8 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
10 our $VERSION = '0.65';
11 our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
16 my ( $class, @args ) = @_;
18 unshift @args, "metaclass" if @args % 2 == 1;
21 my $metaclass = delete $options{metaclass};
23 unless ( defined $metaclass ) {
24 $metaclass = "Class::MOP::Class";
26 Class::MOP::load_class($metaclass);
29 ($metaclass->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
30 || confess "The metaclass ($metaclass) must be derived from Class::MOP::Class";
32 # make sure the custom metaclasses get loaded
33 foreach my $class (grep {
34 /^(attribute|method|instance)_metaclass/
36 Class::MOP::load_class($options{$class})
39 my $package = caller();
41 # create a meta object so we can install &meta
42 my $meta = $metaclass->initialize($package => %options);
43 $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
44 # we must re-initialize so that it
45 # works as expected in subclasses,
46 # since metaclass instances are
47 # singletons, this is not really a
49 $metaclass->initialize((blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) => %options)
61 metaclass - a pragma for installing and using Class::MOP metaclasses
67 # use Class::MOP::Class
70 # ... or use a custom metaclass
71 use metaclass 'MyMetaClass';
73 # ... or use a custom metaclass
74 # and custom attribute and method
76 use metaclass 'MyMetaClass' => (
77 'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
78 'method_metaclass' => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
81 # ... or just specify custom attribute
82 # and method classes, and Class::MOP::Class
83 # is the assumed metaclass
85 'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
86 'method_metaclass' => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
91 This is a pragma to make it easier to use a specific metaclass
92 and a set of custom attribute and method metaclasses. It also
93 installs a C<meta> method to your class as well.
97 Stevan Little E<lt>stevan@iinteractive.comE<gt>
99 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
101 Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
103 L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
105 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
106 it under the same terms as Perl itself.