8 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
10 our $VERSION = '0.03';
11 our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
18 if (!defined($_[0]) || $_[0] =~ /^(attribute|method|instance)_metaclass/) {
19 $metaclass = 'Class::MOP::Class';
23 Class::MOP::load_class($metaclass);
24 ($metaclass->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
25 || confess "The metaclass ($metaclass) must be derived from Class::MOP::Class";
28 my $package = caller();
30 # create a meta object so we can install &meta
31 my $meta = $metaclass->initialize($package => %options);
32 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
33 # we must re-initialize so that it
34 # works as expected in subclasses,
35 # since metaclass instances are
36 # singletons, this is not really a
38 $metaclass->initialize((blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) => %options)
50 metaclass - a pragma for installing and using Class::MOP metaclasses
56 # use Class::MOP::Class
59 # ... or use a custom metaclass
60 use metaclass 'MyMetaClass';
62 # ... or use a custom metaclass
63 # and custom attribute and method
65 use metaclass 'MyMetaClass' => (
66 'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
67 'method_metaclass' => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
70 # ... or just specify custom attribute
71 # and method classes, and Class::MOP::Class
72 # is the assumed metaclass
74 'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
75 'method_metaclass' => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
80 This is a pragma to make it easier to use a specific metaclass
81 and a set of custom attribute and method metaclasses. It also
82 installs a C<meta> method to your class as well.
86 Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
88 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
90 Copyright 2006, 2007 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
92 L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
94 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
95 it under the same terms as Perl itself.