=pod

=head1 NAME

Moose::Cookbook::Snack::Types - Snippets of code for using Types and Type Constraints

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  package Point;
  use Moose;

  has 'x' => ( isa => 'Int', is => 'ro' );
  has 'y' => ( isa => 'Int', is => 'rw' );

  package main;

  my $point = eval { Point->new( x => 'fifty', y => 'forty' ); };

  if ($@) {
      print "Oops: $@";
  }

  my $point;
  my $xval             = 'forty-two';
  my $xattribute       = Point->meta->find_attribute_by_name('x');
  my $xtype_constraint = $xattribute->type_constraint;

  if ( $xtype_constraint->check($xval) ) {
      $point = Point->new( x => $xval, y => 0 );
  }
  else {
      print "Value: $xval is not an " . $xtype_constraint->name . "\n";
  }

=head1 DESCRIPTION

This is the Point example from L<Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1>
with type checking added.

If we try to assign a string value to an attribute that is an C<Int>,
Moose will die with an explicit error message. The error will include
the attribute name, as well as the type constraint name and the value
which failed the constraint check.

We use C<eval> to catch this error message in C<$@>.

Later, we get the L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint> object from a
L<Moose::Meta::Attribute> and use the L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>
to check a value directly.

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over 4

=item L<Moose::Cookbook::Basics::Recipe1>

=item L<Moose::Utils::TypeConstraints>

=item L<Moose::Meta::Attribute>

=back

=head1 AUTHOR

Jess Robinson <cpan@desert-island.me.uk>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

L<http://www.iinteractive.com>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

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