=head2 isa
-handle $self->isa since AUTOLOAD can't.
+handle $self->isa since AUTOLOAD can't - this tries both the type constraint,
+and for a class type, the class.
=cut
=head2 AUTOLOAD
-Delegate to the decorator target.
+Delegate to the decorator target, unless this is a class type, in which
+case it will try to delegate to the type object, then if that fails try
+the class. The method 'new' is special cased to only be permitted on
+the class; if there is no class, or it does not provide a new method,
+an exception will be thrown.
=cut
last;
}
$search_tc = $search_tc->parent;
- last unless $search_tc->is_subtype_of('Object');
+ last unless $search_tc && $search_tc->is_subtype_of('Object');
}
}
- my $inv = (
- $class
- ? (
- $method eq 'new' || $class->can($method)
- ? $class
- : $tc
- )
- : $tc
- );
+ my $inv = do {
+ if ($method eq 'new') {
+ die "new called on type decorator for non-class-type ".$tc->name
+ unless $class;
+ die "new called on class type decorator ".$tc->name."\n"
+ ." for class ${class}\n"
+ ." which does not provide a new method - did you forget to load it?"
+ unless $class->can('new');
+ $class
+ } elsif ($class && !$tc->can($method)) {
+ $class
+ } else {
+ $tc
+ }
+ };
+
$inv->$method(@args);
}