*check_package_cache_flag = \&mro::get_pkg_gen;
}
-our $VERSION = '0.67';
+our $VERSION = '0.70_01';
our $XS_VERSION = $VERSION;
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
# because I don't yet see a good reason to do so.
}
-sub load_class {
- my $class = shift;
+sub load_first_existing_class {
+ my @classes = @_
+ or return;
- unless ( _is_valid_class_name($class) ) {
- my $display = defined($class) ? $class : 'undef';
- confess "Invalid class name ($display)";
+ foreach my $class (@classes) {
+ unless ( _is_valid_class_name($class) ) {
+ my $display = defined($class) ? $class : 'undef';
+ confess "Invalid class name ($display)";
+ }
}
- # if the class is not already loaded in the symbol table..
- unless (is_class_loaded($class)) {
- # require it
- my $file = $class . '.pm';
- $file =~ s{::}{/}g;
- my $e = do { local $@; eval { require($file) }; $@ };
- confess "Could not load class ($class) because : $e" if $e;
+ my $found;
+ my %exceptions;
+ for my $class (@classes) {
+ my $e = _try_load_one_class($class);
+
+ if ($e) {
+ $exceptions{$class} = $e;
+ }
+ else {
+ $found = $class;
+ last;
+ }
}
- get_metaclass_by_name($class) || $class if defined wantarray;
+ return $found if $found;
+
+ confess join(
+ "\n",
+ map {
+ sprintf(
+ "Could not load class (%s) because : %s", $_,
+ $exceptions{$_}
+ )
+ } @classes
+ );
+}
+
+sub _try_load_one_class {
+ my $class = shift;
+
+ return if is_class_loaded($class);
+
+ my $file = $class . '.pm';
+ $file =~ s{::}{/}g;
+
+ return do {
+ local $@;
+ eval { require($file) };
+ $@;
+ };
+}
+
+sub load_class {
+ my $class = load_first_existing_class($_[0]);
+ return get_metaclass_by_name($class) || $class;
}
sub _is_valid_class_name {
Otherwise it's a constant returning false.
+=item B<load_first_existing_class ($class_name, [$class_name, ...])>
+
+B<NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION, IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY!>
+
+Given a list of class names, this function will attempt to load each
+one in turn.
+
+If it finds a class it can load, it will return that class' name.
+If none of the classes can be loaded, it will throw an exception.
+
=back
=head2 Metaclass cache functions