2 package # hide the package from PAUSE
10 our $VERSION = '0.04';
12 use base 'Class::MOP::Attribute';
14 sub initialize_instance_slot {
15 my ($self, $meta_instance, $instance, $params) = @_;
17 # if the attr has an init_arg, use that, otherwise,
18 # use the attributes name itself as the init_arg
19 my $init_arg = $self->init_arg();
21 if ( exists $params->{$init_arg} ) {
22 my $val = $params->{$init_arg};
23 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $self->name, $val);
27 sub generate_accessor_method {
30 my $attr_name = $attr->name;
31 my $meta_instance = $attr->associated_class->get_meta_instance;
34 if (scalar(@_) == 2) {
35 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($_[0], $attr_name, $_[1]);
38 unless ( $meta_instance->is_slot_initialized($_[0], $attr_name) ) {
39 my $value = $attr->has_default ? $attr->default($_[0]) : undef;
40 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($_[0], $attr_name, $value);
43 $meta_instance->get_slot_value($_[0], $attr_name);
48 sub generate_reader_method {
51 my $attr_name = $attr->name;
52 my $meta_instance = $attr->associated_class->get_meta_instance;
55 confess "Cannot assign a value to a read-only accessor" if @_ > 1;
57 unless ( $meta_instance->is_slot_initialized($_[0], $attr_name) ) {
58 my $value = $attr->has_default ? $attr->default($_[0]) : undef;
59 $meta_instance->set_slot_value($_[0], $attr_name, $value);
62 $meta_instance->get_slot_value($_[0], $attr_name);
68 package # hide the package from PAUSE
74 our $VERSION = '0.01';
76 use base 'Class::MOP::Instance';
78 sub initialize_all_slots {}
88 LazyClass - An example metaclass with lazy initialization
95 ':attribute_metaclass' => 'LazyClass::Attribute',
96 ':instance_metaclass' => 'LazyClass::Instance',
99 BinaryTree->meta->add_attribute('$:node' => (
104 BinaryTree->meta->add_attribute('$:left' => (
106 default => sub { BinaryTree->new() }
109 BinaryTree->meta->add_attribute('$:right' => (
111 default => sub { BinaryTree->new() }
116 $class->meta->new_object(@_);
121 my $btree = BinaryTree->new();
122 # ... $btree is an empty hash, no keys are initialized yet
126 This is an example metclass in which all attributes are created
127 lazily. This means that no entries are made in the instance HASH
128 until the last possible moment.
130 The example above of a binary tree is a good use for such a
131 metaclass because it allows the class to be space efficient
132 without complicating the programing of it. This would also be
133 ideal for a class which has a large amount of attributes,
134 several of which are optional.
138 Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
140 Yuval Kogman E<lt>nothingmuch@woobling.comE<gt>
142 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
144 Copyright 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
146 L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
148 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
149 it under the same terms as Perl itself.