Revision history for MooseX-Meta-TypeContraint-Structured
-0.01 01 August 2008
- First version, released on an unsuspecting world.
+0.01 22 August 2008
+ Completed basic requirements, documentation and tests.
use inc::Module::Install;
## All the required meta information
-all_from 'lib/MooseX/Meta/TypeConstraint/Structured.pm';
+abstract 'Supporting structured type contraints';
+author 'John Napiorkowski <jjnapiork@cpan.org>';
+version '0.01';
+license 'perl';
+perl_version '5.8.8';
## Module dependencies
requires 'Moose' => '0.54';
This Role defines the interface and basic behavior of Structured Type Constraints.
+Structured type constraints let you assign an internal pattern of type
+constraints to a 'container' constraint. The goal is to make it easier to
+declare constraints like "ArrayRef[Int, Int, Str]" where the constraint is an
+ArrayRef of three elements and the internal constraint on the three is Int, Int
+and Str.
+
+To accomplish this, we add an attribute to the base L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>
+to hold a L</signature>, which is a reference to a pattern of type constraints.
+We then override L</constraint> to check our incoming value to the attribute
+against this signature pattern. Additionally we allow L</optional_signature> to
+hold any optional type constraints. The overall goal is to support something
+like:
+
+ has 'attr' => (isa=>'Tuple[Int, Str, Optional[Int, Int]]');
+
+These classes define how the underlying support for this works.
+
=head1 TYPES
The following types are defined in this class.
MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Named - Structured Type Constraints
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
-Structured type constraints let you assign an internal pattern of type
-constraints to a 'container' constraint. The goal is to make it easier to
-declare constraints like "ArrayRef[Int, Int, Str]" where the constraint is an
-ArrayRef of three elements and the internal constraint on the three is Int, Int
-and Str.
+The follow is example usage:
-To accomplish this, we add an attribute to the base L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>
-to hold a L</signature>, which is a reference to a pattern of type constraints.
-We then override L</constraint> to check our incoming value to the attribute
-against this signature pattern.
+ use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
+ use MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Named;
+
+ my %required = (key1='Str', key2=>'Int');
+ my %optional = (key3=>'Object');
+
+ my $tc = MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Named->new(
+ name => 'Dict',
+ parent => find_type_constraint('HashRef'),
+ package_defined_in => __PACKAGE__,
+ signature => {map {
+ $_ => find_type_constraint($required{$_});
+ } keys %required},
+ optional_signature => {map {
+ $_ => find_type_constraint($optional{$_});
+ } keys %optional},
+ );
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
Named structured Constraints expect the internal constraints to be in keys or
-fields similar to what we expect in a HashRef.
+fields similar to what we expect in a HashRef. Basically, this allows you to
+easily add type constraint checks against values in the wrapping HashRef
+identified by the key name.
=head1 ATTRIBUTES
MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Positional - Structured Type Constraints
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
-Structured type constraints let you assign an internal pattern of type
-constraints to a 'container' constraint. The goal is to make it easier to
-declare constraints like "ArrayRef[Int, Int, Str]" where the constraint is an
-ArrayRef of three elements and the internal constraint on the three is Int, Int
-and Str.
+The follow is example usage:
-To accomplish this, we add an attribute to the base L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>
-to hold a L</signature>, which is a reference to a pattern of type constraints.
-We then override L</constraint> to check our incoming value to the attribute
-against this signature pattern.
+ use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
+ use MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Positional;
+
+ my @required = ('Str', 'Int');
+ my @optional = ('Object');
+
+ my $tc = MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Positional->new(
+ name => 'Dict',
+ parent => find_type_constraint('ArrayRef'),
+ signature => [map {
+ find_type_constraint($_);
+ } @required],
+ optional_signature => [map {
+ find_type_constraint($_);
+ } @optional],
+ );
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
Positionally structured Constraints expect the internal constraints to be in
-'positioned' or ArrayRef style order.
+'positioned' or ArrayRef style order. This allows you to add type constraints
+to the internal values of the Arrayref.
=head1 ATTRIBUTES
use strict;
use warnings;
-use Test::More tests=>1;
+use Test::More tests=>2;
## List all the modules we want to make sure can at least compile
-use_ok 'MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured';
-
+use_ok 'MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Named';
+use_ok 'MooseX::Meta::TypeConstraint::Structured::Positional';