){
759e4e8f 360 $self->set_initial_value($instance, $instance->$builder);
a6c84c69 361 }
362 else {
363 confess(blessed($instance)
364 . " does not support builder method '"
365 . $self->builder
366 . "' for attribute '"
367 . $self->name
368 . "'");
26fbace8 369 }
a6c84c69 370 }
371 else {
759e4e8f 372 $self->set_initial_value($instance, undef);
26fbace8 373 }
8de73ff1 374 }
946289d1 375 }
26fbace8 376
946289d1 377 if ($self->should_auto_deref) {
26fbace8 378
946289d1 379 my $type_constraint = $self->type_constraint;
380
381 if ($type_constraint->is_a_type_of('ArrayRef')) {
382 my $rv = $self->SUPER::get_value($instance);
383 return unless defined $rv;
384 return wantarray ? @{ $rv } : $rv;
26fbace8 385 }
946289d1 386 elsif ($type_constraint->is_a_type_of('HashRef')) {
387 my $rv = $self->SUPER::get_value($instance);
388 return unless defined $rv;
389 return wantarray ? %{ $rv } : $rv;
26fbace8 390 }
946289d1 391 else {
392 confess "Can not auto de-reference the type constraint '" . $type_constraint->name . "'";
393 }
26fbace8 394
946289d1 395 }
396 else {
26fbace8 397
946289d1 398 return $self->SUPER::get_value($instance);
26fbace8 399 }
946289d1 400}
a15dff8d 401
26fbace8 402## installing accessors
c0e30cf5 403
d617b644 404sub accessor_metaclass { 'Moose::Meta::Method::Accessor' }
d7f17ebb 405
452bac1b 406sub install_accessors {
407 my $self = shift;
26fbace8 408 $self->SUPER::install_accessors(@_);
409
452bac1b 410 if ($self->has_handles) {
26fbace8 411
452bac1b 412 # NOTE:
413 # Here we canonicalize the 'handles' option
26fbace8 414 # this will sort out any details and always
415 # return an hash of methods which we want
452bac1b 416 # to delagate to, see that method for details
417 my %handles = $self->_canonicalize_handles();
26fbace8 418
f3c4e20e 419 # find the accessor method for this attribute
420 my $accessor = $self->get_read_method_ref;
421 # then unpack it if we need too ...
422 $accessor = $accessor->body if blessed $accessor;
26fbace8 423
452bac1b 424 # install the delegation ...
425 my $associated_class = $self->associated_class;
426 foreach my $handle (keys %handles) {
427 my $method_to_call = $handles{$handle};
7dbbdcab 428 my $class_name = $associated_class->name;
429 my $name = "${class_name}::${handle}";
26fbace8 430
452bac1b 431 (!$associated_class->has_method($handle))
432 || confess "You cannot overwrite a locally defined method ($handle) with a delegation";
26fbace8 433
d022f632 434 # NOTE:
435 # handles is not allowed to delegate
26fbace8 436 # any of these methods, as they will
437 # override the ones in your class, which
d022f632 438 # is almost certainly not what you want.
4fe78472 439
440 # FIXME warn when $handle was explicitly specified, but not if the source is a regex or something
441 #cluck("Not delegating method '$handle' because it is a core method") and
442 next if $class_name->isa("Moose::Object") and $handle =~ /^BUILD|DEMOLISH$/ || Moose::Object->can($handle);
26fbace8 443
452bac1b 444 if ((reftype($method_to_call) || '') eq 'CODE') {
7dbbdcab 445 $associated_class->add_method($handle => subname $name, $method_to_call);
452bac1b 446 }
447 else {
140001f0 448 # NOTE:
449 # we used to do a goto here, but the
450 # goto didn't handle failure correctly
451 # (it just returned nothing), so I took
452 # that out. However, the more I thought
453 # about it, the less I liked it doing
454 # the goto, and I prefered the act of
455 # delegation being actually represented
456 # in the stack trace.
457 # - SL
7dbbdcab 458 $associated_class->add_method($handle => subname $name, sub {
f3c4e20e 459 my $proxy = (shift)->$accessor();
ccf49e80 460 (defined $proxy)
461 || confess "Cannot delegate $handle to $method_to_call because " .
462 "the value of " . $self->name . " is not defined";
f4f3e701 463 $proxy->$method_to_call(@_);
452bac1b 464 });
465 }
466 }
467 }
26fbace8 468
452bac1b 469 return;
470}
471
98aae381 472# private methods to help delegation ...
473
452bac1b 474sub _canonicalize_handles {
475 my $self = shift;
476 my $handles = $self->handles;
c84f324f 477 if (my $handle_type = ref($handles)) {
478 if ($handle_type eq 'HASH') {
479 return %{$handles};
480 }
481 elsif ($handle_type eq 'ARRAY') {
482 return map { $_ => $_ } @{$handles};
483 }
484 elsif ($handle_type eq 'Regexp') {
485 ($self->has_type_constraint)
486 || confess "Cannot delegate methods based on a RegExpr without a type constraint (isa)";
26fbace8 487 return map { ($_ => $_) }
c84f324f 488 grep { /$handles/ } $self->_get_delegate_method_list;
489 }
490 elsif ($handle_type eq 'CODE') {
491 return $handles->($self, $self->_find_delegate_metaclass);
492 }
493 else {
494 confess "Unable to canonicalize the 'handles' option with $handles";
495 }
452bac1b 496 }
497 else {
c84f324f 498 my $role_meta = eval { $handles->meta };
499 if ($@) {
26fbace8 500 confess "Unable to canonicalize the 'handles' option with $handles because : $@";
c84f324f 501 }
502
503 (blessed $role_meta && $role_meta->isa('Moose::Meta::Role'))
504 || confess "Unable to canonicalize the 'handles' option with $handles because ->meta is not a Moose::Meta::Role";
26fbace8 505
c84f324f 506 return map { $_ => $_ } (
26fbace8 507 $role_meta->get_method_list,
c84f324f 508 $role_meta->get_required_method_list
509 );
452bac1b 510 }
511}
512
513sub _find_delegate_metaclass {
514 my $self = shift;
98aae381 515 if (my $class = $self->_isa_metadata) {
26fbace8 516 # if the class does have
452bac1b 517 # a meta method, use it
518 return $class->meta if $class->can('meta');
26fbace8 519 # otherwise we might be
452bac1b 520 # dealing with a non-Moose
26fbace8 521 # class, and need to make
452bac1b 522 # our own metaclass
523 return Moose::Meta::Class->initialize($class);
524 }
98aae381 525 elsif (my $role = $self->_does_metadata) {
26fbace8 526 # our role will always have
452bac1b 527 # a meta method
98aae381 528 return $role->meta;
452bac1b 529 }
530 else {
531 confess "Cannot find delegate metaclass for attribute " . $self->name;
532 }
533}
534
535sub _get_delegate_method_list {
536 my $self = shift;
537 my $meta = $self->_find_delegate_metaclass;
538 if ($meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class')) {
093b12c2 539 return map { $_->{name} } # NOTE: !never! delegate &meta
26fbace8 540 grep { $_->{class} ne 'Moose::Object' && $_->{name} ne 'meta' }
452bac1b 541 $meta->compute_all_applicable_methods;
542 }
543 elsif ($meta->isa('Moose::Meta::Role')) {
26fbace8 544 return $meta->get_method_list;
452bac1b 545 }
546 else {
547 confess "Unable to recognize the delegate metaclass '$meta'";
548 }
549}
550
c0e30cf5 5511;
552
553__END__
554
555=pod
556
557=head1 NAME
558
6ba6d68c 559Moose::Meta::Attribute - The Moose attribute metaclass
c0e30cf5 560
561=head1 DESCRIPTION
562
26fbace8 563This is a subclass of L<Class::MOP::Attribute> with Moose specific
564extensions.
6ba6d68c 565
26fbace8 566For the most part, the only time you will ever encounter an
567instance of this class is if you are doing some serious deep
568introspection. To really understand this class, you need to refer
6ba6d68c 569to the L<Class::MOP::Attribute> documentation.
e522431d 570
c0e30cf5 571=head1 METHODS
572
6ba6d68c 573=head2 Overridden methods
574
26fbace8 575These methods override methods in L<Class::MOP::Attribute> and add
576Moose specific features. You can safely assume though that they
6ba6d68c 577will behave just as L<Class::MOP::Attribute> does.
578
c0e30cf5 579=over 4
580
581=item B<new>
582
d500266f 583=item B<initialize_instance_slot>
584
452bac1b 585=item B<install_accessors>
586
39b3bc94 587=item B<accessor_metaclass>
588
946289d1 589=item B<get_value>
590
591=item B<set_value>
592
bcbaa845 593 eval { $point->meta->get_attribute('x')->set_value($point, 'fourty-two') };
594 if($@) {
595 print "Oops: $@\n";
596 }
597
598I<Attribute (x) does not pass the type constraint (Int) with 'fourty-two'>
599
600Before setting the value, a check is made on the type constraint of
601the attribute, if it has one, to see if the value passes it. If the
602value fails to pass, the set operation dies with a L<Carp/confess>.
603
604Any coercion to convert values is done before checking the type constraint.
605
606To check a value against a type constraint before setting it, fetch the
ec00fa75 607attribute instance using L<Class::MOP::Class/find_attribute_by_name>,
bcbaa845 608fetch the type_constraint from the attribute using L<Moose::Meta::Attribute/type_constraint>
609and call L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint/check>. See L<Moose::Cookbook::RecipeX>
610for an example.
611
a15dff8d 612=back
613
6ba6d68c 614=head2 Additional Moose features
615
26fbace8 616Moose attributes support type-constraint checking, weak reference
617creation and type coercion.
6ba6d68c 618
a15dff8d 619=over 4
620
9e93dd19 621=item B<clone_and_inherit_options>
622
26fbace8 623This is to support the C<has '+foo'> feature, it clones an attribute
624from a superclass and allows a very specific set of changes to be made
9e93dd19 625to the attribute.
626
a15dff8d 627=item B<has_type_constraint>
628
6ba6d68c 629Returns true if this meta-attribute has a type constraint.
630
a15dff8d 631=item B<type_constraint>
632
26fbace8 633A read-only accessor for this meta-attribute's type constraint. For
634more information on what you can do with this, see the documentation
6ba6d68c 635for L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>.
a15dff8d 636
452bac1b 637=item B<has_handles>
638
639Returns true if this meta-attribute performs delegation.
640
641=item B<handles>
642
643This returns the value which was passed into the handles option.
644
6ba6d68c 645=item B<is_weak_ref>
a15dff8d 646
02a0fb52 647Returns true if this meta-attribute produces a weak reference.
4b598ea3 648
ca01a97b 649=item B<is_required>
650
02a0fb52 651Returns true if this meta-attribute is required to have a value.
ca01a97b 652
653=item B<is_lazy>
654
02a0fb52 655Returns true if this meta-attribute should be initialized lazily.
ca01a97b 656
26fbace8 657NOTE: lazy attributes, B<must> have a C<default> or C<builder> field set.
658
659=item B<is_lazy_build>
660
661Returns true if this meta-attribute should be initialized lazily through
662the builder generated by lazy_build. Using C<lazy_build =E<gt> 1> will
663make your attribute required and lazy. In addition it will set the builder, clearer
664and predicate options for you using the following convention.
665
666 #If your attribute name starts with an underscore:
667 has '_foo' => (lazy_build => 1);
668 #is the same as
58f85113 669 has '_foo' => (lazy => 1, required => 1, predicate => '_has_foo', clearer => '_clear_foo', builder => '_build__foo);
26fbace8 670 # or
58f85113 671 has '_foo' => (lazy => 1, required => 1, predicate => '_has_foo', clearer => '_clear_foo', default => sub{shift->_build__foo});
26fbace8 672
673 #If your attribute name does not start with an underscore:
58f85113 674 has 'foo' => (lazy_build => 1);
675 #is the same as
676 has 'foo' => (lazy => 1, required => 1, predicate => 'has_foo', clearer => 'clear_foo', builder => '_build_foo);
26fbace8 677 # or
58f85113 678 has 'foo' => (lazy => 1, required => 1, predicate => 'has_foo', clearer => 'clear_foo', default => sub{shift->_build_foo});
679
680The reason for the different naming of the C<builder> is that the C<builder>
681method is a private method while the C<clearer> and C<predicate> methods
682are public methods.
26fbace8 683
684NOTE: This means your class should provide a method whose name matches the value
58f85113 685of the builder part, in this case _build__foo or _build_foo.
ca01a97b 686
34a66aa3 687=item B<should_coerce>
4b598ea3 688
02a0fb52 689Returns true if this meta-attribute should perform type coercion.
6ba6d68c 690
536f0b17 691=item B<should_auto_deref>
692
26fbace8 693Returns true if this meta-attribute should perform automatic
694auto-dereferencing.
536f0b17 695
26fbace8 696NOTE: This can only be done for attributes whose type constraint is
536f0b17 697either I<ArrayRef> or I<HashRef>.
698
8c9d74e7 699=item B<has_trigger>
700
02a0fb52 701Returns true if this meta-attribute has a trigger set.
702
8c9d74e7 703=item B<trigger>
704
26fbace8 705This is a CODE reference which will be executed every time the
706value of an attribute is assigned. The CODE ref will get two values,
707the invocant and the new value. This can be used to handle I<basic>
02a0fb52 708bi-directional relations.
709
ddbdc0cb 710=item B<documentation>
711
26fbace8 712This is a string which contains the documentation for this attribute.
ddbdc0cb 713It serves no direct purpose right now, but it might in the future
714in some kind of automated documentation system perhaps.
715
716=item B<has_documentation>
717
718Returns true if this meta-attribute has any documentation.
719
c0e30cf5 720=back
721
722=head1 BUGS
723
26fbace8 724All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no
c0e30cf5 725exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug
726to cpan-RT.
727
c0e30cf5 728=head1 AUTHOR
729
730Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
731
98aae381 732Yuval Kogman E<lt>nothingmuch@woobling.comE<gt>
733
c0e30cf5 734=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
735
778db3ac 736Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
c0e30cf5 737
738L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
739
740This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
26fbace8 741it under the same terms as Perl itself.
c0e30cf5 742
8a7a9c53 743=cut