2 package Class::MOP::Class;
7 use Class::MOP::Immutable;
8 use Class::MOP::Instance;
9 use Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped;
12 use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'weaken';
13 use Sub::Name 'subname';
15 our $VERSION = '0.28';
16 our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
18 use base 'Class::MOP::Module';
22 sub meta { Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) }
28 my $package_name = shift;
29 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
30 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
31 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
34 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
39 my $package_name = shift;
40 (defined $package_name && $package_name && !blessed($package_name))
41 || confess "You must pass a package name and it cannot be blessed";
42 Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($package_name);
43 $class->construct_class_instance('package' => $package_name, @_);
46 # NOTE: (meta-circularity)
47 # this is a special form of &construct_instance
48 # (see below), which is used to construct class
49 # meta-object instances for any Class::MOP::*
50 # class. All other classes will use the more
51 # normal &construct_instance.
52 sub construct_class_instance {
55 my $package_name = $options{'package'};
56 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
57 || confess "You must pass a package name";
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
62 # annoyingly enough during global destruction)
64 if (defined(my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($package_name))) {
69 # we need to deal with the possibility
70 # of class immutability here, and then
71 # get the name of the class appropriately
72 $class = (blessed($class)
73 ? ($class->is_immutable
74 ? $class->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
78 # now create the metaclass
80 if ($class eq 'Class::MOP::Class') {
83 # inherited from Class::MOP::Package
84 '$!package' => $package_name,
87 # since the following attributes will
88 # actually be loaded from the symbol
89 # table, and actually bypass the instance
90 # entirely, we can just leave these things
91 # listed here for reference, because they
92 # should not actually have a value associated
94 '%!namespace' => \undef,
95 # inherited from Class::MOP::Module
96 '$!version' => \undef,
97 '$!authority' => \undef,
98 # defined in Class::MOP::Class
99 '@!superclasses' => \undef,
102 '%!attributes' => {},
103 '$!attribute_metaclass' => $options{'attribute_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
104 '$!method_metaclass' => $options{'method_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Method',
105 '$!instance_metaclass' => $options{'instance_metaclass'} || 'Class::MOP::Instance',
107 ## uber-private variables
109 # this starts out as undef so that
110 # we can tell the first time the
111 # methods are fetched
113 '$!_package_cache_flag' => undef,
118 # it is safe to use meta here because
119 # class will always be a subclass of
120 # Class::MOP::Class, which defines meta
121 $meta = $class->meta->construct_instance(%options)
124 # and check the metaclass compatibility
125 $meta->check_metaclass_compatability();
127 Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($package_name, $meta);
130 # we need to weaken any anon classes
131 # so that they can call DESTROY properly
132 Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($package_name) if $meta->is_anon_class;
137 sub reset_package_cache_flag { (shift)->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = undef }
138 sub update_package_cache_flag {
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.
146 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} = Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name);
149 sub check_metaclass_compatability {
152 # this is always okay ...
153 return if blessed($self) eq 'Class::MOP::Class' &&
154 $self->instance_metaclass eq 'Class::MOP::Instance';
156 my @class_list = $self->linearized_isa;
157 shift @class_list; # shift off $self->name
159 foreach my $class_name (@class_list) {
160 my $meta = Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($class_name) || next;
163 # we need to deal with the possibility
164 # of class immutability here, and then
165 # get the name of the class appropriately
166 my $meta_type = ($meta->is_immutable
167 ? $meta->get_mutable_metaclass_name()
170 ($self->isa($meta_type))
171 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . (blessed($self)) . ")" .
172 " is not compatible with the " .
173 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta_type) . ")";
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))
178 || confess $self->name . "->meta => (" . ($self->instance_metaclass) . ")" .
179 " is not compatible with the " .
180 $class_name . "->meta => (" . ($meta->instance_metaclass) . ")";
188 # this should be sufficient, if you have a
189 # use case where it is not, write a test and
191 my $ANON_CLASS_SERIAL = 0;
194 # we need a sufficiently annoying prefix
195 # this should suffice for now, this is
196 # used in a couple of places below, so
197 # need to put it up here for now.
198 my $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX = 'Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__::SERIAL::';
202 no warnings 'uninitialized';
203 $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/ ? 1 : 0;
206 sub create_anon_class {
207 my ($class, %options) = @_;
208 my $package_name = $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . ++$ANON_CLASS_SERIAL;
209 return $class->create($package_name, %options);
213 # this will only get called for
214 # anon-classes, all other calls
215 # are assumed to occur during
216 # global destruction and so don't
217 # really need to be handled explicitly
220 no warnings 'uninitialized';
221 return unless $self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX/;
222 my ($serial_id) = ($self->name =~ /^$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX(\d+)/);
224 foreach my $key (keys %{$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}) {
225 delete ${$ANON_CLASS_PREFIX . $serial_id}{$key};
227 delete ${'main::' . $ANON_CLASS_PREFIX}{$serial_id . '::'};
232 # creating classes with MOP ...
236 my $package_name = shift;
238 (defined $package_name && $package_name)
239 || confess "You must pass a package name";
242 || confess "You much pass all parameters as name => value pairs " .
243 "(I found an uneven number of params in \@_)";
247 my $code = "package $package_name;";
248 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
249 if exists $options{version};
250 $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
251 if exists $options{authority};
254 confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
256 my $meta = $class->initialize($package_name);
258 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
259 $class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
262 $meta->superclasses(@{$options{superclasses}})
263 if exists $options{superclasses};
265 # process attributes first, so that they can
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}) {
270 foreach my $attr (@{$options{attributes}}) {
271 $meta->add_attribute($attr);
274 if (exists $options{methods}) {
275 foreach my $method_name (keys %{$options{methods}}) {
276 $meta->add_method($method_name, $options{methods}->{$method_name});
285 # all these attribute readers will be bootstrapped
286 # away in the Class::MOP bootstrap section
288 sub get_attribute_map { $_[0]->{'%!attributes'} }
289 sub attribute_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!attribute_metaclass'} }
290 sub method_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!method_metaclass'} }
291 sub instance_metaclass { $_[0]->{'$!instance_metaclass'} }
294 # this is a prime canidate for conversion to XS
298 if (defined $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} &&
299 $self->{'$!_package_cache_flag'} == Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($self->name)) {
300 return $self->{'%!methods'};
303 my $map = $self->{'%!methods'};
305 my $class_name = $self->name;
306 my $method_metaclass = $self->method_metaclass;
308 foreach my $symbol ($self->list_all_package_symbols('CODE')) {
309 my $code = $self->get_package_symbol('&' . $symbol);
311 next if exists $map->{$symbol} &&
312 defined $map->{$symbol} &&
313 $map->{$symbol}->body == $code;
315 my ($pkg, $name) = Class::MOP::get_code_info($code);
316 next if ($pkg || '') ne $class_name &&
317 ($name || '') ne '__ANON__';
319 $map->{$symbol} = $method_metaclass->wrap($code);
325 # Instance Construction & Cloning
330 # we need to protect the integrity of the
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');
336 return $class->construct_instance(@_);
339 sub construct_instance {
340 my ($class, %params) = @_;
341 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
342 my $instance = $meta_instance->create_instance();
343 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
344 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
347 # this will only work for a HASH instance type
348 if ($class->is_anon_class) {
349 (reftype($instance) eq 'HASH')
350 || confess "Currently only HASH based instances are supported with instance of anon-classes";
352 # At some point we should make this official
353 # as a reserved slot name, but right now I am
354 # going to keep it here.
355 # my $RESERVED_MOP_SLOT = '__MOP__';
356 $instance->{'__MOP__'} = $class;
361 sub get_meta_instance {
363 return $class->instance_metaclass->new(
365 $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()
371 my $instance = shift;
372 (blessed($instance) && $instance->isa($class->name))
373 || confess "You must pass an instance ($instance) of the metaclass (" . $class->name . ")";
375 # we need to protect the integrity of the
376 # Class::MOP::Class singletons here, they
377 # should not be cloned.
378 return $instance if $instance->isa('Class::MOP::Class');
379 $class->clone_instance($instance, @_);
383 my ($class, $instance, %params) = @_;
385 || confess "You can only clone instances, \$self is not a blessed instance";
386 my $meta_instance = $class->get_meta_instance();
387 my $clone = $meta_instance->clone_instance($instance);
388 foreach my $attr ($class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
389 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
390 if (exists $params{$init_arg}) {
391 $attr->set_value($clone, $params{$init_arg});
398 sub rebless_instance {
399 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
402 if ($instance->can('meta')) {
403 ($instance->meta->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
404 || confess 'Cannot rebless instance if ->meta is not an instance of Class::MOP::Class';
405 $old_metaclass = $instance->meta;
408 $old_metaclass = $self->initialize(blessed($instance));
411 my $meta_instance = $self->get_meta_instance();
413 $self->name->isa($old_metaclass->name)
414 || confess "You may rebless only into a subclass of (". $old_metaclass->name ."), of which (". $self->name .") isn't.";
417 $meta_instance->rebless_instance_structure($instance, $self);
421 foreach my $attr ( $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes ) {
422 if ( $attr->has_value($instance) ) {
423 if ( defined( my $init_arg = $attr->init_arg ) ) {
424 $params{$init_arg} = $attr->get_value($instance);
426 $attr->set_value($instance);
431 foreach my $attr ($self->compute_all_applicable_attributes) {
432 $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta_instance, $instance, \%params);
436 sub get_attribute_values {
437 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
440 map { $_->name => $_->get_value($instance) }
441 grep { $_->has_value($instance) }
442 $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes
447 my ($self, $instance) = @_;
450 map { $_->init_arg => $_->get_value($instance) }
451 grep { $_->has_value($instance) }
452 grep { defined($_->init_arg) }
453 $self->compute_all_applicable_attributes
463 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')} = @supers;
465 # we need to check the metaclass
466 # compatibility here so that we can
467 # be sure that the superclass is
468 # not potentially creating an issues
469 # we don't know about
470 $self->check_metaclass_compatability();
472 @{$self->get_package_symbol('@ISA')};
478 my $super_class = $self->name;
481 my $find_derived_classes;
482 $find_derived_classes = sub {
483 my ($outer_class) = @_;
485 my $symbol_table_hashref = do { no strict 'refs'; \%{"${outer_class}::"} };
488 for my $symbol ( keys %$symbol_table_hashref ) {
489 next SYMBOL if $symbol !~ /\A (\w+):: \z/x;
490 my $inner_class = $1;
492 next SYMBOL if $inner_class eq 'SUPER'; # skip '*::SUPER'
496 ? "${outer_class}::$inner_class"
499 if ( $class->isa($super_class) and $class ne $super_class ) {
500 push @derived_classes, $class;
503 next SYMBOL if $class eq 'main'; # skip 'main::*'
505 $find_derived_classes->($class);
509 my $root_class = q{};
510 $find_derived_classes->($root_class);
512 undef $find_derived_classes;
514 @derived_classes = sort { $a->isa($b) ? 1 : $b->isa($a) ? -1 : 0 } @derived_classes;
516 return @derived_classes;
521 if (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
522 return @{ mro::get_linear_isa( (shift)->name ) };
526 return grep { !($seen{$_}++) } (shift)->class_precedence_list;
530 sub class_precedence_list {
533 unless (Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10()) {
535 # We need to check for circular inheritance here
536 # if we are are not on 5.10, cause 5.8 detects it
537 # late. This will do nothing if all is well, and
538 # blow up otherwise. Yes, it's an ugly hack, better
539 # suggestions are welcome.
541 ($self->name || return)->isa('This is a test for circular inheritance')
547 $self->initialize($_)->class_precedence_list()
548 } $self->superclasses()
555 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
556 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
557 || confess "You must define a method name";
560 if (blessed($method)) {
561 $body = $method->body;
565 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
566 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
567 $method = $self->method_metaclass->wrap($body);
569 $self->get_method_map->{$method_name} = $method;
571 my $full_method_name = ($self->name . '::' . $method_name);
572 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => subname $full_method_name => $body);
573 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
577 my $fetch_and_prepare_method = sub {
578 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
580 my $method = $self->get_method($method_name);
581 # if we dont have local ...
583 # try to find the next method
584 $method = $self->find_next_method_by_name($method_name);
585 # die if it does not exist
587 || confess "The method '$method_name' is not found in the inheritance hierarchy for class " . $self->name;
588 # and now make sure to wrap it
589 # even if it is already wrapped
590 # because we need a new sub ref
591 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method);
594 # now make sure we wrap it properly
595 $method = Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->wrap($method)
596 unless $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped');
598 $self->add_method($method_name => $method);
602 sub add_before_method_modifier {
603 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
604 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
605 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
606 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
607 $method->add_before_modifier(subname ':before' => $method_modifier);
610 sub add_after_method_modifier {
611 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
612 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
613 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
614 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
615 $method->add_after_modifier(subname ':after' => $method_modifier);
618 sub add_around_method_modifier {
619 my ($self, $method_name, $method_modifier) = @_;
620 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
621 || confess "You must pass in a method name";
622 my $method = $fetch_and_prepare_method->($self, $method_name);
623 $method->add_around_modifier(subname ':around' => $method_modifier);
627 # the methods above used to be named like this:
628 # ${pkg}::${method}:(before|after|around)
629 # but this proved problematic when using one modifier
630 # to wrap multiple methods (something which is likely
631 # to happen pretty regularly IMO). So instead of naming
632 # it like this, I have chosen to just name them purely
633 # with their modifier names, like so:
634 # :(before|after|around)
635 # The fact is that in a stack trace, it will be fairly
636 # evident from the context what method they are attached
637 # to, and so don't need the fully qualified name.
641 my ($self, $method_name, $method) = @_;
642 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
643 || confess "You must define a method name";
645 my $body = (blessed($method) ? $method->body : $method);
646 ('CODE' eq (reftype($body) || ''))
647 || confess "Your code block must be a CODE reference";
649 $self->add_package_symbol("&${method_name}" => $body);
650 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
654 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
655 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
656 || confess "You must define a method name";
658 return 0 unless exists $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
663 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
664 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
665 || confess "You must define a method name";
668 # I don't really need this here, because
669 # if the method_map is missing a key it
670 # will just return undef for me now
671 # return unless $self->has_method($method_name);
673 return $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
677 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
678 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
679 || confess "You must define a method name";
681 my $removed_method = delete $self->get_method_map->{$method_name};
683 $self->remove_package_symbol("&${method_name}");
685 $self->update_package_cache_flag;
687 return $removed_method;
690 sub get_method_list {
692 keys %{$self->get_method_map};
695 sub find_method_by_name {
696 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
697 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
698 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
699 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
700 # fetch the meta-class ...
701 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
702 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
703 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
708 sub compute_all_applicable_methods {
710 my (@methods, %seen_method);
711 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
712 # fetch the meta-class ...
713 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
714 foreach my $method_name ($meta->get_method_list()) {
715 next if exists $seen_method{$method_name};
716 $seen_method{$method_name}++;
718 name => $method_name,
720 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
727 sub find_all_methods_by_name {
728 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
729 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
730 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
732 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
733 # fetch the meta-class ...
734 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
736 name => $method_name,
738 code => $meta->get_method($method_name)
739 } if $meta->has_method($method_name);
744 sub find_next_method_by_name {
745 my ($self, $method_name) = @_;
746 (defined $method_name && $method_name)
747 || confess "You must define a method name to find";
748 my @cpl = $self->linearized_isa;
749 shift @cpl; # discard ourselves
750 foreach my $class (@cpl) {
751 # fetch the meta-class ...
752 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
753 return $meta->get_method($method_name)
754 if $meta->has_method($method_name);
763 # either we have an attribute object already
764 # or we need to create one from the args provided
765 my $attribute = blessed($_[0]) ? $_[0] : $self->attribute_metaclass->new(@_);
766 # make sure it is derived from the correct type though
767 ($attribute->isa('Class::MOP::Attribute'))
768 || confess "Your attribute must be an instance of Class::MOP::Attribute (or a subclass)";
770 # first we attach our new attribute
771 # because it might need certain information
772 # about the class which it is attached to
773 $attribute->attach_to_class($self);
775 # then we remove attributes of a conflicting
776 # name here so that we can properly detach
777 # the old attr object, and remove any
778 # accessors it would have generated
779 $self->remove_attribute($attribute->name)
780 if $self->has_attribute($attribute->name);
782 # then onto installing the new accessors
783 $attribute->install_accessors();
784 $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute->name} = $attribute;
788 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
789 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
790 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
791 exists $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name} ? 1 : 0;
795 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
796 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
797 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
798 return $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name}
800 # this will return undef anyway, so no need ...
801 # if $self->has_attribute($attribute_name);
805 sub remove_attribute {
806 my ($self, $attribute_name) = @_;
807 (defined $attribute_name && $attribute_name)
808 || confess "You must define an attribute name";
809 my $removed_attribute = $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
810 return unless defined $removed_attribute;
811 delete $self->get_attribute_map->{$attribute_name};
812 $removed_attribute->remove_accessors();
813 $removed_attribute->detach_from_class();
814 return $removed_attribute;
817 sub get_attribute_list {
819 keys %{$self->get_attribute_map};
822 sub compute_all_applicable_attributes {
824 my (@attrs, %seen_attr);
825 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
826 # fetch the meta-class ...
827 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
828 foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) {
829 next if exists $seen_attr{$attr_name};
830 $seen_attr{$attr_name}++;
831 push @attrs => $meta->get_attribute($attr_name);
837 sub find_attribute_by_name {
838 my ($self, $attr_name) = @_;
839 foreach my $class ($self->linearized_isa) {
840 # fetch the meta-class ...
841 my $meta = $self->initialize($class);
842 return $meta->get_attribute($attr_name)
843 if $meta->has_attribute($attr_name);
851 sub is_immutable { 0 }
854 # Why I changed this (groditi)
855 # - One Metaclass may have many Classes through many Metaclass instances
856 # - One Metaclass should only have one Immutable Transformer instance
857 # - Each Class may have different Immutabilizing options
858 # - Therefore each Metaclass instance may have different Immutabilizing options
859 # - We need to store one Immutable Transformer instance per Metaclass
860 # - We need to store one set of Immutable Transformer options per Class
861 # - Upon make_mutable we may delete the Immutabilizing options
862 # - We could clean the immutable Transformer instance when there is no more
863 # immutable Classes of that type, but we can also keep it in case
864 # another class with this same Metaclass becomes immutable. It is a case
865 # of trading of storing an instance to avoid unnecessary instantiations of
866 # Immutable Transformers. You may view this as a memory leak, however
867 # Because we have few Metaclasses, in practice it seems acceptable
868 # - To allow Immutable Transformers instances to be cleaned up we could weaken
869 # the reference stored in $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} and ||= should DWIM
872 my %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
873 my %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
877 my $class = blessed $self || $self;
879 $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class} ||= $self->create_immutable_transformer;
880 my $transformer = $IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS{$class};
882 $transformer->make_metaclass_immutable($self, \%options);
883 $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name} =
884 { %options, IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER => $transformer };
886 if( exists $options{debug} && $options{debug} ){
887 print STDERR "# of Metaclass options: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS;
888 print STDERR "# of Immutable transformers: ", keys %IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMERS;
894 return if $self->is_mutable;
895 my $options = delete $IMMUTABLE_OPTIONS{$self->name};
896 confess "unable to find immutabilizing options" unless ref $options;
897 my $transformer = delete $options->{IMMUTABLE_TRANSFORMER};
898 $transformer->make_metaclass_mutable($self, $options);
902 sub create_immutable_transformer {
904 my $class = Class::MOP::Immutable->new($self, {
905 read_only => [qw/superclasses/],
913 remove_package_symbol
916 class_precedence_list => 'ARRAY',
917 linearized_isa => 'ARRAY',
918 compute_all_applicable_attributes => 'ARRAY',
919 get_meta_instance => 'SCALAR',
920 get_method_map => 'SCALAR',
934 Class::MOP::Class - Class Meta Object
938 # assuming that class Foo
939 # has been defined, you can
941 # use this for introspection ...
943 # add a method to Foo ...
944 Foo->meta->add_method('bar' => sub { ... })
946 # get a list of all the classes searched
947 # the method dispatcher in the correct order
948 Foo->meta->class_precedence_list()
950 # remove a method from Foo
951 Foo->meta->remove_method('bar');
953 # or use this to actually create classes ...
955 Class::MOP::Class->create('Bar' => (
957 superclasses => [ 'Foo' ],
959 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$bar'),
960 Class::MOP:::Attribute->new('$baz'),
963 calculate_bar => sub { ... },
964 construct_baz => sub { ... }
970 This is the largest and currently most complex part of the Perl 5
971 meta-object protocol. It controls the introspection and
972 manipulation of Perl 5 classes (and it can create them too). The
973 best way to understand what this module can do, is to read the
974 documentation for each of it's methods.
978 =head2 Self Introspection
984 This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
985 to this class. Thereby allowing B<Class::MOP::Class> to actually
988 As with B<Class::MOP::Attribute>, B<Class::MOP> will actually
989 bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects
990 into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benifits
991 of the MOP when subclassing it.
995 =head2 Class construction
997 These methods will handle creating B<Class::MOP::Class> objects,
998 which can be used to both create new classes, and analyze
999 pre-existing classes.
1001 This module will internally store references to all the instances
1002 you create with these methods, so that they do not need to be
1003 created any more than nessecary. Basically, they are singletons.
1007 =item B<create ($package_name,
1008 version =E<gt> ?$version,
1009 authority =E<gt> ?$authority,
1010 superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1011 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
1012 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1014 This returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object, bringing the specified
1015 C<$package_name> into existence and adding any of the C<$version>,
1016 C<$authority>, C<@superclasses>, C<%methods> and C<%attributes> to
1019 =item B<create_anon_class (superclasses =E<gt> ?@superclasses,
1020 methods =E<gt> ?%methods,
1021 attributes =E<gt> ?%attributes)>
1023 This will create an anonymous class, it works much like C<create> but
1024 it does not need a C<$package_name>. Instead it will create a suitably
1025 unique package name for you to stash things into.
1027 On very important distinction is that anon classes are destroyed once
1028 the metaclass they are attached to goes out of scope. In the DESTROY
1029 method, the created package will be removed from the symbol table.
1031 It is also worth noting that any instances created with an anon-class
1032 will keep a special reference to the anon-meta which will prevent the
1033 anon-class from going out of scope until all instances of it have also
1034 been destroyed. This however only works for HASH based instance types,
1035 as we use a special reserved slot (C<__MOP__>) to store this.
1037 =item B<initialize ($package_name, %options)>
1039 This initializes and returns returns a B<Class::MOP::Class> object
1040 for a given a C<$package_name>.
1042 =item B<reinitialize ($package_name, %options)>
1044 This removes the old metaclass, and creates a new one in it's place.
1045 Do B<not> use this unless you really know what you are doing, it could
1046 very easily make a very large mess of your program.
1048 =item B<construct_class_instance (%options)>
1050 This will construct an instance of B<Class::MOP::Class>, it is
1051 here so that we can actually "tie the knot" for B<Class::MOP::Class>
1052 to use C<construct_instance> once all the bootstrapping is done. This
1053 method is used internally by C<initialize> and should never be called
1054 from outside of that method really.
1056 =item B<check_metaclass_compatability>
1058 This method is called as the very last thing in the
1059 C<construct_class_instance> method. This will check that the
1060 metaclass you are creating is compatible with the metaclasses of all
1061 your ancestors. For more inforamtion about metaclass compatibility
1062 see the C<About Metaclass compatibility> section in L<Class::MOP>.
1064 =item B<update_package_cache_flag>
1066 This will reset the package cache flag for this particular metaclass
1067 it is basically the value of the C<Class::MOP::get_package_cache_flag>
1068 function. This is very rarely needed from outside of C<Class::MOP::Class>
1069 but in some cases you might want to use it, so it is here.
1071 =item B<reset_package_cache_flag>
1073 Clear this flag, used in Moose.
1077 =head2 Object instance construction and cloning
1079 These methods are B<entirely optional>, it is up to you whether you want
1084 =item B<instance_metaclass>
1086 =item B<get_meta_instance>
1088 =item B<new_object (%params)>
1090 This is a convience method for creating a new object of the class, and
1091 blessing it into the appropriate package as well. Ideally your class
1092 would call a C<new> this method like so:
1095 my ($class, %param) = @_;
1096 $class->meta->new_object(%params);
1099 Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
1100 but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1102 =item B<construct_instance (%params)>
1104 This method is used to construct an instace structure suitable for
1105 C<bless>-ing into your package of choice. It works in conjunction
1106 with the Attribute protocol to collect all applicable attributes.
1108 This will construct and instance using a HASH ref as storage
1109 (currently only HASH references are supported). This will collect all
1110 the applicable attributes and layout out the fields in the HASH ref,
1111 it will then initialize them using either use the corresponding key
1112 in C<%params> or any default value or initializer found in the
1113 attribute meta-object.
1115 =item B<clone_object ($instance, %params)>
1117 This is a convience method for cloning an object instance, then
1118 blessing it into the appropriate package. This method will call
1119 C<clone_instance>, which performs a shallow copy of the object,
1120 see that methods documentation for more details. Ideally your
1121 class would call a C<clone> this method like so:
1123 sub MyClass::clone {
1124 my ($self, %param) = @_;
1125 $self->meta->clone_object($self, %params);
1128 Of course the ideal place for this would actually be in C<UNIVERSAL::>
1129 but that is considered bad style, so we do not do that.
1131 =item B<clone_instance($instance, %params)>
1133 This method is a compliment of C<construct_instance> (which means if
1134 you override C<construct_instance>, you need to override this one too),
1135 and clones the instance shallowly.
1137 The cloned structure returned is (like with C<construct_instance>) an
1138 unC<bless>ed HASH reference, it is your responsibility to then bless
1139 this cloned structure into the right class (which C<clone_object> will
1142 As of 0.11, this method will clone the C<$instance> structure shallowly,
1143 as opposed to the deep cloning implemented in prior versions. After much
1144 thought, research and discussion, I have decided that anything but basic
1145 shallow cloning is outside the scope of the meta-object protocol. I
1146 think Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman put it best when he said that cloning
1147 is too I<context-specific> to be part of the MOP.
1149 =item B<get_attribute_values($instance)>
1151 Returns the values of the C<$instance>'s fields keyed by the attribute names.
1153 =item B<get_init_args($instance)>
1155 Returns a hash reference where the keys are all the attributes' C<init_arg>s
1156 and the values are the instance's fields. Attributes without an C<init_arg>
1159 =item B<rebless_instance($instance)>
1161 This will change the class of C<$instance> to the class of the invoking
1162 C<Class::MOP::Class>. You may only rebless the instance to a subclass of
1163 itself. This limitation may be relaxed in the future.
1165 This can be useful in a number of situations, such as when you are writing
1166 a program that doesn't know everything at object construction time.
1170 =head2 Informational
1172 These are a few predicate methods for asking information about the class.
1176 =item B<is_anon_class>
1178 This returns true if the class is a C<Class::MOP::Class> created anon class.
1182 This returns true if the class is still mutable.
1184 =item B<is_immutable>
1186 This returns true if the class has been made immutable.
1190 =head2 Inheritance Relationships
1194 =item B<superclasses (?@superclasses)>
1196 This is a read-write attribute which represents the superclass
1197 relationships of the class the B<Class::MOP::Class> instance is
1198 associated with. Basically, it can get and set the C<@ISA> for you.
1201 Perl will occasionally perform some C<@ISA> and method caching, if
1202 you decide to change your superclass relationship at runtime (which
1203 is quite insane and very much not recommened), then you should be
1204 aware of this and the fact that this module does not make any
1205 attempt to address this issue.
1207 =item B<class_precedence_list>
1209 This computes the a list of all the class's ancestors in the same order
1210 in which method dispatch will be done. This is similair to
1211 what B<Class::ISA::super_path> does, but we don't remove duplicate names.
1213 =item B<linearized_isa>
1215 This returns a list based on C<class_precedence_list> but with all
1220 This returns a list of subclasses for this class.
1228 =item B<get_method_map>
1230 =item B<method_metaclass>
1232 =item B<add_method ($method_name, $method)>
1234 This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1235 C<$method> and install it into the class's package.
1238 This does absolutely nothing special to C<$method>
1239 other than use B<Sub::Name> to make sure it is tagged with the
1240 correct name, and therefore show up correctly in stack traces and
1243 =item B<alias_method ($method_name, $method)>
1245 This will take a C<$method_name> and CODE reference to that
1246 C<$method> and alias the method into the class's package.
1249 Unlike C<add_method>, this will B<not> try to name the
1250 C<$method> using B<Sub::Name>, it only aliases the method in
1251 the class's package.
1253 =item B<has_method ($method_name)>
1255 This just provides a simple way to check if the class implements
1256 a specific C<$method_name>. It will I<not> however, attempt to check
1257 if the class inherits the method (use C<UNIVERSAL::can> for that).
1259 This will correctly handle functions defined outside of the package
1260 that use a fully qualified name (C<sub Package::name { ... }>).
1262 This will correctly handle functions renamed with B<Sub::Name> and
1263 installed using the symbol tables. However, if you are naming the
1264 subroutine outside of the package scope, you must use the fully
1265 qualified name, including the package name, for C<has_method> to
1266 correctly identify it.
1268 This will attempt to correctly ignore functions imported from other
1269 packages using B<Exporter>. It breaks down if the function imported
1270 is an C<__ANON__> sub (such as with C<use constant>), which very well
1271 may be a valid method being applied to the class.
1273 In short, this method cannot always be trusted to determine if the
1274 C<$method_name> is actually a method. However, it will DWIM about
1275 90% of the time, so it's a small trade off I think.
1277 =item B<get_method ($method_name)>
1279 This will return a Class::MOP::Method instance related to the specified
1280 C<$method_name>, or return undef if that method does not exist.
1282 The Class::MOP::Method is codifiable, so you can use it like a normal
1283 CODE reference, see L<Class::MOP::Method> for more information.
1285 =item B<find_method_by_name ($method_name>
1287 This will return a CODE reference of the specified C<$method_name>,
1288 or return undef if that method does not exist.
1290 Unlike C<get_method> this will also look in the superclasses.
1292 =item B<remove_method ($method_name)>
1294 This will attempt to remove a given C<$method_name> from the class.
1295 It will return the CODE reference that it has removed, and will
1296 attempt to use B<Sub::Name> to clear the methods associated name.
1298 =item B<get_method_list>
1300 This will return a list of method names for all I<locally> defined
1301 methods. It does B<not> provide a list of all applicable methods,
1302 including any inherited ones. If you want a list of all applicable
1303 methods, use the C<compute_all_applicable_methods> method.
1305 =item B<compute_all_applicable_methods>
1307 This will return a list of all the methods names this class will
1308 respond to, taking into account inheritance. The list will be a list of
1309 HASH references, each one containing the following information; method
1310 name, the name of the class in which the method lives and a CODE
1311 reference for the actual method.
1313 =item B<find_all_methods_by_name ($method_name)>
1315 This will traverse the inheritence hierarchy and locate all methods
1316 with a given C<$method_name>. Similar to
1317 C<compute_all_applicable_methods> it returns a list of HASH references
1318 with the following information; method name (which will always be the
1319 same as C<$method_name>), the name of the class in which the method
1320 lives and a CODE reference for the actual method.
1322 The list of methods produced is a distinct list, meaning there are no
1323 duplicates in it. This is especially useful for things like object
1324 initialization and destruction where you only want the method called
1325 once, and in the correct order.
1327 =item B<find_next_method_by_name ($method_name)>
1329 This will return the first method to match a given C<$method_name> in
1330 the superclasses, this is basically equivalent to calling
1331 C<SUPER::$method_name>, but it can be dispatched at runtime.
1335 =head2 Method Modifiers
1337 Method modifiers are a concept borrowed from CLOS, in which a method
1338 can be wrapped with I<before>, I<after> and I<around> method modifiers
1339 that will be called everytime the method is called.
1341 =head3 How method modifiers work?
1343 Method modifiers work by wrapping the original method and then replacing
1344 it in the classes symbol table. The wrappers will handle calling all the
1345 modifiers in the appropariate orders and preserving the calling context
1346 for the original method.
1348 Each method modifier serves a particular purpose, which may not be
1349 obvious to users of other method wrapping modules. To start with, the
1350 return values of I<before> and I<after> modifiers are ignored. This is
1351 because thier purpose is B<not> to filter the input and output of the
1352 primary method (this is done with an I<around> modifier). This may seem
1353 like an odd restriction to some, but doing this allows for simple code
1354 to be added at the begining or end of a method call without jeapordizing
1355 the normal functioning of the primary method or placing any extra
1356 responsibility on the code of the modifier. Of course if you have more
1357 complex needs, then use the I<around> modifier, which uses a variation
1358 of continutation passing style to allow for a high degree of flexibility.
1360 Before and around modifiers are called in last-defined-first-called order,
1361 while after modifiers are called in first-defined-first-called order. So
1362 the call tree might looks something like this:
1372 To see examples of using method modifiers, see the following examples
1373 included in the distribution; F<InstanceCountingClass>, F<Perl6Attribute>,
1374 F<AttributesWithHistory> and F<C3MethodDispatchOrder>. There is also a
1375 classic CLOS usage example in the test F<017_add_method_modifier.t>.
1377 =head3 What is the performance impact?
1379 Of course there is a performance cost associated with method modifiers,
1380 but we have made every effort to make that cost be directly proportional
1381 to the amount of modifier features you utilize.
1383 The wrapping method does it's best to B<only> do as much work as it
1384 absolutely needs to. In order to do this we have moved some of the
1385 performance costs to set-up time, where they are easier to amortize.
1387 All this said, my benchmarks have indicated the following:
1389 simple wrapper with no modifiers 100% slower
1390 simple wrapper with simple before modifier 400% slower
1391 simple wrapper with simple after modifier 450% slower
1392 simple wrapper with simple around modifier 500-550% slower
1393 simple wrapper with all 3 modifiers 1100% slower
1395 These numbers may seem daunting, but you must remember, every feature
1396 comes with some cost. To put things in perspective, just doing a simple
1397 C<AUTOLOAD> which does nothing but extract the name of the method called
1398 and return it costs about 400% over a normal method call.
1402 =item B<add_before_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1404 This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> and the supplied C<$code>
1405 will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called before the original
1406 method is called. As specified above, the return value of the I<before>
1407 method modifiers is ignored, and it's ability to modify C<@_> is
1408 fairly limited. If you need to do either of these things, use an
1409 C<around> method modifier.
1411 =item B<add_after_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1413 This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that the original
1414 method will be called, it's return values stashed, and then the
1415 supplied C<$code> will be passed the C<@_> arguments, and called.
1416 As specified above, the return value of the I<after> method
1417 modifiers is ignored, and it cannot modify the return values of
1418 the original method. If you need to do either of these things, use an
1419 C<around> method modifier.
1421 =item B<add_around_method_modifier ($method_name, $code)>
1423 This will wrap the method at C<$method_name> so that C<$code>
1424 will be called and passed the original method as an extra argument
1425 at the begining of the C<@_> argument list. This is a variation of
1426 continuation passing style, where the function prepended to C<@_>
1427 can be considered a continuation. It is up to C<$code> if it calls
1428 the original method or not, there is no restriction on what the
1429 C<$code> can or cannot do.
1435 It should be noted that since there is no one consistent way to define
1436 the attributes of a class in Perl 5. These methods can only work with
1437 the information given, and can not easily discover information on
1438 their own. See L<Class::MOP::Attribute> for more details.
1442 =item B<attribute_metaclass>
1444 =item B<get_attribute_map>
1446 =item B<add_attribute ($attribute_meta_object | $attribute_name, %attribute_spec)>
1448 This stores the C<$attribute_meta_object> (or creates one from the
1449 C<$attribute_name> and C<%attribute_spec>) in the B<Class::MOP::Class>
1450 instance associated with the given class. Unlike methods, attributes
1451 within the MOP are stored as meta-information only. They will be used
1452 later to construct instances from (see C<construct_instance> above).
1453 More details about the attribute meta-objects can be found in the
1454 L<Class::MOP::Attribute> or the L<Class::MOP/The Attribute protocol>
1457 It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1458 methods which the C<$attribute_meta_object> has will be installed
1459 into the class at this time.
1462 If an attribute already exists for C<$attribute_name>, the old one
1463 will be removed (as well as removing all it's accessors), and then
1466 =item B<has_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1468 Checks to see if this class has an attribute by the name of
1469 C<$attribute_name> and returns a boolean.
1471 =item B<get_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1473 Returns the attribute meta-object associated with C<$attribute_name>,
1474 if none is found, it will return undef.
1476 =item B<remove_attribute ($attribute_name)>
1478 This will remove the attribute meta-object stored at
1479 C<$attribute_name>, then return the removed attribute meta-object.
1482 Removing an attribute will only affect future instances of
1483 the class, it will not make any attempt to remove the attribute from
1484 any existing instances of the class.
1486 It should be noted that any accessor, reader/writer or predicate
1487 methods which the attribute meta-object stored at C<$attribute_name>
1488 has will be removed from the class at this time. This B<will> make
1489 these attributes somewhat inaccessable in previously created
1490 instances. But if you are crazy enough to do this at runtime, then
1491 you are crazy enough to deal with something like this :).
1493 =item B<get_attribute_list>
1495 This returns a list of attribute names which are defined in the local
1496 class. If you want a list of all applicable attributes for a class,
1497 use the C<compute_all_applicable_attributes> method.
1499 =item B<compute_all_applicable_attributes>
1501 This will traverse the inheritance heirachy and return a list of all
1502 the applicable attributes for this class. It does not construct a
1503 HASH reference like C<compute_all_applicable_methods> because all
1504 that same information is discoverable through the attribute
1507 =item B<find_attribute_by_name ($attr_name)>
1509 This method will traverse the inheritance heirachy and find the
1510 first attribute whose name matches C<$attr_name>, then return it.
1511 It will return undef if nothing is found.
1515 =head2 Class Immutability
1519 =item B<make_immutable (%options)>
1521 This method will invoke a tranforamtion upon the class which will
1522 make it immutable. Details of this transformation can be found in
1523 the L<Class::MOP::Immutable> documentation.
1525 =item B<make_mutable>
1527 This method will reverse tranforamtion upon the class which
1530 =item B<create_immutable_transformer>
1532 Create a transformer suitable for making this class immutable
1538 Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
1540 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
1542 Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
1544 L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
1546 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
1547 it under the same terms as Perl itself.