use Carp 'confess';
use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
+use Try::Tiny;
-our $VERSION = '0.75';
+our $VERSION = '1.11';
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';
unshift @args, "metaclass" if @args % 2 == 1;
my %options = @args;
+ my $meta_name = exists $options{meta_name} ? $options{meta_name} : 'meta';
my $metaclass = delete $options{metaclass};
unless ( defined $metaclass ) {
# 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
- # big deal anyway.
- $metaclass->initialize((blessed($_[0]) || $_[0]) => %options)
- });
+ $meta->_add_meta_method($meta_name)
+ if defined $meta_name;
}
1;
'method_metaclass' => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
);
+ # if we'd rather not install a 'meta' method, we can do this
+ use metaclass meta_name => undef;
+ # or if we'd like it to have a different name,
+ use metaclass meta_name => 'my_meta';
+
=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.
+installs a C<meta> method to your class as well, unless C<undef>
+is passed to the C<meta_name> option.
=head1 AUTHORS
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
-Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
+Copyright 2006-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
L<http://www.iinteractive.com>