6 Moose::Cookbook::Recipe11 - Advanced Role Composition - method exclusion and aliasing
19 requires 'save_state', 'load_state';
25 package Restartable::ButUnreliable;
28 with 'Restartable' => { alias => { stop => '_stop',
29 start => '_start' } };
34 $self->explode() if rand(1) > .5;
42 $self->explode() if rand(1) > .5;
47 package Restartable::ButBroken;
50 with 'Restartable' => { excludes => [ 'stop', 'start' ] };
66 Sometimes when you include a role in a class, you may want to leave
67 out some of its methods. In this example, we have a role C<Restartable>
68 which provides an C<is_paused> attribute, and two methods, C<stop> and
69 C<start>. The implementation of those two methods is irrelevant.
71 Then we have two more roles which also implement the same interface,
72 each putting their own spin on the C<stop> and C<start> method.
74 In the C<Restartable::ButUnreliable> role, we want to provide a new
75 implementation of C<stop> and C<start>, but still have access to the
76 original implementation. To do this, we alias the methods from
77 C<Restartable> to private methods, and provide wrappers around the
80 In the C<Restartable::ButBroken> role, we want to provide an entirely
81 new behavior for C<stop> and C<start>, so we exclude them when
82 composing the C<Restartable> role into C<Restartable::ButBroken>.
84 It's worth noting that the C<excludes> parameter also accepts a single
85 string as an argument if you just want to exclude one method.
89 Method exclusion and renaming can come in handy, especially when
90 building roles out of other roles. In this example, all of our roles
91 implement the C<Restartable> role. Each role provides same API, but
92 each has a different implementation under the hood.
94 You can also use the method aliasing and excluding features when
95 composing a role into a class.
103 The mention of wrapper should tell you that we could do the same thing
104 using method modifiers, but for the sake of this example, we don't.
110 Dave Rolsky E<lt>autarch@urth.orgE<gt>
112 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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