2 package Class::MOP::Method;
8 use Scalar::Util 'weaken';
10 our $VERSION = '0.88';
11 $VERSION = eval $VERSION;
12 our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
14 use base 'Class::MOP::Object';
17 # if poked in the right way,
18 # they should act like CODE refs.
19 use overload '&{}' => sub { $_[0]->body }, fallback => 1;
24 my ( $class, @args ) = @_;
26 unshift @args, 'body' if @args % 2 == 1;
29 my $code = $params{body};
31 ('CODE' eq ref($code))
32 || confess "You must supply a CODE reference to bless, not (" . ($code || 'undef') . ")";
34 ($params{package_name} && $params{name})
35 || confess "You must supply the package_name and name parameters";
37 my $self = $class->_new(\%params);
39 weaken($self->{associated_metaclass}) if $self->{associated_metaclass};
46 my $params = @_ == 1 ? $_[0] : {@_};
49 'body' => $params->{body},
50 'associated_metaclass' => $params->{associated_metaclass},
51 'package_name' => $params->{package_name},
52 'name' => $params->{name},
58 sub associated_metaclass { shift->{'associated_metaclass'} }
61 my ( $self, $class ) = @_;
62 $self->{associated_metaclass} = $class;
63 weaken($self->{associated_metaclass});
66 sub detach_from_class {
68 delete $self->{associated_metaclass};
71 sub fully_qualified_name {
73 $self->package_name . '::' . $self->name;
76 sub original_method { (shift)->{'original_method'} }
78 sub _set_original_method { $_[0]->{'original_method'} = $_[1] }
80 # It's possible that this could cause a loop if there is a circular
81 # reference in here. That shouldn't ever happen in normal
82 # circumstances, since original method only gets set when clone is
83 # called. We _could_ check for such a loop, but it'd involve some sort
84 # of package-lexical variable, and wouldn't be terribly subclassable.
85 sub original_package_name {
88 $self->original_method
89 ? $self->original_method->original_package_name
90 : $self->package_name;
96 $self->original_method
97 ? $self->original_method->original_name
101 sub original_fully_qualified_name {
104 $self->original_method
105 ? $self->original_method->original_fully_qualified_name
106 : $self->fully_qualified_name;
115 # the Class::MOP bootstrap
116 # will create this for us
128 Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object
132 The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just
133 subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic
134 introspection interface.
140 =item B<< Class::MOP::Method->wrap($code, %options) >>
142 This is the constructor. It accepts a subroutine reference and a hash
151 The method name (without a package name). This is required.
155 The package name for the method. This is required.
157 =item * associated_metaclass
159 An optional L<Class::MOP::Class> object. This is the metaclass for the
164 =item B<< $metamethod->clone(%params) >>
166 This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular,
167 subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given
170 When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available
171 by calling C<original_method> on the clone.
173 =item B<< $metamethod->body >>
175 This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.
177 =item B<< $metamethod->name >>
179 This returns the method's name
181 =item B<< $metamethod->package_name >>
183 This returns the method's package name.
185 =item B<< $metamethod->fully_qualified_name >>
187 This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and
190 =item B<< $metamethod->associated_metaclass >>
192 This returns the L<Class::MOP::Class> object for the method, if one
195 =item B<< $metamethod->original_method >>
197 If this method object was created as a clone of some other method
198 object, this returns the object that was cloned.
200 =item B<< $metamethod->original_name >>
202 This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first
205 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
206 returns the name from the I<first> method in the chain of clones.
208 =item B<< $metamethod->original_package_name >>
210 This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first
213 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
214 returns the package name from the I<first> method in the chain of
217 =item B<< $metamethod->original_fully_qualified_name >>
219 This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it
222 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
223 returns the fully qualified name from the I<first> method in the chain
226 =item B<< $metamethod->attach_to_class($metaclass) >>
228 Given a L<Class::MOP::Class> object, this method sets the associated
229 metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated
232 =item B<< $metamethod->detach_from_class >>
234 Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.
236 =item B<< $metamethod->execute(...) >>
238 This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to
241 =item B<< Class::MOP::Method->meta >>
243 This will return a L<Class::MOP::Class> instance for this class.
245 It should also be noted that L<Class::MOP> will actually bootstrap
246 this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its
253 Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
255 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
257 Copyright 2006-2009 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
259 L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
261 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
262 it under the same terms as Perl itself.