use Scalar::Util 'weaken', 'blessed';
-our $VERSION = '0.02';
+our $VERSION = '0.04';
+our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
-sub meta {
+sub meta {
require Class::MOP::Class;
Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]);
}
-sub new {
+sub new {
my ($class, $meta, @attrs) = @_;
my @slots = map { $_->slots } @attrs;
- bless {
+ my $instance = bless {
# NOTE:
# I am not sure that it makes
# sense to pass in the meta
- # The ideal would be to just
- # pass in the class name, but
- # that is placing too much of
- # an assumption on bless(),
+ # The ideal would be to just
+ # pass in the class name, but
+ # that is placing too much of
+ # an assumption on bless(),
# which is *probably* a safe
- # assumption,.. but you can
+ # assumption,.. but you can
# never tell <:)
- meta => $meta,
- slots => { map { $_ => undef } @slots },
- } => $class;
+ '$!meta' => $meta,
+ '@!slots' => { map { $_ => undef } @slots },
+ } => $class;
+
+ weaken($instance->{'$!meta'});
+
+ return $instance;
}
+sub associated_metaclass { (shift)->{'$!meta'} }
+
sub create_instance {
my $self = shift;
$self->bless_instance_structure({});
sub bless_instance_structure {
my ($self, $instance_structure) = @_;
- bless $instance_structure, $self->{meta}->name;
+ bless $instance_structure, $self->associated_metaclass->name;
}
sub clone_instance {
sub get_all_slots {
my $self = shift;
- return keys %{$self->{slots}};
+ return keys %{$self->{'@!slots'}};
}
sub is_valid_slot {
my ($self, $slot_name) = @_;
- exists $self->{slots}->{$slot_name} ? 1 : 0;
+ exists $self->{'@!slots'}->{$slot_name} ? 1 : 0;
}
# operations on created instances
sub get_slot_value {
my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
- return $instance->{$slot_name};
+ $self->is_slot_initialized($instance, $slot_name) ? $instance->{$slot_name} : undef;
}
sub set_slot_value {
sub initialize_slot {
my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
- $self->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, undef);
+ #$self->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, undef);
}
sub deinitialize_slot {
}
sub weaken_slot_value {
- my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
- weaken $instance->{$slot_name};
+ my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
+ weaken $instance->{$slot_name};
}
sub strengthen_slot_value {
- my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
- $self->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $self->get_slot_value($instance, $slot_name));
+ my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
+ $self->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $self->get_slot_value($instance, $slot_name));
+}
+
+sub rebless_instance_structure {
+ my ($self, $instance, $metaclass) = @_;
+ bless $instance, $metaclass->name;
}
# inlinable operation snippets
sub inline_get_slot_value {
my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_;
- $self->inline_slot_access($instance, $slot_name);
+ 'exists ' . $self->inline_slot_access($instance, $slot_name) .
+ ' ? ' . $self->inline_slot_access($instance, $slot_name) . ' : undef'
}
sub inline_set_slot_value {
my ($self, $instance, $slot_name, $value) = @_;
- $self->inline_slot_access($instance, $slot_name) . " = $value",
+ $self->inline_slot_access($instance, $slot_name) . " = $value",
}
sub inline_initialize_slot {
=pod
-=head1 NAME
+=head1 NAME
Class::MOP::Instance - Instance Meta Object
=head1 SYNOPSIS
- # for the most part, this protocol is internal
- # and not for public usage, but this how one
+ # for the most part, this protocol is internal
+ # and not for public usage, but this how one
# might use it
-
+
package Foo;
-
+
use strict;
use warnings;
use metaclass (
':instance_metaclass' => 'ArrayBasedStorage::Instance',
);
-
+
# now Foo->new produces blessed ARRAY ref based objects
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This is a sub-protocol which governs instance creation
+This is a sub-protocol which governs instance creation
and access to the slots of the instance structure.
-This may seem like over-abstraction, but by abstracting
-this process into a sub-protocol we make it possible to
-easily switch the details of how an object's instance is
-stored with minimal impact. In most cases just subclassing
-this class will be all you need to do (see the examples;
-F<examples/ArrayBasedStorage.pod> and
+This may seem like over-abstraction, but by abstracting
+this process into a sub-protocol we make it possible to
+easily switch the details of how an object's instance is
+stored with minimal impact. In most cases just subclassing
+this class will be all you need to do (see the examples;
+F<examples/ArrayBasedStorage.pod> and
F<examples/InsideOutClass.pod> for details).
=head1 METHODS
=item B<new ($meta, @attrs)>
-Creates a new instance meta-object and gathers all the slots from
+Creates a new instance meta-object and gathers all the slots from
the list of C<@attrs> given.
=item B<meta>
-This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
+This will return a B<Class::MOP::Class> instance which is related
to this class.
=back
=item B<create_instance>
-This creates the appropriate structure needed for the instance and
+This creates the appropriate structure needed for the instance and
then calls C<bless_instance_structure> to bless it into the class.
=item B<bless_instance_structure ($instance_structure)>
=head2 Instrospection
-NOTE: There might be more methods added to this part of the API,
+NOTE: There might be more methods added to this part of the API,
we will add then when we need them basically.
=over 4
+=item B<associated_metaclass>
+
=item B<get_all_slots>
-This will return the current list of slots based on what was
+This will return the current list of slots based on what was
given to this object in C<new>.
=item B<is_valid_slot ($slot_name)>
=head2 Operations on Instance Structures
-An important distinction of this sub-protocol is that the
-instance meta-object is a different entity from the actual
-instance it creates. For this reason, any actions on slots
+An important distinction of this sub-protocol is that the
+instance meta-object is a different entity from the actual
+instance it creates. For this reason, any actions on slots
require that the C<$instance_structure> is passed into them.
=over 4
=item B<strengthen_slot_value ($instance_structure, $slot_name)>
+=item B<rebless_instance_structure ($instance_structure, $new_metaclass)>
+
=back
=head2 Inlineable Instance Operations
-This part of the API is currently un-used. It is there for use
-in future experiments in class finailization mostly. Best to
+This part of the API is currently un-used. It is there for use
+in future experiments in class finailization mostly. Best to
ignore this for now.
=over 4
=item B<is_inlinable>
-Each meta-instance should override this method to tell Class::MOP if it's
-possible to inline the slot access.
+Each meta-instance should override this method to tell Class::MOP if it's
+possible to inline the slot access.
-This is currently only used by Class::MOP::Class::Immutable when performing
+This is currently only used by Class::MOP::Class::Immutable when performing
optimizations.
=item B<inline_create_instance>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-Copyright 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
+Copyright 2006-2008 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.
+it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut