add has_read_method and has_write_method

diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index b5514f1..571aa05 100644 (file)
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 Revision history for Perl extension Class-MOP.
 
+NEXT
+    * Class::MOP::Attribute
+      - add has_read_method and has_write_method
+
 0.55 Mon. April 28, 2008
     - All classes now have proper C3 MRO support
       - added MRO::Compat as a dependency to allow

diff --git a/lib/Class/MOP/Attribute.pm b/lib/Class/MOP/Attribute.pm
index 6042f5c..c3d760b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Class/MOP/Attribute.pm
+++ b/lib/Class/MOP/Attribute.pm
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ sub initializer { $_[0]->{'$!initializer'} }
 # end bootstrapped away method section.
 # (all methods below here are kept intact)
 
+sub has_read_method  { $_[0]->has_reader || $_[0]->has_accessor }
+sub has_write_method { $_[0]->has_writer || $_[0]->has_accessor }
+
 sub get_read_method  { 
     my $self   = shift;    
     my $reader = $self->reader || $self->accessor;
@@ -698,6 +701,14 @@ C<reader> and C<writer> or C<accessor> was specified or not.
 NOTE: If no reader/writer/accessor was specified, this will use the 
 attribute get_value/set_value methods, which can be very inefficient.
 
+=item B<has_read_method>
+
+=item B<has_write_method>
+
+Return whether a method exists suitable for reading / writing the value 
+of the attribute in the associated class. Suitable for use whether 
+C<reader> and C<writer> or C<accessor> was used.
+
 =back
 
 =head2 Informational predicates