--- /dev/null
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More tests => 1;
+
+use Scalar::Util qw(blessed);
+
+BEGIN {
+ use_ok('Moose');
+}
+
+=pod
+
+This test can be used as a basis for the runtime role composition.
+Apparently it is not as simple as just making an anon class. One of
+the problems is the way that anon classes are DESTROY-ed, which is
+not very compatible with how instances are dealt with.
+
+{
+ package Bark;
+ use Moose::Role;
+
+ sub talk { 'woof' }
+
+ package Sleeper;
+ use Moose::Role;
+
+ sub sleep { 'snore' }
+ sub talk { 'zzz' }
+
+ package My::Class;
+ use Moose;
+
+ sub sleep { 'nite-nite' }
+}
+
+my $obj = My::Class->new;
+ok(!$obj->can( 'talk' ), "... the role is not composed yet");
+
+
+{
+ isa_ok($obj, 'My::Class');
+
+ ok(!$obj->does('Bark'), '... we do not do any roles yet');
+
+ Bark->meta->apply($obj);
+
+ ok($obj->does('Bark'), '... we now do the Bark role');
+ ok(!My::Class->does('Bark'), '... the class does not do the Bark role');
+
+ isa_ok($obj, 'My::Class');
+ isnt(blessed($obj), 'My::Class', '... but it is not longer blessed into My::Class');
+
+ ok(!My::Class->can('talk'), "... the role is not composed at the class level");
+ ok($obj->can('talk'), "... the role is now composed at the object level");
+
+ is($obj->talk, 'woof', '... got the right return value for the newly composed method');
+}
+
+{
+ is($obj->sleep, 'nite-nite', '... the original method responds as expected');
+
+ ok(!$obj->does('Bark'), '... we do not do the Sleeper role');
+
+ Sleeper->meta->apply($obj);
+
+ ok($obj->does('Bark'), '... we still do the Bark role');
+ ok($obj->does('Sleeper'), '... we now do the Sleeper role too');
+
+ ok(!My::Class->does('Sleeper'), '... the class does not do the Sleeper role');
+
+ isa_ok($obj, 'My::Class');
+
+ is(My::Class->sleep, 'nite-nite', '... the original method still responds as expected');
+
+ is($obj->sleep, 'snore', '... got the right return value for the newly composed method');
+ is($obj->talk, 'zzz', '... got the right return value for the newly composed method');
+}
+
+=cut