tiny change in metaclass.pm to automatically load custom metaclass

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

diff --git a/lib/metaclass.pm b/lib/metaclass.pm
index 80e10aa..2e215c4 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/metaclass.pm
+++ b/lib/metaclass.pm
@@ -20,19 +20,20 @@ sub import {
     }
     else {
         $metaclass = shift;
+        Class::MOP::load_class($metaclass);
         ($metaclass->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
             || confess "The metaclass ($metaclass) must be derived from Class::MOP::Class";
     }
     my %options = @_;
     my $package = caller();
-    
+
     # create a meta object so we can install &meta
     my $meta = $metaclass->initialize($package => %options);
     $meta->add_method('meta' => sub {
-        # we must re-initialize so that it 
-        # works as expected in subclasses, 
-        # since metaclass instances are 
-        # singletons, this is not really a 
+        # we must re-initialize so that it
+        # works as expected in subclasses,
+        # since metaclass instances are
+        # singletons, this is not really a
         # big deal anyway.
         $metaclass->initialize((blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) => %options)
     });
@@ -53,17 +54,17 @@ metaclass - a pragma for installing and using Class::MOP metaclasses
   package MyClass;
 
   # use Class::MOP::Class
-  use metaclass; 
+  use metaclass;
 
   # ... or use a custom metaclass
   use metaclass 'MyMetaClass';
-  
-  # ... or use a custom metaclass  
+
+  # ... or use a custom metaclass
   # and custom attribute and method
   # metaclasses
   use metaclass 'MyMetaClass' => (
       'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
-      'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',    
+      'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
   );
 
   # ... or just specify custom attribute
@@ -71,14 +72,14 @@ metaclass - a pragma for installing and using Class::MOP metaclasses
   # is the assumed metaclass
   use metaclass (
       'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
-      'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',    
+      'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
   );
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-This is a pragma to make it easier to use a specific metaclass 
-and a set of custom attribute and method metaclasses. It also 
-installs a C<meta> method to your class as well. 
+This is a pragma to make it easier to use a specific metaclass
+and a set of custom attribute and method metaclasses. It also
+installs a C<meta> method to your class as well.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS
 
@@ -91,6 +92,6 @@ Copyright 2006, 2007 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