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131 .IX Title "Class::MOP::Method 3"
132 .TH Class::MOP::Method 3 "2009-11-18" "perl v5.8.7" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
134 Class::MOP::Method \- Method Meta Object
136 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
137 The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just
138 subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic
139 introspection interface.
142 .ie n .IP "\fBClass::MOP::Method\->wrap($code, \fB%options\fB)\fR" 4
143 .el .IP "\fBClass::MOP::Method\->wrap($code, \f(CB%options\fB)\fR" 4
144 .IX Item "Class::MOP::Method->wrap($code, %options)"
145 This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of
146 either a code reference or a Class::MOP::Method instance, followed
147 by a hash of options.
153 The method name (without a package name). This is required if \f(CW$code\fR
155 .IP "* package_name" 8
156 .IX Item "package_name"
157 The package name for the method. This is required if \f(CW$code\fR is a
159 .IP "* associated_metaclass" 8
160 .IX Item "associated_metaclass"
161 An optional Class::MOP::Class object. This is the metaclass for the
166 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->clone(%params)\fR" 4
167 .IX Item "$metamethod->clone(%params)"
168 This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular,
169 subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given
172 When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available
173 by calling \f(CW\*(C`original_method\*(C'\fR on the clone.
174 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->body\fR" 4
175 .IX Item "$metamethod->body"
176 This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.
177 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->name\fR" 4
178 .IX Item "$metamethod->name"
179 This returns the method's name
180 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->package_name\fR" 4
181 .IX Item "$metamethod->package_name"
182 This returns the method's package name.
183 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->fully_qualified_name\fR" 4
184 .IX Item "$metamethod->fully_qualified_name"
185 This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and
187 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->associated_metaclass\fR" 4
188 .IX Item "$metamethod->associated_metaclass"
189 This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method, if one
191 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->original_method\fR" 4
192 .IX Item "$metamethod->original_method"
193 If this method object was created as a clone of some other method
194 object, this returns the object that was cloned.
195 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->original_name\fR" 4
196 .IX Item "$metamethod->original_name"
197 This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first
200 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
201 returns the name from the \fIfirst\fR method in the chain of clones.
202 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->original_package_name\fR" 4
203 .IX Item "$metamethod->original_package_name"
204 This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first
207 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
208 returns the package name from the \fIfirst\fR method in the chain of
210 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->original_fully_qualified_name\fR" 4
211 .IX Item "$metamethod->original_fully_qualified_name"
212 This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it
215 If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method
216 returns the fully qualified name from the \fIfirst\fR method in the chain
218 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->attach_to_class($metaclass)\fR" 4
219 .IX Item "$metamethod->attach_to_class($metaclass)"
220 Given a Class::MOP::Class object, this method sets the associated
221 metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated
223 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->detach_from_class\fR" 4
224 .IX Item "$metamethod->detach_from_class"
225 Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.
226 .IP "\fB$metamethod\->execute(...)\fR" 4
227 .IX Item "$metamethod->execute(...)"
228 This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to
230 .IP "\fBClass::MOP::Method\->meta\fR" 4
231 .IX Item "Class::MOP::Method->meta"
232 This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.
234 It should also be noted that Class::MOP will actually bootstrap
235 this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its
239 Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>
240 .SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
241 .IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
242 Copyright 2006\-2009 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
244 <http://www.iinteractive.com>
246 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
247 it under the same terms as Perl itself.