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+package MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterizable;
+use Moose;
+extends 'Moose::Meta::Role';
+
+our $VERSION = '0.10';
+
+use MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterized;
+use MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Parameter;
+use MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Parameters;
+
+use constant parameterized_role_metaclass => 'MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterized';
+use constant parameter_metaclass => 'MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Parameter';
+
+has parameters_class => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'ClassName',
+ default => 'MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Parameters',
+);
+
+has parameters_metaclass => (
+ is => 'rw',
+ isa => 'Moose::Meta::Class',
+ lazy => 1,
+ default => sub {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ $self->parameters_class->meta->create_anon_class(
+ superclasses => [$self->parameters_class],
+ attribute_metaclass => $self->parameter_metaclass,
+ );
+ },
+ handles => {
+ has_parameter => 'has_attribute',
+ },
+);
+
+has role_generator => (
+ is => 'rw',
+ isa => 'CodeRef',
+ predicate => 'has_role_generator',
+);
+
+sub add_parameter {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $name = shift;
+
+ confess "You must provide a name for the parameter"
+ if !defined($name);
+
+ # need to figure out a plan for these guys..
+ confess "The parameter name ($name) is currently forbidden"
+ if $name eq 'alias'
+ || $name eq 'excludes';
+
+ $self->parameters_metaclass->add_attribute($name => @_);
+}
+
+sub construct_parameters {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my %args = @_;
+
+ # need to figure out a plan for these guys..
+ for my $name ('alias', 'excludes') {
+ confess "The parameter name ($name) is currently forbidden"
+ if exists $args{$name};
+ }
+
+ $self->parameters_metaclass->new_object(\%args);
+}
+
+sub generate_role {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my %args = @_;
+
+ my $parameters = blessed($args{parameters})
+ ? $args{parameters}
+ : $self->construct_parameters(%{ $args{parameters} });
+
+ confess "A role generator is required to generate roles"
+ unless $self->has_role_generator;
+
+ my $role = $self->parameterized_role_metaclass->create_anon_role(
+ genitor => $self,
+ parameters => $parameters,
+ );
+
+ local $MooseX::Role::Parameterized::CURRENT_METACLASS = $role;
+
+ $self->apply_parameterizable_role($role);
+
+ $self->role_generator->($parameters,
+ operating_on => $role,
+ consumer => $args{consumer},
+ );
+
+ return $role;
+}
+
+sub _role_for_combination {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $parameters = shift;
+
+ return $self->generate_role(
+ parameters => $parameters,
+ );
+}
+
+sub apply {
+ my $self = shift;
+ my $consumer = shift;
+ my %args = @_;
+
+ my $role = $self->generate_role(
+ consumer => $consumer,
+ parameters => \%args,
+ );
+
+ $role->apply($consumer, %args);
+}
+
+sub apply_parameterizable_role {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ $self->SUPER::apply(@_);
+}
+
+__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
+no Moose;
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterizable - metaclass for parameterizable roles
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is the metaclass for parameterizable roles, roles that have their
+parameters currently unbound. These are the roles that you use L<Moose/with>,
+but instead of composing the parameterizable role, we construct a new
+parameterized role
+(L<MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterized>).
+
+=head1 ATTRIBUTES
+
+=head2 parameters_class
+
+The name of the class that will be used to construct the parameters object.
+
+=head2 parameters_metaclass
+
+A metaclass representing this roles's parameters. It will be an anonymous
+subclass of L</parameters_class>. Each call to
+L<MooseX::Role::Parameters/parameter> adds an attribute to this metaclass.
+
+When this role is consumed, the parameters object will be instantiated using
+this metaclass.
+
+=head2 role_generator
+
+A code reference that is used to generate a role based on the parameters
+provided by the consumer. The user usually specifies it using the
+L<MooseX::Role::Parameterized/role> keyword.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 add_parameter $name, %options
+
+Basically delegates to L<Moose::Meta::Class/add_attribute> on the
+L</parameters_metaclass> but with error messages that refer to a "parameter"
+not an "attribute".
+
+=head2 construct_parameters %arguments
+
+Creates a new L<MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Parameters> object using metaclass
+L</parameters_metaclass>.
+
+The arguments are those specified by the consumer as parameter values.
+
+=head2 generate_role %arguments
+
+Returns a new instance of
+L<MooseX::Role::Parameterized::Meta::Role::Parameterized> based on the
+arguments. The arguments are a hash reference of C<parameters> and, if
+available, a C<consumer> metaobject.
+
+=head2 apply
+
+Overrides L<Moose::Meta::Role/apply> to automatically generate the
+parameterized role.
+
+=cut
+