From: Ricardo SIGNES <rjbs@cpan.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:31:07 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: docs, changelog for assert_valid
X-Git-Tag: 0.89~16
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docs, changelog for assert_valid
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diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index a94a295..07144a9 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ next version
         unresolved method conflicts, not just the first method. Fixes #47210
         reported by Ovid. (Sartak)
 
+    * Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint
+      - Add assert_valid method to use a TypeConstraint for assertion (rjbs)
+
 0.88 Fri Jul 24, 2009
     * Moose::Manual::Contributing
       - Re-write the Moose::Manual::Contributing document to reflect
diff --git a/lib/Moose/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm b/lib/Moose/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
index 298656f..ac5bca3 100644
--- a/lib/Moose/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
+++ b/lib/Moose/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
@@ -395,6 +395,13 @@ method returns an explicit C<undef>. If the type is not valid, we call
 C<< $self->get_message($value) >> internally to generate an error
 message.
 
+=item B<< $constraint->assert_valid($value) >>
+
+Like C<check> and C<validate>, this method checks whether C<$value> is
+valid under the constraint.  If it is, it will return true.  If it is not,
+an exception will be thrown with the results of
+C<< $self->get_message($value) >>.
+
 =item B<< $constraint->name >>
 
 Returns the type's name, as provided to the constructor.