sub config {
my $self = shift;
- my $config = $self->_config;
- unless ($config) {
- $self->_config( $config = {} );
- }
+ my $config_sub = $self->can('_config');
+ my $config = $self->$config_sub() || {};
if (@_) {
my $newconfig = { %{@_ > 1 ? {@_} : $_[0]} };
$self->_config(
$self->merge_config_hashes( $config, $newconfig )
);
+ } else {
+ # this is a bit of a kludge, required to make
+ # __PACKAGE__->config->{foo} = 'bar';
+ # work in a subclass. Calling the Class::Data::Inheritable setter
+ # will create a new _config method in the current class if it's
+ # currently inherited from the superclass. So, the can() call will
+ # return a different subref in that case and that means we know to
+ # copy and reset the value stored in the class data.
+
+ $self->_config( $config );
+
+ if ((my $config_sub_now = $self->can('_config')) ne $config_sub) {
+
+ $config = $self->merge_config_hashes( $config, {} );
+ $self->$config_sub_now( $config );
+ }
}
return $config;
}