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+
+package MooseX::Storage::Meta::Attribute::Trait::DoNotSerialize;
+use Moose::Role;
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
+
+# register this alias ...
+package Moose::Meta::Attribute::Custom::Trait::DoNotSerialize;
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
+
+sub register_implementation { 'MooseX::Storage::Meta::Attribute::Trait::DoNotSerialize' }
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=pod
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+MooseX::Storage::Meta::Attribute::Trait::DoNotSerialize - A custom meta-attribute-trait to bypass serialization
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ package Point;
+ use Moose;
+ use MooseX::Storage;
+
+ with Storage('format' => 'JSON', 'io' => 'File');
+
+ has 'x' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');
+ has 'y' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int');
+
+ has 'foo' => (
+ traits => [ 'DoNotSerialize' ],
+ is => 'rw',
+ isa => 'CodeRef',
+ );
+
+ 1;
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+Sometimes you don't want a particular attribute to be part of the
+serialization, in this case, you want to make sure that attribute
+uses this custom meta-attribute-trait. See the SYNOPSIS for a nice
+example that can be easily cargo-culted.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 Introspection
+
+=over 4
+
+=item B<meta>
+
+=back
+
+=head1 BUGS
+
+All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no
+exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug
+to cpan-RT.
+
+=head1 AUTHOR
+
+Stevan Little E<lt>stevan.little@iinteractive.comE<gt>
+
+=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
+
+Copyright 2007-2008 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.
+
+=cut