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7167c54d 44 <br /><span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type">Introduction to Moose</span> by <span xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#" property="cc:attributionName">David Rolsky</span> is licensed under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License</a>.
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46
b751d33f 47 <h2>Introduction to Moose</h2>
48</div>
49</div>
50
51<div class="presentation">
52
53<div class="slide">
54 <h1>Introduction to Moose</h1>
55 <h2>YAPC 2009</h2>
56</div>
57
58<div class="slide">
59 <h1>Moose Summed Up</h1>
60
61 <ul>
62 <li><strong>Declarative</strong> OO sugar</li>
63 <li>Introspectable</li>
8d1ce1d7 64 <li>Extensible (MooseX::* on CPAN)</li>
b751d33f 65 </ul>
66</div>
67
68<div class="slide">
55906a14 69 <h1>Moose Background</h1>
b751d33f 70
71 <ul>
55906a14 72 <li>Created by Stevan Little, first released in 2006</li>
b751d33f 73 <li>Moose builds on Perl 5's native OO</li>
74 <li>Borrows ideas from other languages, notably Perl 6</li>
75 <li>Provides semantics for common operations</li>
76 </ul>
77</div>
78
55906a14 79<div class="slide fake-slide0">
80 <h1>Part 0: Moose Concepts</h1>
81</div>
82
b751d33f 83<div class="slide">
84 <h1>Classes</h1>
85
86 <ul>
87 <li>
88 Classes have ...
89 <ul>
90 <li>Attributes</li>
91 <li>Methods</li>
92 <li>Superclasses</li>
93 <li>Method modifiers</li>
94 <li>Constructor and destructor</li>
95 <li>One metaclass object</li>
96 </ul>
97 </li>
98 <li>Classes do roles</li>
99 </ul>
100</div>
101
102<div class="slide">
103 <h1>Class Example</h1>
104
105 <pre><code>package Person;
106<span class="highlight">use Moose;</span></code></pre>
107
108 <ul>
109 <li>Poof, a Moose-based class!</li>
110 </ul>
111</div>
112
113<div class="slide">
114 <h1>Attributes</h1>
115
116 <ul>
117 <li>Aka property, slot, field, member variable</li>
118 <li>A piece of data owned by an object</li>
119 </ul>
120</div>
121
122<div class="slide">
123 <h1>Attributes</h1>
124
125 <ul>
126 <li>
127 Attributes have ...
128 <ul>
129 <li>Access-control (read-only vs read-write)</li>
130 <li>An optional type</li>
131 <li>Accessor methods</li>
132 <li>Delegation methods</li>
133 <li>Optional default value</li>
134 <li>Many more features</li>
135 </ul>
136 </li>
137 <li>Stored in the object, but don't worry about that</li>
138 </ul>
139</div>
140
141<div class="slide">
142 <h1>Attribute Example</h1>
143
144 <pre><code>package Person;
145use Moose;
146
55906a14 147<span class="highlight">has first_name =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</span></code></pre>
b751d33f 148
149</div>
150
151<div class="slide">
152 <h1>Methods</h1>
153
154 <ul>
155 <li>Nothing fancy here, just Perl subroutines</li>
156 </ul>
157
158 <pre><code>package Person;
159use Moose;
160
161<span class="highlight">sub greet { ... }</span></code></pre>
162</div>
163
164<div class="slide">
165 <h1>Roles</h1>
166
167 <ul>
168 <li>Classes <strong>do</strong> (or consume) roles</li>
169 <li>Similar to mixins and Java interfaces</li>
170 </ul>
171</div>
172
173<div class="slide">
174 <h1>Roles</h1>
175
176 <ul>
177 <li>Like classes, can have attributes, methods, do roles</li>
178 <li>Roles can require methods</li>
179 <li>Roles are composed (flattened) into classes</li>
180 </ul>
181</div>
182
183<div class="slide">
184 <h1>Role Example</h1>
185
186<pre><code>package HasPermissions;
187<span class="highlight">use Moose::Role;</span>
188
189has is_admin =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</code></pre>
190</div>
191
192<div class="slide">
193 <h1>Role Example</h1>
194
195 <p>
196 And then ...
197 </p>
198
199<pre><code>package Person;
200use Moose;
201
202<span class="highlight">with 'HasPermissions';</span></code></pre>
203</div>
204
205<div class="slide">
206 <h1>Method Modifiers</h1>
207
208 <ul>
209 <li>AKA advice</li>
210 <li>&quot;<strong>Before</strong> foo(), do this first&quot;</li>
211 <li>&quot;Do this <strong>after</strong> foo()</li>
212 <li>&quot;Put this code <strong>around</strong> foo()&quot;</li>
213 </ul>
214</div>
215
216<div class="slide">
26164c8d 217 <h1>Before and After</h1>
b751d33f 218
219<pre><code>before 'foo'
220 =&gt; sub { warn 'About to call foo()' };
221
222after 'foo'
223 =&gt; sub { warn 'Leaving foo()' };</code></pre>
224
225</div>
226
227<div class="slide">
228 <h1>Around</h1>
229
230<pre><code>around 'foo' =&gt; sub {
231 my $real_foo = shift;
232 my $self = shift;
233
234 warn 'Just before foo()';
235 my @return =
236 $self-&gt;$real_foo( @_, bar =&gt; 42 );
237
238 return ( @return, 'modify return values' );
239};</code></pre>
240</div>
241
242<div class="slide">
243 <h1>Type Constraints</h1>
244
245 <ul>
246 <li>NOT A FULL-BLOWN TYPE SYSTEM!</li>
247 <li>But still darn useful</li>
248 <li>Constrain attribute values</li>
249 <li>Coerce from other types</li>
250 </ul>
251</div>
252
253<div class="slide">
254 <h1>Type Constraint Example</h1>
255
256<pre><code>package Person;
257use Moose;
258
55906a14 259has weight =&gt; (
260 is =&gt; 'ro',
261 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'Int'</span>,
262);
b751d33f 263
264# kaboom
265Person-&gt;new( weight =&gt; 'fat' );</code></pre>
266</div>
267
268<div class="slide">
269 <h1>Delegation</h1>
270
271 <ul>
272 <li>Attributes can define delegations</li>
273 <li>Lets you hide some implementation details</li>
274 <li>Fewer objects to chase around</li>
275 </ul>
276</div>
277
278<div class="slide">
279 <h1>Delegation</h1>
280
281<pre><code>package Person;
282use Moose;
283
55906a14 284has blog_uri =&gt; (
b751d33f 285 is =&gt; 'rw',
286 isa =&gt; 'URI',
287 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; { 'blog_hostname' =&gt; 'host' },</span>
288);
289
290<span class="highlight">$person->blog_hostname;</span>
55906a14 291# really calls $person->blog_uri->host</code></pre>
b751d33f 292</div>
293
294<div class="slide">
295 <h1>Constructors</h1>
296
297 <ul>
298 <li>Moose creates <code>new()</code> for you</li>
299 <li>Provide an optional <code>BUILDARGS()</code> and <code>BUILD()</code></li>
300 </ul>
301</div>
302
303<div class="slide">
304 <h1>Destructors</h1>
305
306 <ul>
307 <li>Provide an optional <code>DEMOLISH()</code></li>
308 </ul>
309</div>
310
311<div class="slide">
312 <h1>Moose Meta-API</h1>
313
314 <ul>
315 <li>Answers questions like ...
316 <ul>
317 <li>What methods does this class have?</li>
318 <li>What are its parents?</li>
319 <li>What attributes does it have (including inherited attributes)?</li>
320 <li>What roles does it do?</li>
321 <li>Much, much, more</li>
322 </ul>
323 </li>
324 </ul>
325</div>
326
327<div class="slide">
328 <h1>Moose Meta-API</h1>
329
330 <ul>
331 <li>Not just for introspection ...
332 <ul>
333 <li>Add methods, attributes, roles, etc</li>
334 <li>Extend and alter core features</li>
335 </ul>
336 </li>
337 </ul>
338</div>
339
340<div class="slide">
341 <h1>Why Moose?</h1>
342
343 <ul>
811952b2 344 <li>A quick bit of propaganda ...</li>
b751d33f 345 </ul>
346</div>
347
348<div class="slide">
349 <h1>With Moose</h1>
350
351 <pre><code>package Person;
352use Moose;
353
354has last_name =&gt; (
355 is =&gt; 'rw',
356 isa =&gt; 'Str',
357);</code></pre>
358</div>
359
360<div class="slide">
361 <h1>Without Moose</h1>
362
363 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
364use strict;
365use warnings;
366use Carp 'confess';
367
368sub new {
369 my $class = shift;
370 my %args = @_;
371 my $self = {};
372
373 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
374 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
375 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
376 if ref($args{last_name});
377 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
378 }
379
380 return bless $self, $class;
381}
382
383sub last_name {
384 my $self = shift;
385
386 if (@_) {
387 my $value = shift;
388 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
389 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
390 if ref($value);
391 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
392 }
393
394 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
395}</code></pre>
396
397</div>
398
399<div class="slide">
400 <h1>Side by side</h1>
401
402 <table class="side-by-side">
403 <tr>
404 <td>
405 <pre><code>package Person;
406use Moose;
407
408has last_name =&gt; (
409 is =&gt; 'rw',
410 isa =&gt; 'Str',
411);</code></pre>
412 </td>
413 <td>
414 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
415use strict;
416use warnings;
417use Carp 'confess';
418
419sub new {
420 my $class = shift;
421 my %args = @_;
422 my $self = {};
423
424 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
425 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
426 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
427 if ref($args{last_name});
428 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
429 }
430
431 return bless $self, $class;
432}
433
434sub last_name {
435 my $self = shift;
436
437 if (@_) {
438 my $value = shift;
439 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
440 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
441 if ref($value);
442 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
443 }
444
445 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
446}</code></pre>
447 </td>
448 </tr>
449 </table>
450
451</div>
452
453<div class="slide">
454 <h1>Side by side</h1>
455
456 <table class="side-by-side">
457 <tr>
458 <td>
459 <pre><code><span class="match-moose">package Person;</span>
460use Moose;
461
462has last_name =&gt; (
463 is =&gt; 'rw',
464 isa =&gt; 'Str',
465);</code></pre>
466 </td>
467 <td>
468 <pre class="small"><code><span class="match-unsweet">package Person;</span>
469use strict;
470use warnings;
471use Carp 'confess';
472
473sub new {
474 my $class = shift;
475 my %args = @_;
476 my $self = {};
477
478 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
479 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
480 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
481 if ref($args{last_name});
482 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
483 }
484
485 return bless $self, $class;
486}
487
488sub last_name {
489 my $self = shift;
490
491 if (@_) {
492 my $value = shift;
493 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
494 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
495 if ref($value);
496 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
497 }
498
499 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
500}</code></pre>
501 </td>
502 </tr>
503 </table>
504</div>
505
506<div class="slide">
507 <h1>Side by side</h1>
508
509 <table class="side-by-side">
510 <tr>
511 <td>
512 <pre><code>package Person;
513<span class="match-moose">use Moose;</span>
514
515has last_name =&gt; (
516 is =&gt; 'rw',
517 isa =&gt; 'Str',
518);</code></pre>
519 </td>
520 <td>
521 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
522<span class="match-unsweet">use strict;
523use warnings;
524use Carp 'confess';
525
526sub new {
527 my $class = shift;
528 my %args = @_;
529 my $self = {};</span>
530
531 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
532 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
533 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
534 if ref($args{last_name});
535 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
536 }
537
538 <span class="match-unsweet">return bless $self, $class;
539}</span>
540
541sub last_name {
542 my $self = shift;
543
544 if (@_) {
545 my $value = shift;
546 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
547 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
548 if ref($value);
549 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
550 }
551
552 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
553}</code></pre>
554 </td>
555 </tr>
556 </table>
557</div>
558
559<div class="slide">
560 <h1>Side by side</h1>
561
562 <table class="side-by-side">
563 <tr>
564 <td>
565 <pre><code>package Person;
566use Moose;
567
568<span class="match-moose">has last_name =&gt; (</span>
569 is =&gt; 'rw',
570 isa =&gt; 'Str',
571<span class="match-moose">);</span></code></pre>
572 </td>
573 <td>
574 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
575use strict;
576use warnings;
577use Carp 'confess';
578
579sub new {
580 my $class = shift;
581 my %args = @_;
582 my $self = {};
583
584 <span class="match-unsweet">if (exists $args{last_name}) {</span>
585 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
586 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
587 if ref($args{last_name});
588 <span class="match-unsweet">$self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
589 }</span>
590
591 return bless $self, $class;
592}
593
594sub last_name {
595 my $self = shift;
596
597 if (@_) {
598 my $value = shift;
599 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
600 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
601 if ref($value);
602 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
603 }
604
605 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
606}</code></pre>
607 </td>
608 </tr>
609 </table>
610</div>
611
612<div class="slide">
613 <h1>Side by side</h1>
614
615 <table class="side-by-side">
616 <tr>
617 <td>
618 <pre><code>package Person;
619use Moose;
620
621has last_name =&gt; (
622 <span class="match-moose">is =&gt; 'rw',</span>
623 isa =&gt; 'Str',
624);</code></pre>
625 </td>
626 <td>
627 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
628use strict;
629use warnings;
630use Carp 'confess';
631
632sub new {
633 my $class = shift;
634 my %args = @_;
635 my $self = {};
636
637 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
638 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
639 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
640 if ref($args{last_name});
641 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
642 }
643
644 return bless $self, $class;
645}
646
647<span class="match-unsweet">sub last_name {
648 my $self = shift;
649
650 if (@_) {
651 my $value = shift;</span>
652 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
653 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
654 if ref($value);
655 <span class="match-unsweet">$self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
656 }
657
658 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
659}</span></code></pre>
660 </td>
661 </tr>
662 </table>
663</div>
664
665<div class="slide">
666 <h1>Side by side</h1>
667
668 <table class="side-by-side">
669 <tr>
670 <td>
671 <pre><code>package Person;
672use Moose;
673
674has last_name =&gt; (
675 is =&gt; 'rw',
676 <span class="match-moose">isa =&gt; 'Str',</span>
677);</code></pre>
678 </td>
679 <td>
680 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
681use strict;
682use warnings;
683use Carp 'confess';
684
685sub new {
686 my $class = shift;
687 my %args = @_;
688 my $self = {};
689
690 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
691 <span class="match-unsweet">confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
692 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
693 if ref($args{last_name});</span>
694 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
695 }
696
697 return bless $self, $class;
698}
699
700sub last_name {
701 my $self = shift;
702
703 if (@_) {
704 my $value = shift;
705 <span class="match-unsweet">confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
706 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
707 if ref($value);</span>
708 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
709 }
710
711 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
712}</code></pre>
713 </td>
714 </tr>
715 </table>
716</div>
717
718<div class="slide">
719 <h1>Side by side</h1>
720
721 <table class="side-by-side">
722 <tr class="incremental">
723 <td>5 lines</td>
724 <td>21 lines</td>
725 </tr>
726 <tr class="incremental">
727 <td>92 characters</td>
728 <td>741 characters</td>
729 </tr>
730 <tr>
731 <td>
732 <pre><code>package Person;
733use Moose;
734
735has last_name =&gt; (
736 is =&gt; 'rw',
737 isa =&gt; 'Str',
738);</code></pre>
739 </td>
740 <td>
741 <pre class="small"><code>package Person;
742use strict;
743use warnings;
744use Carp 'confess';
745
746sub new {
747 my $class = shift;
748 my %args = @_;
749 my $self = {};
750
751 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
752 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
753 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
754 if ref($args{last_name});
755 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
756 }
757
758 return bless $self, $class;
759}
760
761sub last_name {
762 my $self = shift;
763
764 if (@_) {
765 my $value = shift;
766 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
767 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $value&quot;
768 if ref($value);
769 $self-&gt;{last_name} = $value;
770 }
771
772 return $self-&gt;{last_name};
773}</code></pre>
774 </td>
775 </tr>
776 </table>
777</div>
778
779<div class="slide">
780 <h1>Typo?</h1>
781
782 <pre class="small"><code>sub new {
783 my $class = shift;
784 my %args = @_;
785 my $self = {};
786
787 if (exists $args{last_name}) {
788 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
789 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
790 if ref($args{last_name});
791 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
792 }
793
794 return bless $self, $class;
795}</code></pre>
796</div>
797
798<div class="slide">
799 <h1>Typo?</h1>
800
801 <pre class="small"><code>if (exists $args{last_name}) {
802 confess &quot;Attribute (last_name) does not pass the type constraint because: &quot;
803 . &quot;Validation failed for 'Str' with value $args{last_name}&quot;
804 if ref($args{last_name});
805 $self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};
806}</code></pre>
807</div>
808
809<div class="slide">
810 <h1>Typo?</h1>
811
812 <code>$self-&gt;{last_nane} = $args{last_name};</code>
813</div>
814
815<div class="slide">
816 <h1>Typo?</h1>
8d1ce1d7 817 <code>$self-&gt;{last_na<span class="wrong">n</span>e}</code>
b751d33f 818</div>
819
820<div class="slide">
821 <h1>Why Moose?</h1>
822
823 <pre><code>package Person;
824use Moose;
825
826has last_name =&gt; (
827 is =&gt; 'rw',
828 isa =&gt; 'Str',
829);</code></pre>
830</div>
831
832<div class="slide fake-slide0">
ba1c9923 833 <h1>Part 1: Moose Classes</h1>
b751d33f 834</div>
835
836<div class="slide">
837 <h1>Moose Classes</h1>
838
839 <ul>
840 <li>Moose classes are Perl packages which <code>use Moose</code></li>
841 </ul>
842</div>
843
844<div class="slide">
845 <h1>Moose.pm and Your Class</h1>
846
847 <pre><code>package Person;
848use Moose;</code></pre>
849
850 <ul>
851 <li><code>Moose.pm</code> provides declarative sugar</li>
9b195048 852 <li>Turns on <code>strict</code> and <code>warnings</code></li>
b751d33f 853 <li>Creates metaclasses for your class: <code>Person-&gt;meta</code></li>
854 <li>Moose classes automatically inherit from <code>Moose::Object</code></li>
855 </ul>
856</div>
857
858<div class="slide">
859 <h1>What <code>Moose::Object</code> Provides</h1>
860
861 <ul>
862 <li>Constructor - <code>new()</code></li>
863 <li>Calls your <code>BUILDARGS()</code> and/or <code>BUILD()</code></li>
864 <li>Calls your <code>DEMOLISH</code> during object destruction</li>
865 </ul>
866</div>
867
868<div class="slide">
d6c8786d 869 <h1>BUILDARGS</h1>
870
871 <ul>
872 <li>Takes <code>@_</code>, returns a hash reference of attribute names/value</li>
873 <li>Accepts a hash or hashref; throws otherwise</li>
874 <li>Provide your own for other cases</li>
875 <li><strong>Always</strong> call <code>$class-&gt;SUPER::BUILDARGS(@_)</code> as a fallback!</li>
876 </ul>
877</div>
878
879<div class="slide">
880 <h1>BUILDARGS Example</h1>
881
882 <pre><code>package Person;
883use Moose;
884
885sub BUILDARGS {
886 my $class = shift;
887
5e2eb691 888 if ( @_ == 1 &amp;&amp; ! ref $_[0] ) {
d6c8786d 889 <span class="highlight">return { ssn =&gt; $_[0] };</span>
890 }
891
892 <span class="highlight">return $class-&gt;SUPER::BUILDARGS(@_)</span>;
893}
894
895<span class="highlight">Person-&gt;new('123-45-6789')</span></code></pre>
896</div>
897
898<div class="slide">
899 <h1>BUILD</h1>
900
901 <ul>
902 <li>Called after object is created, before <code>new</code> returns</li>
903 <li>Chance to do more complex validation, set complex attributes</li>
904 <li>Called in reverse inheritance order, parents to children</li>
905 <li>Return value is ignored</li>
906 </ul>
907</div>
908
909<div class="slide">
910 <h1>BUILD Example</h1>
911
912 <pre><code>package Person;
913use Moose;
914
915sub BUILD {
916 my $self = shift;
917
918 if ( $self-&gt;country_of_residence
919 eq 'USA' ) {
920 die 'All US residents'
921 . ' must have an SSN'
922 unless $self-&gt;has_ssn;
923 }
924}</code></pre>
925</div>
926
927<div class="slide">
7205c6ef 928 <h1>Object Construction a la Moose</h1>
929
930 <pre><code>Person-&gt;new(@_)</code></pre>
931
932 <ol>
933 <li>Calls <code>Person-&gt;BUILDARGS(@_)</code> to turn <code>@_</code> into a hashref</li>
934 <li>Blesses a reference</li>
935 <li>Populates attributes based on the hashref from #1</li>
936 <li>Calls <code>$new_object->BUILDALL($constructor_args)</code>
937 <br />... which calls all <code>BUILD</code> methods</li>
938 <li>Returns the object</li>
939 </ol>
940</div>
941
942<div class="slide">
943 <h1>The Object is Oqaque</h1>
944
945 <ul>
946 <li>Technically it's a hash reference</li>
947 <li><span class="wrong">If you <em>ever</em> treat it as one <strong>you are doing it wrong!</strong></span></li>
948 </ul>
949</div>
950
951<div class="slide">
d6c8786d 952 <h1>DEMOLISH</h1>
953
954 <ul>
955 <li>Like <code>DESTROY</code>, but Moose makes sure all <code>DEMOLISH</code> methods in a hierarchy are called</li>
956 <li>Called in normal inheritance order, children to parents</li>
957 </ul>
958</div>
959
960<div class="slide">
b751d33f 961 <h1>extends</h1>
962
963 <ul>
964 <li><code>extends</code> is sugar for declaring parent classes</li>
965 </ul>
966
967 <pre><code>package Employee;
968use Moose;
969<span class="highlight">extends 'Person';</span></code></pre>
970</div>
971
972<div class="slide">
973 <h1>extends</h1>
974
975 <ul>
976 <li>Each call to <code>extends</code> <strong>resets</strong> your parents</li>
977 </ul>
978
5d572684 979 <h2 class="wrong">Wrong</h2>
b751d33f 980
9b195048 981 <pre><code>package EvilEmployee;
b751d33f 982use Moose;
983extends 'Person';
55906a14 984extends 'Thief';</code></pre>
b751d33f 985
5d572684 986 <h2 class="right">Right</h2>
b751d33f 987
9b195048 988 <pre><code>package EvilEmployee;
b751d33f 989use Moose;
55906a14 990extends 'Person', 'Thief';</code></pre>
b751d33f 991</div>
992
993<div class="slide">
994 <h1>Extending un-Moose-y Parents</h1>
995
996 <pre><code>package My::LWP;
997use Moose;
55906a14 998extends 'LWP';</code></pre>
b751d33f 999
1000 <ul>
1001 <li>No <code>Moose::Object</code>, so ...
1002 <ul>
1003 <li>No attribute-handling <code>new()</code></li>
1004 <li>No <code>BUILDARGS()</code> or <code>BUILD()</code></li>
1005 <li>No <code>DEMOLISH()</code></li>
1006 </ul>
1007 </li>
1008 <li>But see <code>MooseX::NonMoose</code> for a workaround</li>
1009 </ul>
1010</div>
1011
1012<div class="slide">
9fa24ee2 1013 <h1><code>override</code> and <code>super</code></h1>
9b195048 1014
1015 <ul>
9fa24ee2 1016 <li><code>override</code> is another method modifier</li>
9b195048 1017 <li>An alternative to Perl's <code>SUPER::</code></li>
1018 </ul>
1019</div>
1020
1021<div class="slide">
9fa24ee2 1022 <h1><code>override</code> and <code>super</code></h1>
9b195048 1023
1024 <pre><code>package Employee;
1025use Moose;
1026
26164c8d 1027<span class="current incremental">extends 'Person';</span>
9b195048 1028
9fa24ee2 1029<span class="incremental">override</span> work =&gt; sub {
9b195048 1030 my $self = shift;
1031
1032 die "Pay me first" unless $self-&gt;got_paid;
1033 <span class="incremental">super();</span>
1034}<span class="incremental">;</span></code></pre>
55906a14 1035</div>
9b195048 1036
1037<div class="slide">
1038 <h1>Caveat <code>super</code></h1>
1039
1040 <ul>
1041 <li>Mostly like <code>$self-&gt;SUPER::work(@_)</code></li>
1042 <li><strong>But</strong> cannot change <code>@_</code>!</li>
1043 <li>Binds the parent's method at compile time</li>
1044 </ul>
1045</div>
1046
1047<div class="slide">
e43c4c2a 1048 <h1>Minimal Attributes</h1>
9b195048 1049
1050 <ul>
1051 <li><code>has 'foo'</code></li>
1052 <li>Use <code>is =&gt; 'ro'</code> or <code>is =&gt; 'rw'</code></li>
1053 <li>Attributes without "is" have no accessors</li>
1054 </ul>
1055</div>
1056
1057<div class="slide">
1058 <h1>Read-write attributes</h1>
1059
1060 <pre><code>package Person;
1061use Moose;
1062
55906a14 1063has first_name =&gt; ( <span class="highlight">is =&gt; 'rw'</span> );
9b195048 1064
1065my $person =
1066 Person-&gt;new( first_name =&gt; 'Dave' );
1067
1068$person-&gt;first_name('Stevan');
1069print $person-&gt;first_name; # Stevan</code></pre>
1070
1071</div>
1072
1073<div class="slide">
1074 <h1>Read-only attributes</h1>
1075
1076 <pre><code>package Person;
1077use Moose;
1078
55906a14 1079has first_name =&gt; ( <span class="highlight">is =&gt; 'ro'</span> );
9b195048 1080
1081my $person =
1082 Person-&gt;new( first_name =&gt; 'Dave' );
1083
1084$person-&gt;first_name('Stevan');
1085print $person-&gt;first_name; # Dave</code></pre>
1086
1087</div>
1088
1089<div class="slide">
1090 <h1>There is More to Come</h1>
1091
1092 <ul>
1093 <li>Attributes have a <em>lot</em> of features</li>
1094 </ul>
1095</div>
1096
1097<div class="slide">
b751d33f 1098 <h1>Cleaning Up Moose Droppings</h1>
1099
1100 <pre><code>package Person;
1101use Moose;
1102
1103# true
1104Person->can('extends');</code></pre>
1105
1106 <ul>
1107 <li>Not very hygienic</li>
1108 </ul>
1109</div>
1110
1111<div class="slide">
1112 <h1>Cleaning Up Moose Droppings</h1>
1113
1114 <pre><code>package Person;
1115use Moose;
1116
1117...
1118
1119no Moose;
1120
1121# false
1122Person->can('extends');</code></pre>
1123</div>
1124
1125<div class="slide">
1126 <h1>No Moose</h1>
1127
1128 <ul>
1129 <li><code>no Moose</code> at the end of a package is a best practice</li>
1130 <li>Just do it</li>
1131 </ul>
1132</div>
1133
1134<div class="slide">
1135 <h1>Immutability</h1>
1136
1137 <ul>
1138 <li><span style="font-family: URW Chancery L; font-size: 140%">Stevan's Incantation of Fleet-Footedness</span></li>
1139 </ul>
1140
1141 <pre><code>package Person;
1142use Moose;
1143
1144<span class="highlight">__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;</span></code></pre>
1145</div>
1146
9b195048 1147<div class="slide">
1148 <h1>What <code>make_immutable</code> does</h1>
1149
1150 <ul>
1151 <li>Magic</li>
1152 <li>Uses <code>eval</code> to "inline" a constructor</li>
1153 <li>Memoizes a lot of meta-information</li>
1154 <li>Makes loading your class slower</li>
1155 <li>Makes object creation <em>much</em> faster</li>
1156 </ul>
1157</div>
1158
1159<div class="slide">
1160 <h1>When to Immutabilize?</h1>
1161
1162 <ul>
1163 <li><em>Almost</em> always</li>
1164 <li>Startup time vs execution time</li>
1165 </ul>
1166</div>
1167
ddd87d75 1168<div class="slide">
55906a14 1169 <h1>Classes Summary</h1>
1170
1171 <ul>
1172 <li><code>use Moose</code></li>
1173 <li><code>Class-&gt;meta</code></li>
1174 <li><code>Moose::Object</code> base class</li>
9fa24ee2 1175 <li><code>extends</code>, <code>override</code>, and <code>super</code></li>
55906a14 1176 <li>Simple attributes: <code>has</code>, <code>is&nbsp;=&gt;&nbsp;'ro'</code>, &amp; <code>is&nbsp;=&gt;&nbsp;'rw'</code></li>
1177 <li><code>no Moose</code></li>
1178 <li><code>__PACKAGE__-&gt;meta-&gt;make_immutable</code></li>
1179 </ul>
1180</div>
1181
1182<div class="slide">
26164c8d 1183 <h1>Questions?</h1>
1184</div>
1185
1186<div class="slide">
ba1c9923 1187 <h1>Exercises</h1>
ddd87d75 1188
8d1ce1d7 1189 <pre># cd exercises
ba1c9923 1190$ perl bin/prove -lv t/00-prereq.t
ddd87d75 1191
1192Missing anything? Install it. (see tarballs/)
1193
ba1c9923 1194# perl bin/prove -lv t/01-classes.t
1195
55906a14 1196Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
1197</div>
1198
1199<div class="slide fake-slide0">
1200 <h1>Part 2: Roles</h1>
1201</div>
1202
1203<div class="slide">
1204 <h1>Just What Is a Role?</h1>
1205
1206 <ul>
1207 <li>Mixin? Interface? Trait?</li>
1208 <li>Yes ... and more!</li>
1209 </ul>
1210</div>
1211
1212<div class="slide">
1213 <h1>Roles Can Have State <strong>and</strong> Behavior</h1>
1214
1215 <pre><code>package HasPermissions;
1216use Moose::Role;
1217
26164c8d 1218<span class="current incremental"># state
55906a14 1219has access_level =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</span>
1220
1221<span class="incremental"># behavior
1222sub can_access {
1223 my $self = shift;
1224 my $required = shift;
1225
1226 return $self-&gt;access_level &gt;= $required;
1227}</span></code></pre>
1228
1229</div>
1230
1231<div class="slide">
1232 <h1>Roles Can Define Interfaces</h1>
1233
1234 <pre><code>package Printable;
1235use Moose::Role;
1236
1237requires 'as_string';</code></pre>
1238</div>
1239
1240<div class="slide">
1241 <h1>Roles Can Do All Three</h1>
1242
1243 <pre><code>package Printable;
1244use Moose::Role;
1245
1246requires 'as_string';
1247
1248has has_been_printed =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
1249
1250sub print {
1251 my $self = shift;
1252 print $self-&gt;as_string;
1253 $self-&gt;has_been_printed(1);
1254}</code></pre>
1255</div>
1256
1257<div class="slide">
1258 <h1>Classes Consume Roles</h1>
1259
1260 <pre><code>package Person;
1261use Moose;
1262
1263with 'HasPermissions';</code></pre>
1264</div>
1265
1266<div class="slide">
1267 <h1>Classes Consume Roles</h1>
1268
1269<pre><code>my $person = Person-&gt;new(
1270 first_name => 'Kenichi',
1271 last_name => 'Asai',
1272 access_level =&gt; 42,
1273);
1274
1275print $person-&gt;full_name
1276 . ' has '
1277 . $person-&gt;can_access(42)
1278 ? 'great power'
1279 : 'little power';</code></pre>
1280</div>
1281
1282<div class="slide">
1283 <h1>Roles in Practice</h1>
1284
1285 <ul>
1286 <li>Consuming a role =~ inlining the role</li>
1287 </ul>
1288</div>
1289
1290<div class="slide">
1291 <h1>In Other Words ...</h1>
1292
1293<pre><code>package Person;
1294use Moose;
1295
1296<span class="highlight">with 'Printable';</span></code></pre>
1297</div>
1298
1299<div class="slide">
1300 <h1>In Other Words ...</h1>
1301
1302<pre><code>package Person;
1303use Moose;
1304
1305<span class="delete">with 'Printable';</span>
1306
1307<span class="highlight">has has_been_printed =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
1308
1309sub print {
1310 my $self = shift;
1311 print $self-&gt;as_string;
1312 $self-&gt;has_been_printed(1);
1313}</span></code></pre>
1314</div>
1315
1316<div class="slide">
1317 <h1>Except</h1>
1318
1319 <ul>
1320 <li>Role consumption is introspectable</li>
1321 </ul>
1322
1323 <pre><code>if ( Person-&gt;does('Printable') ) { ... }
1324
1325# or ...
1326
1327if ( Person-&gt;meta-&gt;does('Printable') ) { ... }</code></pre>
1328
1329</div>
1330
1331<div class="slide">
1332 <h1>These Names Are the Same</h1>
1333
1334 <ul>
1335 <li>What if a role and class define the same method?</li>
1336 <li>A class's <em>local</em> methods win over the role's</li>
1337 <li>The role's methods win over the class's <em>inherited</em> methods</li>
1338 </ul>
1339</div>
1340
1341<div class="slide">
1342 <h1>Conflicts Between Roles</h1>
1343
1344 <ul>
1345 <li>Two roles with a method of the same name</li>
1346 <li>Generates a compile-time error when consumed by a class</li>
1347 </ul>
1348</div>
1349
1350<div class="slide">
1351 <h1>Conflict Example</h1>
1352
1353 <pre><code>package IsFragile;
1354use Moose::Role;
1355
1356sub break { ... }
1357
1358package CanBreakdance;
1359use Moose::Role;
1360
1361sub break { ... }</code></pre>
1362</div>
1363
1364<div class="slide">
1365 <h1>Conflict Example</h1>
1366
1367 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1368use Moose;
1369
1370<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile', 'CanBreakdance';</span></code></pre>
1371
1372 <ul>
1373 <li>Only one <code>with</code>!</li>
1374 </ul>
1375</div>
1376
1377<div class="slide">
1378 <h1>Conflict Resolution</h1>
1379
1380 <ul>
0412f089 1381 <li>The consuming class must resolve the conflict by implementing the method</li>
55906a14 1382 <li>Can use some combination of method exclusion and aliasing</li>
1383 </ul>
1384</div>
1385
1386<div class="slide">
1387 <h1>Method Aliasing</h1>
1388
1389 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1390use Moose;
1391
1392<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile' =>
1393 { alias =>
1394 { break => 'break_bone' } },
1395 'CanBreakdance' =>
1396 { alias =>
1397 { break => 'break_it_down' } };</span></code></pre>
1398
1399 <ul>
1400 <li>Renames the roles' methods</li>
1401 <li>Still conflicts, need to <code>exclude</code> as well</li>
1402 </ul>
1403</div>
1404
1405<div class="slide">
1406 <h1>Method Exclusion</h1>
1407
1408 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1409use Moose;
1410
1411<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile' =>
1412 { alias =>
1413 { break => 'break_bone' },
1414 exclude => 'break' },
1415 'CanBreakdance' =>
1416 { alias =>
1417 { break => 'break_dance' },
1418 exclude => 'break' };</span></code></pre>
1419</div>
1420
1421<div class="slide">
1422 <h1>And then ...</h1>
1423
1424 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1425use Moose;
ddd87d75 1426
55906a14 1427sub break {
1428 my $self = shift;
1429
1430 $self->break_dance;
232c184d 1431 if ( rand(1) &lt; 0.5 ) {
55906a14 1432 $self->break_bone;
1433 }
1434}</code></pre>
1435</div>
1436
1437<div class="slide">
1438 <h1>Still Full of Fail</h1>
1439
1440 <ul>
1441 <li>Roles are also about semantics!</li>
1442 <li>We've fulfilled the letter and lost the spirit</li>
1443 <li>Roles have a <em>meaning</em></li>
1444 <li>Think twice before blindly aliasing and excluding methods!</li>
1445 </ul>
1446</div>
1447
1448<div class="slide">
1449 <h1>Hot Role-on-Role Action</h1>
1450
1451 <pre><code>package Comparable;
1452use Moose::Role;
1453
1454requires 'compare';</code></pre>
1455</div>
1456
1457<div class="slide">
1458 <h1>Hot Role-on-Role Action</h1>
1459
1460 <pre><code>package TestsEquality;
1461use Moose::Role;
1462
1463with 'Comparable';
1464
1465sub is_equal {
1466 my $self = shift;
1467 return $self->compare(@_) == 0;
1468}</code></pre>
1469</div>
1470
1471<div class="slide">
1472 <h1>And then ...</h1>
1473
1474 <pre><code>package Integer;
1475use Moose;
1476
1477with 'TestsEquality';
1478
1479# Satisfies the Comparable role
1480sub compare { ... }
1481
1482Integer->does('TestsEquality'); # true
1483Integer->does('Comparable'); # also true!</code></pre>
1484</div>
1485
1486<div class="slide">
1487 <h1>Name Conflicts Between Roles</h1>
1488
1489 <pre><code>package HasSubProcess;
1490use Moose::Role;
1491
1492<span class="highlight">sub execute { ... }</span>
1493
1494package Killer;
1495use Moose::Role;
1496
1497with 'HasSubProcess';
1498
1499<span class="highlight">sub execute { ... }</span></code></pre>
1500</div>
1501
1502<div class="slide">
1503 <h1>Delayed Conflict</h1>
1504
1505 <pre><code>package StateOfTexas;
1506with 'Killer';</code></pre>
1507
1508 <ul>
1509 <li><code>StateOfTexas</code> must implement its own <code>execute</code></li>
1510 <li>But loading the <code>Killer</code> role by itself does not cause an error</li>
1511 </ul>
1512</div>
1513
1514<div class="slide">
1515 <h1>Roles as Interfaces</h1>
1516
1517 <ul>
1518 <li>Roles can <code>require</code> methods of their consumers</li>
1519 <li>Compile-time checks</li>
1520 <li>Method must exist when the role is consumed</li>
1521 </ul>
1522</div>
1523
1524<div class="slide">
1525 <h1>The Attribute Gotcha</h1>
1526
1527<pre><code>package HasSize;
1528use Moose::Role;
1529
26164c8d 1530<span class="current incremental">requires 'size';</span>
55906a14 1531
1532package Shirt;
1533use Moose;
1534
1535<span class="incremental">with 'HasSize';
1536
1537has size => ( is => 'ro' );</span></code></pre>
1538</div>
1539
1540<div class="slide">
1541 <h1>The Attribute Gotcha Workaround</h1>
1542
1543 <pre><code>package HasSize;
1544use Moose::Role;
1545
1546requires 'size';
1547
1548package Shirt;
1549use Moose;
1550
1551has size => ( is => 'ro' );
1552
1553with 'HasSize';</code></pre>
1554</div>
1555
1556<div class="slide">
1557 <h1>Compile-time Is a Lie</h1>
1558
1559 <ul>
1560 <li>Really, it's <em>package load</em> time</li>
1561 <li>That's run-time, but before the "real" run-time</li>
1562 <li>Moose does not rewire Perl, it's just sugar!</li>
1563 <li>(but <code>MooseX::Declare</code> <em>does</em> rewire Perl)</li>
1564 </ul>
1565</div>
1566
1567<div class="slide">
1568 <h1>Enforcing Roles</h1>
1569
1570 <pre><code>package Comparison;
1571use Moose;
1572
1573has [ 'left', 'right' ] => (
1574 is => 'ro',
1575 <span class="highlight">does => 'Comparable',</span>
1576);
1577</code></pre>
1578
1579 <ul>
1580 <li>A sneak peek at type constraints</li>
1581 </ul>
1582</div>
1583
1584
1585<div class="slide">
1586 <h1>Roles Can Be Applied to Objects</h1>
1587
1588 <pre><code>use Moose::Util qw( apply_all_roles );
1589
1590my $fragile_person = Person->new( ... );
1591apply_all_roles( $fragile_person, 'IsFragile' );</code></pre>
1592
1593 <ul>
1594 <li>Does not change the <code>Person</code> class</li>
1595 <li>Works with non-Moose classes, great for monkey-patching!</li>
1596 </ul>
1597</div>
1598
1599<div class="slide">
1600 <h1>Roles Are Dirty Too</h1>
1601
1602 <ul>
1603 <li>Once again, clean up those Moose droppings</li>
1604 </ul>
1605
1606 <pre><code>package Comparable;
1607use Moose::Role;
1608
1609requires 'compare';
1610
1611<span class="highlight">no Moose::Role;</span></code></pre>
1612
1613 <ul>
1614 <li>But roles cannot be made immutable</li>
1615 </ul>
1616</div>
1617
1618<div class="slide">
1619 <h1>The Zen of Roles</h1>
1620
1621 <ul>
1622 <li>Roles represent discrete units of ...
1623 <ul>
1624 <li>state</li>
1625 <li>behavior</li>
1626 <li>interface</li>
1627 </ul>
1628 </li>
1629 <li>Roles are shareable between unrelated classes</li>
1630 <li>Roles are what a class <em>does</em>, not what it <em>is</em></li>
1631 <li>Roles <em>add</em> functionality, inheritance <em>specializes</em></li>
1632 </ul>
1633</div>
1634
1635<div class="slide">
1636 <h1>Abstract Examples</h1>
1637
1638 <ul>
1639 <li>Human <em>@ISA</em> Animal</li>
1640 <li>Human <em>does</em> Toolmaker (as <em>does</em> Chimpanzee)</li>
1641 <li>Car <em>@ISA</em> Vehicle</li>
1642 <li>Car <em>does</em> HasEngine</li>
1643 </ul>
1644</div>
1645
1646<div class="slide">
1647 <h1>Real Examples</h1>
1648
1649 <ul>
1650 <li>Objects representing SQL database components and queries
1651 <ul>
1652 <li>Schema, Table, Column, ColumnAlias</li>
1653 <li>Select, Insert, Update, Delete</li>
1654 </ul>
1655 </li>
1656 </ul>
1657</div>
1658
1659<div class="slide">
1660 <h1>Real Examples</h1>
1661
1662 <ul>
1663 <li>Column and ColumnAlias both <em>do</em> ColumnLike</li>
1664 <li>ColumnLike things can be used in certain parts of queries</li>
1665 <li>All queries <em>do</em> HasWhereClause</li>
1666 <li>Select <em>does</em> Comparable and Selectable (for subselects)</li>
1667 <li>A where clause requires its components to <em>do</em> Comparable</li>
1668 </ul>
1669</div>
1670
1671<div class="slide">
26164c8d 1672 <h1>Roles Summary</h1>
1673
1674 <ul>
1675 <li>Roles can define an interface with <code>requires</code></li>
1676 <li>Roles can have state (attributes) and behavior (methods)</li>
1677 <li>Roles can mix interface, state, &amp; behavior</li>
1678 <li>Roles are composed (flattened) into classes</li>
1679 <li>Roles can do other roles</li>
1680 <li>Roles can be used as a type in APIs (must do Comparable)</li>
1681 </ul>
1682</div>
1683
1684<div class="slide">
1685 <h1>Questions?</h1>
1686</div>
1687
1688<div class="slide">
55906a14 1689 <h1>Exercises</h1>
1690
8d1ce1d7 1691 <pre># cd exercises
55906a14 1692# perl bin/prove -lv t/02-roles.t
1693
1694Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
1695</div>
1696
8d1ce1d7 1697<div class="slide fake-slide0">
1698 <h1>Part 3: Basic Attributes</h1>
1699</div>
1700
1701<div class="slide">
1702 <h1>Attributes Are Huge</h1>
1703
1704 <ul>
1705 <li>Moose's biggest feature</li>
1706 <li>The target of <em>many</em> MooseX modules</li>
1707 </ul>
1708</div>
1709
1710<div class="slide">
1711 <h1>Quick Review</h1>
1712
1713 <ul>
1714 <li>Declared with <code>has</code></li>
1715 <li>Read-only or read-write</li>
1716 </ul>
1717
1718 <pre><code>package Shirt;
1719use Moose;
1720
1721has 'color' =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
1722has 'is_ripped' =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</code></pre>
1723</div>
1724
1725<div class="slide">
1726 <h1>Required-ness</h1>
1727
1728 <ul>
1729 <li>Required means "must be passed to the constructor"</li>
1730 <li>But can be <code>undef</code></li>
1731 </ul>
1732</div>
1733
1734<div class="slide">
1735 <h1>Required-ness</h1>
1736
1737 <pre><code>package Person;
1738use Moose;
1739
1740has first_name =&gt; (
1741 is =&gt; 'ro',
26164c8d 1742 <span class="current incremental">required =&gt; 1,</span>
8d1ce1d7 1743);
1744
1745<span class="incremental">Person->new( first_name =&gt; undef ); # ok
1746Person->new(); # kaboom</span></code></pre>
1747</div>
1748
1749<div class="slide">
1750 <h1>Default and Builder</h1>
1751
1752 <ul>
1753 <li>Attributes can have defaults</li>
1754 <li>Simple non-referecne scalars (number, string)</li>
1755 <li>Subroutine reference</li>
1756 <li>A builder method</li>
1757 </ul>
1758</div>
1759
1760<div class="slide">
1761 <h1>Default</h1>
1762
1763 <ul>
1764 <li>Can be a non-reference scalar (including <code>undef</code>)</li>
1765 </ul>
1766
1767 <pre><code>package Person;
1768use Moose;
1769
1770has bank =&gt; (
1771 is =&gt; 'rw',
1772 default =&gt; 'Spire FCU',
1773);</code></pre>
1774</div>
1775
1776<div class="slide">
1777 <h1>Default</h1>
1778
1779 <ul>
1780 <li>Can be a subroutine reference</li>
1781 </ul>
1782
1783 <pre><code>package Person;
1784use Moose;
1785
1786has bank =&gt; (
1787 is =&gt; 'rw',
1788 default =&gt;
1789 sub { Bank-&gt;new(
1790 name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' ) },
1791);</code></pre>
1792</div>
1793
1794<div class="slide">
1795 <h1>Default as a Subroutine Reference</h1>
1796
1797 <ul>
1798 <li>Called as a method on the object</li>
1799 <li>Called anew for each object</li>
1800 </ul>
1801</div>
1802
1803<div class="slide">
1804 <h1>Why No Other Reference Types?</h1>
1805
1806 <pre><code>package Person;
1807use Moose;
1808
1809has bank =&gt; (
1810 is =&gt; 'rw',
1811 <span class="wrong">default =&gt; Bank-&gt;new(
1812 name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' ),</span>
1813);</code></pre>
1814
1815 <ul>
1816 <li>Now <strong>every</strong> person shares the <strong>same</strong> Bank object!</li>
1817 </ul>
1818</div>
1819
1820<div class="slide">
1821 <h1>Defaulting to an Empty Reference</h1>
1822
1823 <pre><code>package Person;
1824use Moose;
1825
1826has packages =&gt; (
1827 is =&gt; 'rw',
1828 default =&gt; <span class="highlight">sub { [] }</span>,
1829);</code></pre>
1830</div>
1831
1832<div class="slide">
1833 <h1>What if I Want to Share?</h1>
1834
1835 <pre><code>package Person;
1836use Moose;
1837
1838my $highlander_bank =
1839 Bank-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' );
1840
1841has bank =&gt; (
1842 is =&gt; 'rw',
1843 default =&gt; sub { $highlander_bank },
1844);</code></pre>
1845</div>
1846
1847<div class="slide">
1848 <h1>Builder</h1>
1849
1850 <ul>
1851 <li>A method <em>name</em> which returns the default</li>
1852 </ul>
1853</div>
1854
1855<div class="slide">
1856 <h1>Builder</h1>
1857
1858 <pre><code>package Person;
1859use Moose;
1860
1861has bank =&gt; (
1862 is =&gt; 'rw',
1863 builder =&gt; '_build_bank',
1864);
1865
1866sub _build_bank {
1867 my $self = shift;
1868 return Bank-&gt;new( name => 'Spire FCU' );
1869}</code></pre>
1870</div>
1871
1872<div class="slide">
1873 <h1>Default vs Builder</h1>
1874
1875 <ul>
1876 <li>Use default for simple scalars</li>
1877 <li>Use default to return empty references</li>
1878 <li>Use default for <em>very</em> trivial subroutine references</li>
1879 <li>Use builder for everything else</li>
1880 </ul>
1881</div>
1882
1883<div class="slide">
1884 <h1>Builder Bonuses</h1>
1885
1886 <ul>
1887 <li>Can be overridden and method modified, because it's called by <em>name</em></li>
1888 <li>Roles can require a builder</li>
1889 </ul>
1890</div>
1891
1892<div class="slide">
1893 <h1>Role Requires Builder</h1>
1894
1895 <pre><code>package HasBank;
1896use Moose::Role;
1897
1898requires '_build_bank';
1899
1900has bank =&gt; (
1901 is =&gt; 'ro',
1902 builder =&gt; '_build_bank',
1903);</code></pre>
1904</div>
1905
1906<div class="slide">
1907 <h1>Lazy, Good for Nothing Attributes</h1>
1908
1909 <ul>
1910 <li>Normally, defaults are generated during object construction</li>
1911 <li>This can be expensive</li>
1912 <li>We want to default to <code>$self-&gt;size * 2</code>, but attribute initialization order is unpredictable</li>
1913 <li>Use lazy attributes!</li>
1914 </ul>
1915</div>
1916
1917<div class="slide">
1918 <h1>The Power of Dynamic Defaults</h1>
1919
1920 <pre><code>package Person;
1921use Moose;
1922
1923has shoe_size =&gt; (
1924 is =&gt; 'ro',
1925);</code></pre>
1926</div>
1927
1928<div class="slide">
1929 <h1>The Power of Dynamic Defaults</h1>
1930
1931 <pre><code>has shoes =&gt; (
1932 is =&gt; 'ro',
1933 <span class="highlight">lazy =&gt; 1,</span>
1934 builder => '_build_shoes',
1935);
1936
1937sub _build_shoes {
1938 my $self = shift;
1939
1940 return Shoes-&gt;new(
13cb03c7 1941 size =&gt; <span class="highlight">$self-&gt;shoe_size</span> );
8d1ce1d7 1942}</code></pre>
1943</div>
1944
1945<div class="slide">
1946 <h1>Lazy is Good</h1>
1947
1948 <ul>
1949 <li>Lazy defaults are executed when the attribute is read</li>
1950 <li>Can see other object attributes</li>
1951 <li>Still need to watch out for circular laziness</li>
1952 </ul>
1953</div>
1954
1955<div class="slide">
1956 <h1>Clearer and Predicate</h1>
1957
1958 <ul>
1959 <li>Attributes can have a value, including <code>undef</code>, or not</li>
1960 <li>Can clear the value with a clearer method</li>
1961 <li>Can check for the existence of a value with a predicate method</li>
1962 <li>By default, these methods are not created</li>
1963 </ul>
1964</div>
1965
1966<div class="slide">
1967 <h1>Clearer and Predicate</h1>
1968
1969 <pre><code>package Person;
1970use Moose;
1971
1972has account =&gt; (
1973 is =&gt; 'ro',
1974 lazy =&gt; 1,
1975 builder =&gt; '_build_account',
1976 <span class="highlight">clearer =&gt; '_clear_account',
1977 predicate =&gt; 'has_account',</span>
1978);</code></pre>
1979</div>
1980
1981<div class="slide">
1982 <h1>Clearer and Lazy Defaults</h1>
1983
1984 <ul>
1985 <li>Lazy defaults are good for computed attributes</li>
1986 <li>Clear the attribute when the source data changes</li>
1987 <li>Recalculated at next access</li>
1988 </ul>
1989</div>
1990
1991<div class="slide">
1992 <h1>Renaming constructor arguments</h1>
1993
1994 <ul>
1995 <li>By default, constructor names = attribute names</li>
1996 <li>Use <code>init_arg</code> to change this</li>
1997 <li>Set <code>init_arg =&gt; undef</code> to make it unconstructable</li>
1998 </ul>
1999</div>
2000
2001<div class="slide">
2002 <h1>Some <code>init_arg</code> examples</h1>
2003
2004 <pre><code>package Person;
2005use Moose;
2006
2007has shoe_size => (
2008 is =&gt; 'ro',
2009 <span class="highlight">init_arg =&gt; 'foot_size',</span>
2010);
2011
2012Person->new( <span class="wrong">shoe_size =&gt; 13</span> );
2013
2014my $person =
2015 Person->new( <span class="right">foot_size =&gt; 13</span> );
2016print $person->shoe_size;</code></pre>
2017</div>
2018
2019<div class="slide">
2020 <h1>Some <code>init_arg</code> examples</h1>
2021
2022<pre><code>package Person;
2023use Moose;
2024
2025has shoes => (
2026 is =&gt; 'ro',
2027 <span class="highlight">init_arg =&gt; undef,</span>
2028);
2029
2030Person->new( <span class="wrong">shoes =&gt; Shoes-&gt;new</span> );</code></pre>
2031</div>
2032
2033<div class="slide">
2034 <h1>Why Set <code>init_arg =&gt; undef</code>?</h1>
2035
2036 <ul>
2037 <li>Use this with a lazy default for attributes-as-cache</li>
2038 <li>Compute the value as needed</li>
2039 <li>Ensure that it is always generated correctly (not set by constructor)</li>
2040 <li>Use triggers or method modifiers (coming soon) to clear the value</li>
2041 </ul>
2042</div>
2043
2044<div class="slide">
2045 <h1>Attribute Inheritance</h1>
2046
2047 <ul>
2048 <li>By default, subclasses inherit attribute as-is</li>
2049 <li>Can change some attribute parameters in subclasses
2050 <ul>
2051 <li>default</li>
2052 <li>builder</li>
2053 <li>required</li>
2054 <li>lazy</li>
2055 <li>others we've not yet covered</li>
2056 </ul>
2057 </li>
2058 </ul>
2059</div>
2060
2061<div class="slide">
2062 <h1>Attribute Inheritance Example</h1>
2063
2064 <pre><code>package Employee;
2065use Moose;
2066
2067extends 'Person';
2068
2069has '<span class="highlight">+first_name</span>' =&gt; (
2070 default =&gt; 'Joe',
2071);</code></pre>
2072</div>
2073
2074<div class="slide">
2075 <h1>Attribute Inheritance Warning</h1>
2076
2077 <ul>
2078 <li>An attribute is a contract about a class's API</li>
2079 <li>Don't break that contract in a subclass</li>
2080 <li>Especially important in the context of types</li>
2081 </ul>
2082</div>
2083
2084<div class="slide">
2085 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2086
2087 <pre><code>package Person;
2088use Moose;
2089
2090has first_name =&gt; (
bd857054 2091 <span class="highlight">accessor</span> =&gt; 'first_name',
8d1ce1d7 2092);</code></pre>
2093
2094 <ul>
2095 <li>The long-hand version of <code>is =&gt; 'rw'</code></li>
2096 </ul>
2097</div>
2098
2099<div class="slide">
2100 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2101
2102 <pre><code>package Person;
2103use Moose;
2104
2105has first_name =&gt; (
2106 <span class="highlight">reader</span> =&gt; 'first_name',
2107 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; undef,
2108);</code></pre>
2109
2110 <ul>
2111 <li>The long-hand version of <code>is =&gt; 'ro'</code></li>
2112 </ul>
2113</div>
2114
2115
2116<div class="slide">
2117 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2118
2119 <pre><code>package Person;
2120use Moose;
2121
2122has first_name =&gt; (
2123 <span class="highlight">reader</span> =&gt; 'get_first_name',
de668480 2124 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; 'set_first_name',
8d1ce1d7 2125);</code></pre>
2126</div>
2127
2128<div class="slide">
2129 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2130
2131 <pre><code>package Person;
2132use Moose;
2133
2134has first_name =&gt; (
2135 <span class="highlight">is</span> =&gt; 'rw',
2136 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; '_first_name',
2137);</code></pre>
2138
2139 <ul>
be6689d2 2140 <li>Can also mix-and-match <code>is</code> and explicit names</li>
8d1ce1d7 2141 </ul>
2142</div>
2143
2144<div class="slide">
2145 <h1>ETOOMUCHTYPING</h1>
2146
2147 <ul>
2148 <li><code>MooseX::FollowPBP</code><br /><code>get_foo</code> and <code>set_foo</code></li>
2149 <li><code>MooseX::SemiAffordanceAccessor</code><br /><code>foo</code> and <code>set_foo</code></li>
2150 </ul>
2151</div>
2152
2153<div class="slide">
2154 <h1>ETOOMUCHTYPING</h1>
2155
2156 <pre><code>package Person;
2157use Moose;
2158<span class="highlight">use MooseX::SemiAffordanceAccessor;</span>
2159
2160has first_name =&gt; (
2161 is =&gt; 'rw',
2162);</code></pre>
2163
2164 <ul>
2165 <li>Creates <code>first_name</code> and <code>set_first_name</code></li>
2166 </ul>
2167</div>
2168
2169<div class="slide">
26164c8d 2170 <h1>Basic Attributes Summary</h1>
2171
2172 <ul>
2173 <li>Attributes can be <code>required</code></li>
2174 <li>Attributes can have a <code>default</code> or <code>builder</code></li>
2175 <li>Attributes with a default or builder can be <code>lazy</code></li>
2176 <li>Attributes can have a <code>clearer</code> and/or <code>predicate</code></li>
2177 <li>An attribute's constructor name can be changed with <code>init_arg</code></li>
2178 <li>A subclass can alter its parents' attributes</li>
2179 <li>Attribute accessor names can be changed</li>
2180 </ul>
2181</div>
2182
2183<div class="slide">
2184 <h1>Questions?</h1>
2185</div>
2186
2187<div class="slide">
8d1ce1d7 2188 <h1>Exercises</h1>
2189
2190 <pre># cd exercises
2191# perl bin/prove -lv t/03-basic-attributes.t
2192
2193Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
2194</div>
2195
26164c8d 2196<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2197 <h1>Part 4: Method Modifiers</h1>
2198</div>
2199
2200<div class="slide">
2201 <h1>What is a Method Modifier</h1>
2202
2203 <ul>
2204 <li>Apply to an existing method</li>
2205 <li>... from a parent class, the current class, or a role</li>
2206 <li>Roles can provide modifiers that are applied at composition time</li>
2207 </ul>
2208</div>
2209
2210<div class="slide">
2211 <h1>What is a Method Modifier</h1>
2212
2213 <ul>
0a0c7e7c 2214 <li>"Inject" behavior</li>
26164c8d 2215 <li>Add behavior to generated methods (accessors, delegations)</li>
2216 <li>Provide roles which modify existing behavior</li>
2217 </ul>
2218</div>
2219
2220<div class="slide">
2221 <h1>Before and After</h1>
2222
2223 <ul>
2224 <li>Simplest modifiers - <code>before</code> and <code>after</code></li>
2225 <li>Guess when they run!</li>
2226 </ul>
2227</div>
2228
2229<div class="slide">
2230 <h1>Uses for <code>before</code></h1>
2231
2232 <ul>
2233 <li>As a pre-call check</li>
2234 </ul>
2235
2236 <pre><code>package Person;
2237use Moose;
2238
2239before work =&gt; sub {
2240 my $self = shift;
2241 die 'I have no job!'
2242 unless $self-&gt;has_title;
2243};</code></pre>
2244</div>
2245
2246<div class="slide">
2247 <h1>Uses for <code>before</code></h1>
2248
2249 <ul>
2250 <li>Logging/Debugging</li>
2251 </ul>
2252
2253 <pre><code>package Person;
2254use Moose;
2255
2256before work =&gt; sub {
2257 my $self = shift;
2258 return unless $DEBUG;
2259
2260 warn "Called work on ", $self->full_name,
2261 "with the arguments: [@_]\n";
2262};</code></pre>
2263</div>
2264
2265<div class="slide">
2266 <h1>Uses for <code>after</code></h1>
2267
2268 <ul>
2269 <li>Also works for logging/debugging</li>
2270 <li>Post-X side-effects (recording audit info)</li>
2271 </ul>
2272
2273 <pre><code>package Person;
2274use Moose;
2275
2276after work =&gt; sub {
2277 my $self = shift;
2278 $self-&gt;work_count(
2279 $self-&gt;work_count + 1 );
2280};</code></pre>
2281</div>
2282
2283<div class="slide">
2284 <h1>Other Uses</h1>
2285
2286 <ul>
2287 <li>Modifiers are useful for adding behavior to generated methods</li>
2288 </ul>
2289</div>
2290
2291<div class="slide">
2292 <h1>Other Uses Example</h1>
2293
2294 <pre><code>has password =&gt; (
2295 is =&gt; 'rw',
2296 clearer =&gt; 'clear_password',
2297);
2298
2299has hashed_password =&gt; (
2300 is =&gt; 'ro',
2301 builder =&gt; '_build_hashed_password',
2302 clearer =&gt; '_clear_hashed_password',
2303);
2304
2305after clear_password =&gt; sub {
2306 my $self = shift;
2307 $self-&gt;_clear_hashed_password;
2308};</code></pre>
2309</div>
2310
2311<div class="slide">
2312 <h1><code>before</code> and <code>after</code> Limitations</h1>
2313
2314 <ul>
2315 <li>Cannot alter method parameters</li>
2316 <li>Cannot alter return value</li>
2317 <li>But <strong>can</strong> throw an exception</li>
2318 </ul>
2319</div>
2320
2321<div class="slide">
2322 <h1>The <code>around</code> Modifier</h1>
2323
2324 <ul>
2325 <li>The big gun</li>
2326 <li>Can alter parameters <strong>and/or</strong> return values</li>
2327 <li>Can skip calling the wrapped method entirely</li>
2328 </ul>
2329</div>
2330
2331<div class="slide">
2332 <h1>The power of <code>around</code></h1>
2333
2334 <pre><code>around insert =&gt; sub {
2335 my $orig = shift;
2336 my $self = shift;
2337
2338 $self-&gt;_validate_insert(@_);
2339
2340 my $new_user =
2341 $self-&gt;$orig(
2342 $self-&gt;_munge_insert(@_) );
2343
2344 $new_user->_assign_uri;
2345
2346 return $new_user;
2347};</code></pre>
2348</div>
2349
2350<div class="slide">
2351 <h1>Modifier Order</h1>
2352
2353 <ul>
2354 <li>Before runs order from last to first</li>
2355 <li>After runs in order from first to last</li>
2356 <li>Around runs in order from last to first</li>
2357 </ul>
2358</div>
2359
2360<div class="slide">
2361 <h1>Modifier Order Illustrated</h1>
2362
2363<pre>
2364<span class="current incremental">before 2
2365 before 1</span>
2366 <span class="incremental">around 2
2367 around 1</span>
2368 <span class="incremental">wrapped method</span>
2369 <span class="incremental">around 1
2370 around 2</span>
2371 <span class="incremental">after 1
2372after 2</span>
2373</pre>
2374</div>
2375
2376<div class="slide">
2377 <h1>Modifiers in Roles</h1>
2378
2379 <ul>
2380 <li>Roles can use these modifiers</li>
2381 <li>Very powerful!</li>
2382 </ul>
2383</div>
2384
2385<div class="slide">
2386 <h1>Modifiers in Roles</h1>
2387
2388 <pre><code>package IsUnreliable;
2389use Moose::Role;
2390
2391<span class="highlight">requires 'run';
2392
2393around run</span> =&gt; sub {
2394 my $orig = shift;
2395 my $self = shift;
2396
2397 return if rand(1) &lt; 0.5;
2398
2399 return $self-&gt;$orig(@_);
2400};</code></pre>
2401</div>
2402
2403<div class="slide">
2404 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2405
2406 <ul>
2407 <li>Inverted <code>super</code></li>
2408 <li>From least- to most-specific</li>
2409 <li>Grandparent to parent to child</li>
2410 <li>Not allowed in roles</li>
2411 </ul>
2412</div>
2413
2414<div class="slide">
2415 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2416
2417 <pre><code>package Document;
2418
2419sub xml { '&lt;doc&gt;' . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> . '&lt;/doc&gt;' }
2420
2421package Report;
2422extends 'Document';
2423
c3ccfa10 2424<span class="highlight">augment xml</span> =&gt;
2425 sub { title() . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> . summary() };
26164c8d 2426
2427package TPSReport;
2428extends 'Report';
2429
c3ccfa10 2430<span class="highlight">augment xml</span> =&gt;
2431 sub { tps_xml() . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> };</code></pre>
26164c8d 2432</div>
2433
2434<div class="slide">
2435 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2436
2437 <ul>
2438 <li>When we call <code>$tps-&gt;xml</code> ...
2439 <ul>
2440 <li><code>Document-&gt;xml</code></li>
2441 <li><code>Report-&gt;xml</code></li>
2442 <li><code>TPSReport-&gt;xml</code></li>
2443 </ul>
2444 </li>
2445 </ul>
2446</div>
2447
2448<div class="slide">
2449 <h1>Augment and Inner Usage</h1>
2450
2451 <ul>
2452 <li>Call <code>inner()</code> to "fill in the blank"</li>
2453 <li>Requires designing for subclassing</li>
2454 <li>Call <code>inner()</code> in the terminal class, just in case</li>
2455 </ul>
2456</div>
2457
2458<div class="slide">
5d572684 2459 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2460
2461 <ul>
2462 <li>Use <code>before</code> and <code>after</code> for ...
2463 <ul>
2464 <li>logging</li>
2465 <li>pre- or post-validation</li>
2466 <li>to add behavior to generated methods</li>
2467 </ul>
2468 </li>
2469 <li>These two modifiers cannot change parameters or return values</li>
2470 </ul>
2471</div>
2472
2473<div class="slide">
2474 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2475
2476 <ul>
2477 <li>Use <code>around</code> to ...
2478 <ul>
2479 <li>alter parameters passed to the original method</li>
2480 <li>alter the return value of the original method</li>
2481 <li>not call the original method at all (or call a <em>different</em> method)</li>
2482 </ul>
2483 </li>
2484 </ul>
2485</div>
2486
2487<div class="slide">
2488 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2489
2490 <ul>
2491 <li>When using modifiers in a role, require the modified method</li>
2492 <li>Use <code>augment</code> and <code>inner</code> to invert the normal subclassing flow ...
2493 <ul>
2494 <li>Least- to most-specific (parents to children)</li>
2495 <li>Build in "insertability" (stick more stuff in the "middle")</li>
2496 </ul>
2497 </li>
2498 <li>Always call <code>inner</code> in the most specific subclass to allow for future extension</li>
2499 </ul>
2500</div>
2501
2502<div class="slide">
26164c8d 2503 <h1>Questions?</h1>
2504</div>
2505
2506<div class="slide">
2507 <h1>Exercises</h1>
2508
2509 <pre># cd exercises
2510# perl bin/prove -lv t/04-method-modifiers.t
2511
2512Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
2513</div>
2514
5d572684 2515<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2516 <h1>Part 5: Types</h1>
2517</div>
2518
636ceec1 2519<div class="slide">
2520 <h1>A Type System for Perl</h1>
2521
2522 <ul>
2523 <li>Sort of ...</li>
2524 <li><em>Variables</em> are not typed</li>
2525 <li>Attributes can have types</li>
2526 <li>MooseX modules let you define method signatures</li>
2527 </ul>
2528</div>
2529
2530<div class="slide">
2531 <h1>Components of a Moose Type</h1>
2532
2533 <ul>
2534 <li>A type is a name and a constraint</li>
2535 <li>Types have a hierarchy</li>
2536 <li>Constraints are cumulative from parents</li>
2537 <li>Types can have associated coercions</li>
2538 </ul>
2539</div>
2540
2541<div class="slide">
2542 <h1>Built-in Type Hierarchy</h1>
2543
2544 <pre>
2545Any
2546Item
2547 Bool
2548 Maybe[`a]
2549 Undef
2550 Defined
2551 Value
2552 Num
2553 Int
2554 Str
2555 ClassName
2556 RoleName
2557</pre>
2558</div>
2559
2560<div class="slide">
2561 <h1>Built-in Type Hierarchy</h1>
2562
2563<pre>
2564(Item)
2565 (Defined)
2566 Ref
2567 ScalarRef
2568 ArrayRef[`a]
2569 HashRef[`a]
2570 CodeRef
2571 RegexpRef
2572 GlobRef
2573 FileHandle
2574 Object
2575</pre>
2576</div>
2577
2578<div class="slide">
2579 <h1>Bool</h1>
2580
2581 <h2>True</h2>
2582 <pre><code>1
2583924.1
2584'true'
2585{}</code></pre>
2586
2587 <h2>False</h2>
2588 <pre><code>0
25890.0
2590'0'
2591undef</code></pre>
2592
2593 <ul>
2594 <li>Like Perl's <code>if ($foo)</code></li>
2595 </ul>
2596</div>
2597
2598<div class="slide">
2599 <h1>Value (and subtypes)</h1>
2600
2601 <ul>
b59551bc 2602 <li><code>Value</code> is true when <code>! ref $thing</code></li>
2603 <li><code>Value</code> and <code>Str</code> are effectively the same, but <code>Str</code> is more expressive</li>
636ceec1 2604 <li>An overloaded object which numifies does not pass the <code>Num</code> constraint!</li>
2605 <li>Perl 5's overloading is hopelessly broken</li>
2606 </ul>
2607</div>
2608
2609<div class="slide">
2610 <h1>ClassName and RoleName</h1>
2611
2612 <ul>
2613 <li>A string with a package name</li>
2614 <li>The package <strong>must already be loaded</strong></li>
2615 </ul>
2616</div>
2617
2618<div class="slide">
2619 <h1>Parameterizable Types</h1>
2620
2621 <ul>
2622 <li>What does <code>ArrayRef[`a]</code> mean?</li>
2623 <li><code>s/`a/Int/</code> (or <code>Str</code> or ...)</li>
2624 <li>When you use it you can write ...
2625 <ul>
2626 <li><code>ArrayRef</code> (== <code>ArrayRef[Item]</code>)</li>
2627 <li><code>ArrayRef[Str]</code></li>
2628 <li><code>ArrayRef[MyTypeName]</code></li>
2629 <li><code>ArrayRef[HashRef[Maybe[Int]]]</code></li>
2630 </ul>
2631 </li>
2632 </ul>
2633</div>
2634
2635<div class="slide">
2636 <h1>Maybe[`a]</h1>
2637
2638 <ul>
2639 <li>Maybe means either the named type or <code>undef</code></li>
2640 <li><code>Maybe[Int]</code> accepts integers or <code>undef</code></li>
2641 </ul>
2642</div>
2643
2644<div class="slide">
b59551bc 2645 <h1>Type Union</h1>
636ceec1 2646
2647 <ul>
2648 <li>This or that (or that or ...)</li>
2649 <li><code>Int | ArrayRef[Int]</code></li>
2650 <li>But use a coercion instead when possible</li>
b59551bc 2651 <li>Or use a <code>role_type</code>, <code>duck_type</code>, or anything not a union</li>
2652 <li>A union is often a code smell</li>
636ceec1 2653 </ul>
2654</div>
2655
2656<div class="slide">
2657 <h1>Making Your Own Types</h1>
2658
2659 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2660
2661<span class="incremental current">subtype 'PositiveInt',</span>
2662 <span class="incremental">as 'Int',</span>
2663 <span class="incremental">where { $_ &gt; 0 },</span>
2664 <span class="incremental">message { "The value you provided ($_)"
2665 . " was not a positive number." };</span>
2666
2667has size =&gt; (
2668 is =&gt; 'ro',
2669 <span class="incremental">isa =&gt; 'PositiveInt',</span>
2670);</code></pre>
2671</div>
2672
2673<div class="slide">
2674 <h1>Automatic Types</h1>
2675
2676 <ul>
2677 <li>Moose creates a type for every Moose class and role</li>
2678 <li>Unknown names are assumed to be classes</li>
2679 </ul>
2680</div>
2681
2682<div class="slide">
2683 <h1>Automatic Types</h1>
2684
2685 <pre><code>package Employee;
2686use Moose;
2687
2688has manager =&gt; (
2689 is =&gt; 'rw',
2690 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'Employee',</span>
2691);
2692
2693has start_date =&gt; (
2694 is =&gt; 'ro',
2695 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'DateTime',</span>
2696);</code></pre>
2697</div>
2698
2699<div class="slide">
2700 <h1>Subtype Shortcuts - <code>class_type</code></h1>
2701
2702 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2703class_type 'DateTime';
2704
2705subtype 'DateTime',
2706 as 'Object',
2707 where { $_-&gt;isa('DateTime') },
2708 message { ... };</code></pre>
2709</div>
2710
2711<div class="slide">
2712 <h1>Subtype Shortcuts - <code>role_type</code></h1>
2713
2714 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2715role_type 'Printable';
2716
2717subtype 'Printable',
2718 as 'Object',
2719 where
2720 { Moose::Util::does_role(
2721 $_, 'Printable' ) },
2722 message { ... };</code></pre>
2723</div>
2724
2725<div class="slide">
2726 <h1>Subtype Shortcuts - <code>duck_type</code></h1>
2727
2728 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2729duck_type Car =&gt; qw( run break_down );
2730
2731subtype 'Car',
2732 as 'Object',
2733 where { all { $_-&gt;can($_) }
2734 qw( run break_down ) },
2735 message { ... };</code></pre>
2736</div>
2737
2738<div class="slide">
2739 <h1>Subtype Shortcuts - <code>enum</code></h1>
2740
2741 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2742enum Color =&gt; qw( red blue green ) );
2743
2744my %ok = map { $_ =&gt; 1 } qw( red blue green );
2745subtype 'Color'
2746 as 'Str',
2747 where { $ok{$_} },
2748 message { ... };</code></pre>
2749</div>
2750
2751<div class="slide">
2752 <h1>Anonymous Subtypes</h1>
2753
2754 <pre><code>package Person;
2755
2756<span class="highlight">my $posint =
2757 subtype as 'Int', where { $_ &gt; 0 };</span>
2758
2759has size =&gt; (
2760 is =&gt; 'ro',
2761 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; $posint,</span>
2762);</code></pre>
2763
2764 <ul>
2765 <li>Shortcuts have anonymous forms as well</li>
2766 </ul>
2767</div>
2768
2769<div class="slide">
2770 <h1>Coercions</h1>
2771
2772 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2773
2774subtype 'UCStr',
2775 as 'Str',
2776 where { ! /[a-z]/ };
2777
2778<span class="incremental current">coerce 'UCStr',</span>
2779 <span class="incremental">from 'Str',</span>
2780 <span class="incremental">via { uc };</span>
2781
2782has shouty_name =&gt; (
2783 is =&gt; 'ro',
2784 isa =&gt; 'UCStr',
2785 <span class="incremental">coerce =&gt; 1,</span>
2786);</code></pre>
2787</div>
2788
2789<div class="slide">
b59551bc 2790 <h1>Coercion Examples</h1>
2791
2792 <pre><code>subtype 'My::DateTime',
2793 as class_type 'DateTime';
2794
2795coerce 'My::DateTime',
2796 from 'HashRef',
2797 via { DateTime-&gt;new( %{$_} ) };
2798
2799coerce 'My::DateTime',
2800 from 'Int',
2801 via { DateTime-&gt;from_epoch(
2802 epoch =&gt; $_ ) };</code></pre>
2803
2804 <ul>
2805 <li>Use coercion to inflate a value</li>
2806 </ul>
2807</div>
2808
2809<div class="slide">
2810 <h1>Coercion Examples</h1>
2811
2812 <pre><code>coerce 'ArrayRef[Int]',
2813 from 'Int',
2814 via { [ $_ ] };</code></pre>
2815
2816 <ul>
2817 <li>Coerce instead of a union like <code style="white-space: nowrap">Int | ArrayRef[Int]</code></li>
2818 </ul>
2819</div>
2820
2821
2822<div class="slide">
2823 <h1>Using Types with Attributes</h1>
2824
2825 <pre><code>package Person;
2826
2827use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2828
2829has height =&gt; (
2830 is =&gt; 'rw',
2831 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'Num',</span>
2832);
2833
2834has favorite_numbers =&gt; (
2835 is =&gt; 'rw',
2836 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'ArrayRef[Int]',
2837 coerce =&gt; 1,</span>
2838);</code></pre>
2839</div>
2840
2841<div class="slide">
2842 <h1>Typed Methods (Low-tech)</h1>
2843
2844 <pre class="medium"><code>package Person;
2845<span class="highlight">use MooseX::Params::Validate qw( validated_list );</span>
2846
2847sub work {
2848 my $self = shift;
2849 <span class="highlight">my ( $tasks, $can_rest ) =
2850 validated_list(
2851 \@_,
2852 tasks =&gt;
2853 { isa =&gt; 'ArrayRef[Task]',
2854 coerce =&gt;1 },
2855 can_rest =&gt;
2856 { isa =&gt; 'Bool',
2857 default =&gt; 0 },
2858 );</span>
2859
2860 ...
2861}</code></pre>
68af922f 2862</div>
b59551bc 2863
2864<div class="slide">
2865 <h1>Typed Methods (High-tech)</h1>
2866
2867 <pre class="medium"><code>package Person;
2868
2869<span class="highlight">use MooseX::Method::Signatures;</span>
2870
2871<span class="highlight">method work ( ArrayRef[Task] :$tasks,
2872 Bool :$can_rest = 0 )</span> {
2873 my $self = shift;
2874
2875 ...
2876}</code></pre>
68af922f 2877</div>
b59551bc 2878
2879<div class="slide">
636ceec1 2880 <h1>Digression: The Type Registry</h1>
2881
2882 <ul>
2883 <li>Types are actually <code>Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint</code> <em>objects</em></li>
2884 <li>Stored in an interpreter-global registry mapping names to objects</li>
2885 </ul>
2886</div>
2887
2888<div class="slide">
2889 <h1>Danger!</h1>
2890
2891 <ul>
2892 <li>Coercions are attached to type objects</li>
2893 <li>Therefore also global</li>
2894 <li>Name conflicts between modules!</li>
2895 <li>Coercion conflicts between modules!</li>
2896 </ul>
2897</div>
2898
2899<div class="slide">
b59551bc 2900 <h1>Namespace Fix</h1>
636ceec1 2901
2902 <ul>
2903 <li>Use some sort of pseudo-namespacing scheme</li>
2904 <li>Never coerce directly to a class name, or <em>to</em> built-in types</li>
2905 </ul>
2906</div>
2907
2908<div class="slide">
2909 <h1>Namespace Fix</h1>
2910
2911 <pre><code>use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
2912
2913subtype <span class="highlight">'MyApp::Type::DateTime',</span>
2914 as 'DateTime';
2915
2916<span class="highlight">coerce 'MyApp::Type::DateTime',</span>
2917 from 'HashRef',
2918 via { DateTime-&gt;new( %{$_} ) }
2919
2920has creation_date =&gt; (
2921 is =&gt; 'ro',
2922 <span class="highlight">isa =&gt; 'MyApp::Type::DateTime',</span>
2923 coerce =&gt; 1,
2924);</code></pre>
2925</div>
2926
2927<div class="slide">
2928 <h1>Namespace Fix</h1>
2929
2930 <pre><code>subtype 'MyApp::Type::ArrayOfInt',
2931 as 'ArrayRef[Int]';
2932
2933coerce 'MyApp::Type::ArrayOfInt',
2934 from 'Int',
2935 via { [ $_ ] };</code></pre>
2936</div>
636ceec1 2937
2938<div class="slide">
b59551bc 2939 <h1>Namespace Fix Pros and Cons</h1>
636ceec1 2940
b59551bc 2941 <ul>
2942 <li><span class="right">Relatively simple</span></li>
2943 <li><span class="right">Already built into Moose</span></li>
2944 <li><span class="wrong">Conflates type and module namespaces</span></li>
2945 <li><span class="wrong">Type names are strings, so typos are easy to make and may be hard to find</span></li>
2946 </ul>
2947</div>
636ceec1 2948
b59551bc 2949<div class="slide">
2950 <h1>MooseX::Types</h1>
636ceec1 2951
b59551bc 2952 <pre><code>package MyApp::Types;
2953
2954use MooseX::Types
2955 <span class="highlight">-declare =&gt; [ qw( ArrayOfInt ) ]</span>;
2956use MooseX::Types::Moose
2957 qw( ArrayRef Int );
2958
2959subtype <span class="highlight">ArrayOfInt</span>,
2960 as ArrayRef[Int];
2961
2962coerce <span class="highlight">ArrayOfInt</span>
2963 from Int,
2964 via { [ $_ ] };</code></pre>
2965</div>
2966
2967<div class="slide">
2968 <h1>MooseX::Types</h1>
2969
2970 <pre><code>package MyApp::Account;
2971
2972use MyApp::Types qw( ArrayOfInt );
2973
2974has transaction_history => (
2975 is => 'rw',
2976 isa => ArrayOfInt,
2977);</code></pre>
68af922f 2978</div>
b59551bc 2979
2980<div class="slide">
2981 <h1>MooseX::Types</h1>
636ceec1 2982
2983 <ul>
b59551bc 2984 <li>Type names are exported functions, catches typos early</li>
2985 <li>Types must be pre-declared</li>
2986 <li>Types are stored with namespaces internally, but externally are short</li>
2987 <li>Import existing Moose types as functions from <code>MooseX::Types::Moose</code></li>
2988 <li>Still need string names for things like <code>ArrayRef['Email::Address']</code></li>
636ceec1 2989 </ul>
2990</div>
2991
2992<div class="slide">
b59551bc 2993 <h1>MooseX::Types Pros and Cons</h1>
636ceec1 2994
b59551bc 2995 <ul>
2996 <li><span class="right">Catches typos at compile time</span></li>
2997 <li><span class="right">Automatic namespacing</span></li>
2998 <li><span class="wrong">One more thing to install and learn</span></li>
2999 <li><span class="wrong">Every name gets types twice (declared and then defined)</span></li>
3000 <li><span class="wrong">Still stuck with strings when referring to class or role names</span></li>
68af922f 3001 <li><span class="wrong">Coercion gotcha from earlier still applies to types exported from <code>MooseX::Types::Moose</code></span></li>
b59551bc 3002 </ul>
3003</div>
3004
3005<div class="slide">
3006 <h1>Recommendation</h1>
636ceec1 3007
3008 <ul>
b59551bc 3009 <li>Use <code>MooseX::Types</code></li>
3010 <li>Compile time error catching and automatic namespacing are huge wins</li>
3011 <li>Docs from <code>Moose::Util::TypeConstraints</code> are 98% compatible with <code>MooseX::Types</code> anyway</li>
3012 <li>A function exported by a type library works wherever a type name would</li>
636ceec1 3013 </ul>
3014</div>
3015
3016<div class="slide">
3017 <h1>Questions?</h1>
3018</div>
3019
3020<div class="slide">
3021 <h1>Exercises</h1>
3022
3023 <pre># cd exercises
3024# perl bin/prove -lv t/05-types.t
3025
3026Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
3027</div>
3028
5d572684 3029<div class="slide fake-slide0">
3030 <h1>Part 6: Advanced Attributes</h1>
3031</div>
3032
3033<div class="slide">
3034 <h1>Weak References</h1>
3035
3036 <ul>
3037 <li>A weak reference lets you avoid circular references</li>
3038 <li>Weak references do not increase the reference count</li>
3039 </ul>
3040</div>
3041
3042<div class="slide">
3043 <h1>Circular Reference Illustrated</h1>
3044
3045 <pre><code>my $foo = {};
3046my $bar = { foo =&gt; $foo };
3047$foo-&gt;{bar} = $bar;</code></pre>
3048
3049 <ul>
3050 <li>Neither <code>$foo</code> nor <code>$bar</code> go out of scope<br />
3051 (until the program exits)</li>
3052 </ul>
3053</div>
3054
3055<div class="slide">
3056 <h1>Weakening Circular References</h1>
3057
3058 <pre><code>use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
3059
3060my $foo = {};
3061my $bar = { foo =&gt; $foo };
3062$foo-&gt;{bar} = $bar;
3063weaken $foo-&gt;{bar}</code></pre>
3064
3065 <ul>
3066 <li>When <code>$bar</code> goes out of scope, <code>$foo-&gt;{bar}</code> becomes <code>undef</code></li>
3067 </ul>
3068</div>
3069
3070<div class="slide">
3071 <h1>Circular References in Attributes</h1>
3072
3073 <pre><code>package Person;
3074use Moose;
3075
3076has name =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
3077has friend =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
3078
3079my $alice = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Alice' );
3080my $bob = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Bob' );
3081$bob-&gt;friend($alice);
3082$alice-&gt;friend($bob);</code></pre>
3083</div>
3084
3085<div class="slide">
3086 <h1>The Fix</h1>
3087
3088 <pre><code>package Person;
3089use Moose;
3090
3091has name =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
3092has friend =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw', <span class="highlight">weak_ref =&gt; 1</span> );
3093
3094my $alice = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Alice' );
3095my $bob = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Bob' );
3096$bob-&gt;friend($alice);
3097$alice-&gt;friend($bob);</code></pre>
3098</div>
3099
3100<div class="slide">
3101 <h1>Under the Hood</h1>
3102
3103 <ul>
3104 <li>A <code>weak_ref</code> attribute calls <code>weaken</code> ...
3105 <ul>
3106 <li>during object construction</li>
3107 <li>when the attribute is set via a writer</li>
3108 </ul>
3109 </li>
3110 </ul>
3111</div>
3112
3113<div class="slide">
3114 <h1>Triggers</h1>
3115
3116 <ul>
3117 <li>A code reference run after an attribute is <em>set</em></li>
3118 <li>Like an <code>after</code> modifier, but makes intentions clearer</li>
3119 </ul>
3120
3121 <h2 class="wrong">Gross</h2>
3122
3123 <pre><code>after salary_level =&gt; {
3124 my $self = shift;
3125 return unless @_;
3126 $self-&gt;clear_salary;
3127};</code></pre>
3128</div>
3129
3130<div class="slide">
3131 <h1>Use a Trigger Instead</h1>
3132
3133 <h2 class="right">Cleaner</h2>
3134
3135 <pre><code>has salary_level =&gt; (
3136 is =&gt; 'rw',
3137 trigger =&gt; sub { $_[0]-&gt;clear_salary },
3138);</code></pre>
3139</div>
3140
3141<div class="slide">
3142 <h1>Delegation</h1>
3143
3144 <ul>
3145 <li>Attributes can be objects</li>
3146 <li>Delegation transparently calls methods on those objects</li>
3147 </ul>
3148</div>
3149
3150<div class="slide">
3151 <h1>Delegation Examples</h1>
3152
3153 <pre><code>package Person;
3154
3155has lungs =&gt; (
3156 is =&gt; 'ro',
3157 isa => 'Lungs',
3158 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; [ 'inhale', 'exhale' ],</span>
3159);</code></pre>
3160
3161 <ul>
3162 <li>Creates <code>$person-&gt;inhale</code> and <code>-&gt;exhale</code> methods</li>
3163 <li>Internally calls <code>$person-&gt;lungs-&gt;inhale</code></li>
3164 </ul>
3165</div>
3166
3167<div class="slide">
3168 <h1>Why Delegation?</h1>
3169
3170 <ul>
3171 <li>Reduce the number of classes exposed</li>
3172 <li>Re-arrange class internals -<br />
3173 turn a method into an attribute with delegation</li>
3174 <li>Provide convenenience methods</li>
3175 </ul>
3176</div>
3177
3178<div class="slide">
3179 <h1>Moose's <code>handles</code> Parameter</h1>
3180
3181 <ul>
3182 <li>Accepts many arguments ...
3183 <ul>
3184 <li>Array reference - list of methods to delegate as-is</li>
3185 <li>Hash reference - map of method names</li>
3186 <li>Regex - delegates all matching methods</li>
3187 <li>Role name - delegates all methods in the role</li>
3188 <li>Sub reference - does something complicated ;)</li>
3189 </ul>
3190 </li>
3191 </ul>
3192</div>
3193
3194<div class="slide">
3195 <h1>Array Reference</h1>
3196
3197 <ul>
3198 <li>Takes each method name and creates a simple delegation from the delegating class to the delegatee attribute</li>
3199 </ul>
3200</div>
3201
3202<div class="slide">
3203 <h1>Hash Reference</h1>
3204
3205 <ul>
3206 <li>Mapping of names in the delegating class to the delegatee class</li>
3207 </ul>
3208
3209 <pre><code>package Person;
3210use Moose;
3211
3212has account =&gt; (
3213 is =&gt; 'ro',
3214 isa =&gt; 'BankAccount',
3215 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; {
3216 receive_money =&gt; 'deposit',
3217 give_money =&gt; 'withdraw',
3218 },</span>
3219);</code></pre>
3220</div>
3221
3222<div class="slide">
3223 <h1>Hash Reference Detailed</h1>
3224
3225 <pre><code> handles =&gt; {
3226 receive_money =&gt; 'deposit',
3227 give_money =&gt; 'withdraw',
3228 },</code></pre>
3229
3230 <ul>
3231 <li><code>$person-&gt;receive_money</code> = <code>$person-&gt;account-&gt;deposit</code></li>
3232 <li><code>$person-&gt;give_money</code> = <code>$person-&gt;account-&gt;withdraw</code></li>
3233 </ul>
3234</div>
3235
3236<div class="slide">
3237 <h1>Regex</h1>
3238
3239 <pre><code>package Person;
3240use Moose;
3241
3242has name =&gt; (
3243 is =&gt; 'ro',
3244 isa =&gt; 'Name',
3245 handles =&gt; qr/.*/,
3246);</code></pre>
3247
3248 <ul>
3249 <li>Creates a delegation for every method in the Name class</li>
3250 <li>Excludes <code>meta</code> and methods inherited from <code>Moose::Object</code></li>
3251 </ul>
3252</div>
3253
3254<div class="slide">
3255 <h1>Role Name</h1>
3256
3257 <pre><code>package Auditor;
3258use Moose::Role;
3259
3260sub record_change { ... }
3261sub change_history { ... }
3262
3263package Account;
3264use Moose;
3265
3266has history =&gt; (
3267 is =&gt; 'ro',
3268 does =&gt; 'Auditor',
3269 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; 'Auditor',</span>
3270);</code></pre>
3271</div>
3272
3273<div class="slide">
3274 <h1>Role Name Detailed</h1>
3275
3276 <ul>
3277 <li>Account gets delegate methods for each method in the <code>Auditor</code> role
3278 <ul>
3279 <li>record_history</li>
3280 <li>change_history</li>
3281 </ul>
3282 </li>
3283 </ul>
3284</div>
3285
3286<div class="slide">
3287 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
3288
3289 <ul>
3290 <li>The ultimate in customization</li>
3291 <li>Per attribute metaclasses</li>
3292 <li>Per attribute roles applied to the attribute metaclass</li>
3293 <li>Change the meta-level behavior</li>
3294 </ul>
3295</div>
3296
3297<div class="slide">
3298 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
3299
3300 <ul>
3301 <li>The default metaclass is <code>Moose::Meta::Attribute</code></li>
3302 <li>Controls accessor generation, defaults, delegation, etc.</li>
3303 <li>Adding a role to this metaclass (or replacing it) allows for infinite customization</li>
3304 </ul>
3305</div>
3306
3307<div class="slide">
3308 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
3309
3310 <ul>
3311 <li>Can add/alter/remove attribute parameter (from <code>has</code>)</li>
3312 <li>Can change behavior of created attribute</li>
3313 </ul>
3314</div>
3315
3316<div class="slide">
3317 <h1>Simple Trait Example</h1>
3318
3319 <pre><code>package Person;
3320use Moose;
3321use MooseX::LabeledAttributes;
3322
3323has ssn =&gt; (
3324 <span class="highlight">traits =&gt; [ 'Labeled' ],</span>
3325 is =&gt; 'ro',
3326 isa =&gt; 'Str',
3327 <span class="highlight">label =&gt; 'Social Security Number',</span>
3328);
3329
3330print <span class="highlight">Person-&gt;meta
3331 -&gt;get_attribute('ssn')-&gt;label;</span></code></pre>
3332</div>
3333
3334<div class="slide">
3335 <h1>Simple Metaclass Example</h1>
3336
3337 <pre><code>package Person;
3338use Moose;
3339use MooseX::LabeledAttributes;
3340
3341has ssn =&gt; (
3342 <span class="highlight">metaclass =&gt;
3343 'MooseX::Meta::Attribute::Labeled',</span>
3344 is =&gt; 'ro',
3345 isa =&gt; 'Str',
3346 <span class="highlight">label =&gt; 'Social Security Number',</span>
3347);
3348
3349print <span class="highlight">Person-&gt;meta
3350 -&gt;get_attribute('ssn')-&gt;label;</span></code></pre>
3351</div>
3352
3353<div class="slide">
3354 <h1>Traits vs Metaclass</h1>
3355
3356 <ul>
3357 <li>Can apply any mix of traits to an attribute</li>
3358 <li>But just one metaclass</li>
3359 <li>Traits (aka roles) can cooperate</li>
3360 <li>Metaclasses require you to pick just one</li>
3361 </ul>
3362</div>
3363
3364<div class="slide">
3365 <h1>Advanced Attributes Summary</h1>
3366
3367 <ul>
3368 <li>Use <code>weak_ref</code> to avoid circular references</li>
3369 <li>Use trigger to do an action post-attribute write</li>
3370 <li>Use delegations to hide "internal" objects</li>
3371 <li>Traits and metaclasses let you extend Moose's core attribute features</li>
3372 </ul>
3373</div>
3374
9186987b 3375<div class="slide">
3376 <h1>Questions?</h1>
3377</div>
3378
3379<div class="slide">
3380 <h1>Exercises</h1>
3381
3382 <pre># cd exercises
3383# perl bin/prove -lv t/06-advanced-attributes.t
3384
3385Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
3386</div>
3387
3388<div class="slide fake-slide0">
3389 <h1>Part 7: Introspection</h1>
3390</div>
3391
3392<div class="slide fake-slide0">
3393 <h1>Part 8: A Tour of MooseX</h1>
3394</div>
3395
3396<div class="slide fake-slide0">
3397 <h1>Part 9: Writing Moose Extensions</h1>
3398</div>
3399
8a719516 3400<div class="slide fake-slide0">
5e2eb691 3401 <h1>The End</h1>
8a719516 3402</div>
3403
3404<div class="slide">
3405 <h1>More Information</h1>
3406
3407 <ul>
3408 <li><a href="http://moose.perl.org/">http://moose.perl.org/</a></li>
3409 <li><a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Moose/lib/Moose/Manual.pod">Moose::Manual</a> and <a href="http://search.cpan.org/dist/Moose/lib/Moose/Cookbook.pod">Moose::Cookbook</a></li>
3410 <li><a href="irc://irc.perl.org/#moose">irc://irc.perl.org/#moose</a></li>
3411 <li>mailing list - <a href="mailto:moose@perl.org">moose@perl.org</a></li>
3412 <li>Slides and exercises are in Moose's git repo:
3413 <br />
5e2eb691 3414 <span style="white-space: nowrap">git://jules.scsys.co.uk/gitmo/moose-presentations</span></li>
8a719516 3415 </ul>
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