package # hide the package from PAUSE ClassEncapsulatedAttributes; use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = '0.05'; use base 'Class::MOP::Class'; sub initialize { (shift)->SUPER::initialize(@_, # use the custom attribute metaclass here ':attribute_metaclass' => 'ClassEncapsulatedAttributes::Attribute' ); } sub construct_instance { my ($class, %params) = @_; my $instance = {}; foreach my $current_class ($class->class_precedence_list()) { $instance->{$current_class} = {} unless exists $instance->{$current_class}; my $meta = $current_class->meta; foreach my $attr_name ($meta->get_attribute_list()) { my $attr = $meta->get_attribute($attr_name); $attr->initialize_instance_slot($meta, $instance, \%params); } } return $instance; } package # hide the package from PAUSE ClassEncapsulatedAttributes::Attribute; use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = '0.03'; use base 'Class::MOP::Attribute'; sub initialize_instance_slot { my ($self, $class, $instance, $params) = @_; # if the attr has an init_arg, use that, otherwise, # use the attributes name itself as the init_arg my $init_arg = $self->init_arg(); # try to fetch the init arg from the %params ... my $val; $val = $params->{$class->name}->{$init_arg} if exists $params->{$class->name} && exists ${$params->{$class->name}}{$init_arg}; # if nothing was in the %params, we can use the # attribute's default value (if it has one) if (!defined $val && $self->has_default) { $val = $self->default($instance); } # now add this to the instance structure $instance->{$class->name}->{$self->name} = $val; } sub generate_accessor_method { my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; my $class_name = $self->associated_class->name; eval qq{sub { \$_[0]->{'$class_name'}->{'$attr_name'} = \$_[1] if scalar(\@_) == 2; \$_[0]->{'$class_name'}->{'$attr_name'}; }}; } sub generate_reader_method { my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; my $class_name = $self->associated_class->name; eval qq{sub { Carp::confess "Cannot assign a value to a read-only accessor" if \@_ > 1; \$_[0]->{'$class_name'}->{'$attr_name'}; }}; } sub generate_writer_method { my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; my $class_name = $self->associated_class->name; eval qq{sub { \$_[0]->{'$class_name'}->{'$attr_name'} = \$_[1]; }}; } sub generate_predicate_method { my ($self, $attr_name) = @_; my $class_name = $self->associated_class->name; eval qq{sub { defined \$_[0]->{'$class_name'}->{'$attr_name'} ? 1 : 0; }}; } ## &remove_attribute is left as an exercise for the reader :) 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME ClassEncapsulatedAttributes - A set of example metaclasses with class encapsulated attributes =head1 SYNOPSIS package Foo; use metaclass 'ClassEncapsulatedAttributes'; Foo->meta->add_attribute('foo' => ( accessor => 'Foo_foo', default => 'init in FOO' )); sub new { my $class = shift; $class->meta->new_object(@_); } package Bar; our @ISA = ('Foo'); # duplicate the attribute name here Bar->meta->add_attribute('foo' => ( accessor => 'Bar_foo', default => 'init in BAR' )); # ... later in other code ... my $bar = Bar->new(); prints $bar->Bar_foo(); # init in BAR prints $bar->Foo_foo(); # init in FOO # and ... my $bar = Bar->new( 'Foo' => { 'foo' => 'Foo::foo' }, 'Bar' => { 'foo' => 'Bar::foo' } ); prints $bar->Bar_foo(); # Foo::foo prints $bar->Foo_foo(); # Bar::foo =head1 DESCRIPTION This is an example metaclass which encapsulates a class's attributes on a per-class basis. This means that there is no possibility of name clashes with inherited attributes. This is similar to how C++ handles its data members. =head1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to Yuval "nothingmuch" Kogman for the idea for this example. =head1 AUTHOR Stevan Little Estevan@iinteractive.comE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. L This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut