X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FClass%2FMOP%2FInstance.pm;h=16dd6e0ea7ebcd6060bf70370dccc99c056c0b16;hb=88bb3cf1a0e38a011d04bc7eff7f2e59a0c304e1;hp=3a340427939bad589c5922b336a930d379c08957;hpb=34147f49f7fa85afe801d684c3e25322e4a34f61;p=gitmo%2FClass-MOP.git diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Instance.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Instance.pm index 3a34042..16dd6e0 100644 --- a/lib/Class/MOP/Instance.pm +++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Instance.pm @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use warnings; use Scalar::Util 'weaken', 'blessed'; -our $VERSION = '0.71_01'; +our $VERSION = '0.78'; $VERSION = eval $VERSION; our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN'; @@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ sub strengthen_slot_value { sub rebless_instance_structure { my ($self, $instance, $metaclass) = @_; - bless $instance, $metaclass->name; + + # we use $_[1] here because of t/306_rebless_overload.t regressions on 5.8.8 + bless $_[1], $metaclass->name; } sub is_dependent_on_superclasses { @@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ sub inline_create_instance { sub inline_slot_access { my ($self, $instance, $slot_name) = @_; - sprintf "%s->{%s}", $instance, $slot_name; + sprintf q[%s->{"%s"}], $instance, quotemeta($slot_name); } sub inline_get_slot_value { @@ -221,160 +223,178 @@ Class::MOP::Instance - Instance Meta Object =head1 DESCRIPTION -The meta instance is used by attributes for low level storage. +The meta instance API controls the creation of object instances, and +the storage of attribute values in those instances. -Using this API generally violates attribute encapsulation and is not -recommended, instead look at L, -L for the recommended way to fiddle with -attribute values in a generic way, independent of how/whether accessors have -been defined. Accessors can be found using L. +Using this API directly in your own code violates encapsulation, and +we recommend that you use the appropriate APIs in L +and L instead. Those APIs in turn call the +methods in this class as appropriate. -This may seem like over-abstraction, but by abstracting -this process into a sub-protocol we make it possible to -easily switch the details of how an object's instance is -stored with minimal impact. In most cases just subclassing -this class will be all you need to do (see the examples; -F and -F for details). +This class also participates in generating inlined code by providing +snippets of code to access an object instance. =head1 METHODS +=head2 Object construction + =over 4 -=item B +=item B<< Class::MOP::Instance->new(%options) >> -Creates a new instance meta-object and gathers all the slots from -the list of C<@attrs> given. +This method creates a new meta-instance object. -=item B +It accepts the following keys in C<%options>: -Processes arguments for compatibility. +=over 8 -=item B +=item * associated_metaclass -Returns the metaclass of L. +The L object for which instances will be created. -=back +=item * attributes -=head2 Creation of Instances +An array reference of L objects. These are the +attributes which can be stored in each instance. -=over 4 +=back + +=back -=item B +=head2 Creating and altering instances -This creates the appropriate structure needed for the instance and blesses it. +=over 4 -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->create_instance >> -This does just exactly what it says it does. +This method returns a reference blessed into the associated +metaclass's class. -This method has been deprecated but remains for compatibility reasons. None of -the subclasses of L ever bothered to actually make use of -it, so it was deemed unnecessary fluff. +The default is to use a hash reference. Subclasses can override this. -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->clone_instance($instance) >> -Creates a shallow clone of $instance_structure. +Given an instance, this method creates a new object by making +I clone of the original. =back =head2 Introspection -NOTE: There might be more methods added to this part of the API, -we will add then when we need them basically. - =over 4 -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->associated_metaclass >> -This returns the metaclass associated with this instance. +This returns the L object associated with the +meta-instance object. -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->get_all_slots >> -This will return the current list of slots based on what was -given to this object in C. +This returns a list of slot names stored in object instances. In +almost all cases, slot names correspond directly attribute names. -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->is_valid_slot($slot_name) >> This will return true if C<$slot_name> is a valid slot name. -=item B - -This method returns true when the meta instance must be recreated on any -superclass changes. - -Defaults to false. +=item B<< $metainstance->get_all_attributes >> -=item B - -This will return the current list of attributes (as -Class::MOP::Attribute objects) based on what was given to this object -in C. +This returns a list of attributes corresponding to the attributes +passed to the constructor. =back =head2 Operations on Instance Structures -An important distinction of this sub-protocol is that the -instance meta-object is a different entity from the actual -instance it creates. For this reason, any actions on slots -require that the C<$instance_structure> is passed into them. - -The names of these methods pretty much explain exactly -what they do, if that is not enough then I suggest reading -the source, it is very straightfoward. +It's important to understand that the meta-instance object is a +different entity from the actual instances it creates. For this +reason, any operations on the C<$instance_structure> always require +that the object instance be passed to the method. =over 4 -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->get_slot_value($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->set_slot_value($instance_structure, $slot_name, $value) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->initialize_slot($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->deinitialize_slot($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->initialize_all_slots($instance_structure) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->deinitialize_all_slots($instance_structure) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->is_slot_initialized($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->weaken_slot_value($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->strengthen_slot_value($instance_structure, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->rebless_instance_structure($instance_structure, $new_metaclass) >> -=item B +The exact details of what each method does should be fairly obvious +from the method name. =back -=head2 Inlineable Instance Operations +=head2 Inlinable Instance Operations =over 4 -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->is_inlinable >> -Each meta-instance should override this method to tell Class::MOP if it's -possible to inline the slot access. This is currently only used by -L when performing optimizations. +This is a boolean that indicates whether or not slot access operations +can be inlined. By default it is true, but subclasses can override +this. -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_create_instance($class_variable) >> -=item B +This method expects a string that, I, will become a +class name. This would literally be something like C<'$class'>, not an +actual class name. -=item B +It returns a snippet of code that creates a new object for the +class. This is something like C< bless {}, $class_name >. -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_slot_access($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_get_slot_value($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> -=item B +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_set_slot_value($instance_variable, $slot_name, $value) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_initialize_slot($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_deinitialize_slot($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_is_slot_initialized($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_weaken_slot_value($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> + +=item B<< $metainstance->inline_strengthen_slot_value($instance_variable, $slot_name) >> + +These methods all expect two arguments. The first is the name of a +variable, than when inlined, will represent the object +instance. Typically this will be a literal string like C<'$_[0]'>. + +The second argument is a slot name. + +The method returns a snippet of code that, when inlined, performs some +operation on the instance. + +=back + +=head2 Introspection + +=over 4 -=item B +=item B<< Class::MOP::Instance->meta >> -=item B +This will return a L instance for this class. -=item B +It should also be noted that L will actually bootstrap +this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its +metaclass. =back @@ -386,7 +406,7 @@ Stevan Little Estevan@iinteractive.comE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. +Copyright 2006-2009 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. L