Move the actual module/package creation from Class::MOP::Class to Class::MOP::Module

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
index a1c7260..0686bd7 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Class.pm
@@ -250,9 +250,6 @@ sub create {
     my (%options) = @args;
     my $package_name = $options{package};
 
-    (defined $package_name && $package_name)
-        || confess "You must pass a package name";
-    
     (ref $options{superclasses} eq 'ARRAY')
         || confess "You must pass an ARRAY ref of superclasses"
             if exists $options{superclasses};
@@ -265,14 +262,7 @@ sub create {
         || confess "You must pass an HASH ref of methods"
             if exists $options{methods};                  
 
-    my $code = "package $package_name;";
-    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
-        if exists $options{version};
-    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
-        if exists $options{authority};
-
-    eval $code;
-    confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
+    $class->SUPER::create(%options);
 
     my (%initialize_options) = @args;
     delete @initialize_options{qw(

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
index f0dd3d7..b4a2cb4 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Module.pm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package Class::MOP::Module;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
+use Carp         'confess';
 use Scalar::Util 'blessed';
 
 our $VERSION   = '0.70_01';
@@ -31,6 +32,26 @@ sub identifier {
     );
 }
 
+sub create {
+    my ( $class, %options ) = @_;
+
+    my $package_name = $options{package};
+
+    (defined $package_name && $package_name)
+        || confess "You must pass a package name";
+
+    my $code = "package $package_name;";
+    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:VERSION = '" . $options{version} . "';"
+        if exists $options{version};
+    $code .= "\$$package_name\:\:AUTHORITY = '" . $options{authority} . "';"
+        if exists $options{authority};
+
+    eval $code;
+    confess "creation of $package_name failed : $@" if $@;
+
+    return; # XXX: should this return some kind of meta object? ~sartak
+}
+
 1;
 
 __END__
@@ -74,6 +95,10 @@ package for the given instance.
 
 This constructs a string of the name, version and authority.
 
+=item B<create>
+
+This creates the module; it does not return a useful result.
+
 =back
 
 =head1 AUTHORS

diff --git a/t/010_self_introspection.t b/t/010_self_introspection.t
index 748500d..eb00ac3 100644 (file)
--- a/t/010_self_introspection.t
+++ b/t/010_self_introspection.t
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 
-use Test::More tests => 232;
+use Test::More tests => 234;
 use Test::Exception;
 
 use Class::MOP;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ my @class_mop_package_methods = qw(
 my @class_mop_module_methods = qw(
     _new
 
-    version authority identifier
+    version authority identifier create
 );
 
 my @class_mop_class_methods = qw(