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+
+package InsideOutClass;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Class::MOP 'meta';
+
+use Scalar::Util 'refaddr';
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->superclasses('Class::MOP::Class');
+
+sub construct_instance {
+ my ($class, %params) = @_;
+ my $instance = \(my $var);
+ foreach my $attr (map { $_->{attribute} } $class->compute_all_applicable_attributes()) {
+ # if the attr has an init_arg, use that, otherwise,
+ # use the attributes name itself as the init_arg
+ my $init_arg = $attr->has_init_arg() ? $attr->init_arg() : $attr->name;
+ # try to fetch the init arg from the %params ...
+ my $val;
+ $val = $params{$init_arg} if exists $params{$init_arg};
+ # if nothing was in the %params, we can use the
+ # attribute's default value (if it has one)
+ $val ||= $attr->default($instance) if $attr->has_default();
+ # now add this to the instance structure
+ $class->get_package_variable('%' . $attr->name)->{ refaddr($instance) } = $val;
+ }
+ return $instance;
+}
+
+
+package InsideOutAttribute;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Carp 'confess';
+use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'refaddr';
+
+use Class::MOP 'meta';
+
+our $VERSION = '0.01';
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->superclasses('Class::MOP::Attribute');
+
+{
+ # this is just a utility routine to
+ # handle the details of accessors
+ my $_inspect_accessor = sub {
+ my ($attr_name, $type, $accessor) = @_;
+
+ my %ACCESSOR_TEMPLATES = (
+ 'accessor' => 'sub {
+ $' . $attr_name . '{ refaddr($_[0]) } = $_[1] if scalar(@_) == 2;
+ $' . $attr_name . '{ refaddr($_[0]) };
+ }',
+ 'reader' => 'sub {
+ $' . $attr_name . '{ refaddr($_[0]) };
+ }',
+ 'writer' => 'sub {
+ $' . $attr_name . '{ refaddr($_[0]) } = $_[1];
+ }',
+ 'predicate' => 'sub {
+ defined($' . $attr_name . '{ refaddr($_[0]) }) ? 1 : 0;
+ }'
+ );
+
+ if (reftype($accessor) && reftype($accessor) eq 'HASH') {
+ my ($name, $method) = each %{$accessor};
+ return ($name, Class::MOP::Attribute::Accessor->wrap($method));
+ }
+ else {
+ my $method = eval $ACCESSOR_TEMPLATES{$type};
+ confess "Could not create the $type for $attr_name CODE(\n" . $ACCESSOR_TEMPLATES{$type} . "\n) : $@" if $@;
+ return ($accessor => Class::MOP::Attribute::Accessor->wrap($method));
+ }
+ };
+
+ sub install_accessors {
+ my ($self, $class) = @_;
+ (blessed($class) && $class->isa('Class::MOP::Class'))
+ || confess "You must pass a Class::MOP::Class instance (or a subclass)";
+
+ $class->add_package_variable('%' . $self->name);
+
+ $class->add_method(
+ $_inspect_accessor->($class->name . '::' . $self->name, 'accessor' => $self->accessor())
+ ) if $self->has_accessor();
+
+ $class->add_method(
+ $_inspect_accessor->($class->name . '::' . $self->name, 'reader' => $self->reader())
+ ) if $self->has_reader();
+
+ $class->add_method(
+ $_inspect_accessor->($class->name . '::' . $self->name, 'writer' => $self->writer())
+ ) if $self->has_writer();
+
+ $class->add_method(
+ $_inspect_accessor->($class->name . '::' . $self->name, 'predicate' => $self->predicate())
+ ) if $self->has_predicate();
+ return;
+ }
+
+}
+
+## &remove_attribute is left as an exercise for the reader :)
+
+1;
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