Part 1 of the great clone plan.

[gitmo/Class-MOP.git] / lib / Class / MOP / Method.pm

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Method.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Method.pm
index 37af5a1..729d0aa 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Method.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Method.pm
@@ -88,6 +88,39 @@ sub fully_qualified_name {
     $self->package_name . '::' . $self->name;
 }
 
+sub original_method { (shift)->{'original_method'} }
+
+sub _set_original_method { $_[0]->{'original_method'} = $_[1] }
+
+# It's possible that this could cause a loop if there is a circular
+# reference in here. That shouldn't ever happen in normal
+# circumstances, since original method only gets set when clone is
+# called. We _could_ check for such a loop, but it'd involve some sort
+# of package-lexical variable, and wouldn't be terribly subclassable.
+sub original_package_name {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    $self->original_method
+        ? $self->original_method->original_package_name
+        : $self->package_name;
+}
+
+sub original_name {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    $self->original_method
+        ? $self->original_method->original_name
+        : $self->name;
+}
+
+sub original_fully_qualified_name {
+    my $self = shift;
+
+    $self->original_method
+        ? $self->original_method->original_fully_qualified_name
+        : $self->fully_qualified_name;
+}
+
 # NOTE:
 # the Class::MOP bootstrap
 # will create this for us
@@ -166,6 +199,26 @@ This returns the package name that the CODE reference is attached to.
 
 This returns the fully qualified name of the CODE reference.
 
+=item B<original_method>
+
+If this method object was created as a clone of some other method
+object, this returns the object that was cloned.
+
+=item B<original_name>
+
+This returns the original name of the CODE reference, wherever it was
+first defined.
+
+=item B<original_package_name>
+
+This returns the original package name that the CODE reference is
+attached to, wherever it was first defined.
+
+=item B<original_fully_qualified_name>
+
+This returns the original fully qualified name of the CODE reference,
+wherever it was first defined.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Metaclass