X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?p=gitmo%2FMouse.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FMouse%2FMeta%2FTypeConstraint.pm;h=13b44954c5042e659610816dcaf21f02d0db29fd;hp=51b08670f70e0338af416f735163696202903528;hb=a133bcea30632f3bdb815d5001e364675dc14028;hpb=37dc67cb9daf91c9530e5ffc762de36cb0432c7f

diff --git a/lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm b/lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
index 51b0867..13b4495 100644
--- a/lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
+++ b/lib/Mouse/Meta/TypeConstraint.pm
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint;
 use strict;
 use warnings;
-use Carp ();
 
 use overload '""'     => sub { shift->{name} },   # stringify to tc name
              fallback => 1;
 
+use Carp ();
+
+use Mouse::Util qw(:meta);
+
 sub new {
     my $class = shift;
     my %args = @_;
@@ -31,23 +34,23 @@ sub check {
 }
 
 sub validate {
-    my ($self, $value) = @_;
-    if ($self->{_compiled_type_constraint}->($value)) {
-        return undef;
-    }
-    else {
-        $self->get_message($value);
-    }
+    my ($self, $value) = @_;
+    if ($self->{_compiled_type_constraint}->($value)) {
+        return undef;
+    }
+    else {
+        $self->get_message($value);
+    }
 }
 
-sub assert_valid {
-    my ($self, $value) = @_;
-
-    my $error = $self->validate($value);
-    return 1 if ! defined $error;
+sub assert_valid {
+    my ($self, $value) = @_;
+
+    my $error = $self->validate($value);
+    return 1 if ! defined $error;
 
-    Carp::confess($error);
-}
+    Carp::confess($error);
+}
 
 
 sub message {
@@ -69,12 +72,19 @@ sub get_message {
     }
 }
 
+sub is_a_type_of{
+    my($self, $tc_name) = @_;
+
+    return $self->name eq $tc_name
+        || $self->name =~ /\A $tc_name \[/xms; # "ArrayRef" =~ "ArrayRef[Foo]"
+}
+
 1;
 __END__
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint - The Mouse Type Constraint Metaclass
+Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint - The Mouse Type Constraint metaclass
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -96,5 +106,9 @@ Don't use this.
 
 =back
 
+=head1 SEE ALSO
+
+L<Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint>
+
 =cut