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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
888 if ( @_ == 1 && ! ref $_[0] ) {
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">
928 <h1>DEMOLISH</h1>
929
930 <ul>
931 <li>Like <code>DESTROY</code>, but Moose makes sure all <code>DEMOLISH</code> methods in a hierarchy are called</li>
932 <li>Called in normal inheritance order, children to parents</li>
933 </ul>
934</div>
935
936<div class="slide">
b751d33f 937 <h1>extends</h1>
938
939 <ul>
940 <li><code>extends</code> is sugar for declaring parent classes</li>
941 </ul>
942
943 <pre><code>package Employee;
944use Moose;
945<span class="highlight">extends 'Person';</span></code></pre>
946</div>
947
948<div class="slide">
949 <h1>extends</h1>
950
951 <ul>
952 <li>Each call to <code>extends</code> <strong>resets</strong> your parents</li>
953 </ul>
954
5d572684 955 <h2 class="wrong">Wrong</h2>
b751d33f 956
9b195048 957 <pre><code>package EvilEmployee;
b751d33f 958use Moose;
959extends 'Person';
55906a14 960extends 'Thief';</code></pre>
b751d33f 961
5d572684 962 <h2 class="right">Right</h2>
b751d33f 963
9b195048 964 <pre><code>package EvilEmployee;
b751d33f 965use Moose;
55906a14 966extends 'Person', 'Thief';</code></pre>
b751d33f 967</div>
968
969<div class="slide">
970 <h1>Extending un-Moose-y Parents</h1>
971
972 <pre><code>package My::LWP;
973use Moose;
55906a14 974extends 'LWP';</code></pre>
b751d33f 975
976 <ul>
977 <li>No <code>Moose::Object</code>, so ...
978 <ul>
979 <li>No attribute-handling <code>new()</code></li>
980 <li>No <code>BUILDARGS()</code> or <code>BUILD()</code></li>
981 <li>No <code>DEMOLISH()</code></li>
982 </ul>
983 </li>
984 <li>But see <code>MooseX::NonMoose</code> for a workaround</li>
985 </ul>
986</div>
987
988<div class="slide">
9fa24ee2 989 <h1><code>override</code> and <code>super</code></h1>
9b195048 990
991 <ul>
9fa24ee2 992 <li><code>override</code> is another method modifier</li>
9b195048 993 <li>An alternative to Perl's <code>SUPER::</code></li>
994 </ul>
995</div>
996
997<div class="slide">
9fa24ee2 998 <h1><code>override</code> and <code>super</code></h1>
9b195048 999
1000 <pre><code>package Employee;
1001use Moose;
1002
26164c8d 1003<span class="current incremental">extends 'Person';</span>
9b195048 1004
9fa24ee2 1005<span class="incremental">override</span> work =&gt; sub {
9b195048 1006 my $self = shift;
1007
1008 die "Pay me first" unless $self-&gt;got_paid;
1009 <span class="incremental">super();</span>
1010}<span class="incremental">;</span></code></pre>
55906a14 1011</div>
9b195048 1012
1013<div class="slide">
1014 <h1>Caveat <code>super</code></h1>
1015
1016 <ul>
1017 <li>Mostly like <code>$self-&gt;SUPER::work(@_)</code></li>
1018 <li><strong>But</strong> cannot change <code>@_</code>!</li>
1019 <li>Binds the parent's method at compile time</li>
1020 </ul>
1021</div>
1022
1023<div class="slide">
e43c4c2a 1024 <h1>Minimal Attributes</h1>
9b195048 1025
1026 <ul>
1027 <li><code>has 'foo'</code></li>
1028 <li>Use <code>is =&gt; 'ro'</code> or <code>is =&gt; 'rw'</code></li>
1029 <li>Attributes without "is" have no accessors</li>
1030 </ul>
1031</div>
1032
1033<div class="slide">
1034 <h1>Read-write attributes</h1>
1035
1036 <pre><code>package Person;
1037use Moose;
1038
55906a14 1039has first_name =&gt; ( <span class="highlight">is =&gt; 'rw'</span> );
9b195048 1040
1041my $person =
1042 Person-&gt;new( first_name =&gt; 'Dave' );
1043
1044$person-&gt;first_name('Stevan');
1045print $person-&gt;first_name; # Stevan</code></pre>
1046
1047</div>
1048
1049<div class="slide">
1050 <h1>Read-only attributes</h1>
1051
1052 <pre><code>package Person;
1053use Moose;
1054
55906a14 1055has first_name =&gt; ( <span class="highlight">is =&gt; 'ro'</span> );
9b195048 1056
1057my $person =
1058 Person-&gt;new( first_name =&gt; 'Dave' );
1059
1060$person-&gt;first_name('Stevan');
1061print $person-&gt;first_name; # Dave</code></pre>
1062
1063</div>
1064
1065<div class="slide">
1066 <h1>There is More to Come</h1>
1067
1068 <ul>
1069 <li>Attributes have a <em>lot</em> of features</li>
1070 </ul>
1071</div>
1072
1073<div class="slide">
b751d33f 1074 <h1>Cleaning Up Moose Droppings</h1>
1075
1076 <pre><code>package Person;
1077use Moose;
1078
1079# true
1080Person->can('extends');</code></pre>
1081
1082 <ul>
1083 <li>Not very hygienic</li>
1084 </ul>
1085</div>
1086
1087<div class="slide">
1088 <h1>Cleaning Up Moose Droppings</h1>
1089
1090 <pre><code>package Person;
1091use Moose;
1092
1093...
1094
1095no Moose;
1096
1097# false
1098Person->can('extends');</code></pre>
1099</div>
1100
1101<div class="slide">
1102 <h1>No Moose</h1>
1103
1104 <ul>
1105 <li><code>no Moose</code> at the end of a package is a best practice</li>
1106 <li>Just do it</li>
1107 </ul>
1108</div>
1109
1110<div class="slide">
1111 <h1>Immutability</h1>
1112
1113 <ul>
1114 <li><span style="font-family: URW Chancery L; font-size: 140%">Stevan's Incantation of Fleet-Footedness</span></li>
1115 </ul>
1116
1117 <pre><code>package Person;
1118use Moose;
1119
1120<span class="highlight">__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;</span></code></pre>
1121</div>
1122
9b195048 1123<div class="slide">
1124 <h1>What <code>make_immutable</code> does</h1>
1125
1126 <ul>
1127 <li>Magic</li>
1128 <li>Uses <code>eval</code> to "inline" a constructor</li>
1129 <li>Memoizes a lot of meta-information</li>
1130 <li>Makes loading your class slower</li>
1131 <li>Makes object creation <em>much</em> faster</li>
1132 </ul>
1133</div>
1134
1135<div class="slide">
1136 <h1>When to Immutabilize?</h1>
1137
1138 <ul>
1139 <li><em>Almost</em> always</li>
1140 <li>Startup time vs execution time</li>
1141 </ul>
1142</div>
1143
ddd87d75 1144<div class="slide">
55906a14 1145 <h1>Classes Summary</h1>
1146
1147 <ul>
1148 <li><code>use Moose</code></li>
1149 <li><code>Class-&gt;meta</code></li>
1150 <li><code>Moose::Object</code> base class</li>
9fa24ee2 1151 <li><code>extends</code>, <code>override</code>, and <code>super</code></li>
55906a14 1152 <li>Simple attributes: <code>has</code>, <code>is&nbsp;=&gt;&nbsp;'ro'</code>, &amp; <code>is&nbsp;=&gt;&nbsp;'rw'</code></li>
1153 <li><code>no Moose</code></li>
1154 <li><code>__PACKAGE__-&gt;meta-&gt;make_immutable</code></li>
1155 </ul>
1156</div>
1157
1158<div class="slide">
26164c8d 1159 <h1>Questions?</h1>
1160</div>
1161
1162<div class="slide">
ba1c9923 1163 <h1>Exercises</h1>
ddd87d75 1164
8d1ce1d7 1165 <pre># cd exercises
ba1c9923 1166$ perl bin/prove -lv t/00-prereq.t
ddd87d75 1167
1168Missing anything? Install it. (see tarballs/)
1169
ba1c9923 1170# perl bin/prove -lv t/01-classes.t
1171
55906a14 1172Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
1173</div>
1174
1175<div class="slide fake-slide0">
1176 <h1>Part 2: Roles</h1>
1177</div>
1178
1179<div class="slide">
1180 <h1>Just What Is a Role?</h1>
1181
1182 <ul>
1183 <li>Mixin? Interface? Trait?</li>
1184 <li>Yes ... and more!</li>
1185 </ul>
1186</div>
1187
1188<div class="slide">
1189 <h1>Roles Can Have State <strong>and</strong> Behavior</h1>
1190
1191 <pre><code>package HasPermissions;
1192use Moose::Role;
1193
26164c8d 1194<span class="current incremental"># state
55906a14 1195has access_level =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</span>
1196
1197<span class="incremental"># behavior
1198sub can_access {
1199 my $self = shift;
1200 my $required = shift;
1201
1202 return $self-&gt;access_level &gt;= $required;
1203}</span></code></pre>
1204
1205</div>
1206
1207<div class="slide">
1208 <h1>Roles Can Define Interfaces</h1>
1209
1210 <pre><code>package Printable;
1211use Moose::Role;
1212
1213requires 'as_string';</code></pre>
1214</div>
1215
1216<div class="slide">
1217 <h1>Roles Can Do All Three</h1>
1218
1219 <pre><code>package Printable;
1220use Moose::Role;
1221
1222requires 'as_string';
1223
1224has has_been_printed =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
1225
1226sub print {
1227 my $self = shift;
1228 print $self-&gt;as_string;
1229 $self-&gt;has_been_printed(1);
1230}</code></pre>
1231</div>
1232
1233<div class="slide">
1234 <h1>Classes Consume Roles</h1>
1235
1236 <pre><code>package Person;
1237use Moose;
1238
1239with 'HasPermissions';</code></pre>
1240</div>
1241
1242<div class="slide">
1243 <h1>Classes Consume Roles</h1>
1244
1245<pre><code>my $person = Person-&gt;new(
1246 first_name => 'Kenichi',
1247 last_name => 'Asai',
1248 access_level =&gt; 42,
1249);
1250
1251print $person-&gt;full_name
1252 . ' has '
1253 . $person-&gt;can_access(42)
1254 ? 'great power'
1255 : 'little power';</code></pre>
1256</div>
1257
1258<div class="slide">
1259 <h1>Roles in Practice</h1>
1260
1261 <ul>
1262 <li>Consuming a role =~ inlining the role</li>
1263 </ul>
1264</div>
1265
1266<div class="slide">
1267 <h1>In Other Words ...</h1>
1268
1269<pre><code>package Person;
1270use Moose;
1271
1272<span class="highlight">with 'Printable';</span></code></pre>
1273</div>
1274
1275<div class="slide">
1276 <h1>In Other Words ...</h1>
1277
1278<pre><code>package Person;
1279use Moose;
1280
1281<span class="delete">with 'Printable';</span>
1282
1283<span class="highlight">has has_been_printed =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
1284
1285sub print {
1286 my $self = shift;
1287 print $self-&gt;as_string;
1288 $self-&gt;has_been_printed(1);
1289}</span></code></pre>
1290</div>
1291
1292<div class="slide">
1293 <h1>Except</h1>
1294
1295 <ul>
1296 <li>Role consumption is introspectable</li>
1297 </ul>
1298
1299 <pre><code>if ( Person-&gt;does('Printable') ) { ... }
1300
1301# or ...
1302
1303if ( Person-&gt;meta-&gt;does('Printable') ) { ... }</code></pre>
1304
1305</div>
1306
1307<div class="slide">
1308 <h1>These Names Are the Same</h1>
1309
1310 <ul>
1311 <li>What if a role and class define the same method?</li>
1312 <li>A class's <em>local</em> methods win over the role's</li>
1313 <li>The role's methods win over the class's <em>inherited</em> methods</li>
1314 </ul>
1315</div>
1316
1317<div class="slide">
1318 <h1>Conflicts Between Roles</h1>
1319
1320 <ul>
1321 <li>Two roles with a method of the same name</li>
1322 <li>Generates a compile-time error when consumed by a class</li>
1323 </ul>
1324</div>
1325
1326<div class="slide">
1327 <h1>Conflict Example</h1>
1328
1329 <pre><code>package IsFragile;
1330use Moose::Role;
1331
1332sub break { ... }
1333
1334package CanBreakdance;
1335use Moose::Role;
1336
1337sub break { ... }</code></pre>
1338</div>
1339
1340<div class="slide">
1341 <h1>Conflict Example</h1>
1342
1343 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1344use Moose;
1345
1346<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile', 'CanBreakdance';</span></code></pre>
1347
1348 <ul>
1349 <li>Only one <code>with</code>!</li>
1350 </ul>
1351</div>
1352
1353<div class="slide">
1354 <h1>Conflict Resolution</h1>
1355
1356 <ul>
0412f089 1357 <li>The consuming class must resolve the conflict by implementing the method</li>
55906a14 1358 <li>Can use some combination of method exclusion and aliasing</li>
1359 </ul>
1360</div>
1361
1362<div class="slide">
1363 <h1>Method Aliasing</h1>
1364
1365 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1366use Moose;
1367
1368<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile' =>
1369 { alias =>
1370 { break => 'break_bone' } },
1371 'CanBreakdance' =>
1372 { alias =>
1373 { break => 'break_it_down' } };</span></code></pre>
1374
1375 <ul>
1376 <li>Renames the roles' methods</li>
1377 <li>Still conflicts, need to <code>exclude</code> as well</li>
1378 </ul>
1379</div>
1380
1381<div class="slide">
1382 <h1>Method Exclusion</h1>
1383
1384 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1385use Moose;
1386
1387<span class="highlight">with 'IsFragile' =>
1388 { alias =>
1389 { break => 'break_bone' },
1390 exclude => 'break' },
1391 'CanBreakdance' =>
1392 { alias =>
1393 { break => 'break_dance' },
1394 exclude => 'break' };</span></code></pre>
1395</div>
1396
1397<div class="slide">
1398 <h1>And then ...</h1>
1399
1400 <pre><code>package FragileDancer;
1401use Moose;
ddd87d75 1402
55906a14 1403sub break {
1404 my $self = shift;
1405
1406 $self->break_dance;
232c184d 1407 if ( rand(1) &lt; 0.5 ) {
55906a14 1408 $self->break_bone;
1409 }
1410}</code></pre>
1411</div>
1412
1413<div class="slide">
1414 <h1>Still Full of Fail</h1>
1415
1416 <ul>
1417 <li>Roles are also about semantics!</li>
1418 <li>We've fulfilled the letter and lost the spirit</li>
1419 <li>Roles have a <em>meaning</em></li>
1420 <li>Think twice before blindly aliasing and excluding methods!</li>
1421 </ul>
1422</div>
1423
1424<div class="slide">
1425 <h1>Hot Role-on-Role Action</h1>
1426
1427 <pre><code>package Comparable;
1428use Moose::Role;
1429
1430requires 'compare';</code></pre>
1431</div>
1432
1433<div class="slide">
1434 <h1>Hot Role-on-Role Action</h1>
1435
1436 <pre><code>package TestsEquality;
1437use Moose::Role;
1438
1439with 'Comparable';
1440
1441sub is_equal {
1442 my $self = shift;
1443 return $self->compare(@_) == 0;
1444}</code></pre>
1445</div>
1446
1447<div class="slide">
1448 <h1>And then ...</h1>
1449
1450 <pre><code>package Integer;
1451use Moose;
1452
1453with 'TestsEquality';
1454
1455# Satisfies the Comparable role
1456sub compare { ... }
1457
1458Integer->does('TestsEquality'); # true
1459Integer->does('Comparable'); # also true!</code></pre>
1460</div>
1461
1462<div class="slide">
1463 <h1>Name Conflicts Between Roles</h1>
1464
1465 <pre><code>package HasSubProcess;
1466use Moose::Role;
1467
1468<span class="highlight">sub execute { ... }</span>
1469
1470package Killer;
1471use Moose::Role;
1472
1473with 'HasSubProcess';
1474
1475<span class="highlight">sub execute { ... }</span></code></pre>
1476</div>
1477
1478<div class="slide">
1479 <h1>Delayed Conflict</h1>
1480
1481 <pre><code>package StateOfTexas;
1482with 'Killer';</code></pre>
1483
1484 <ul>
1485 <li><code>StateOfTexas</code> must implement its own <code>execute</code></li>
1486 <li>But loading the <code>Killer</code> role by itself does not cause an error</li>
1487 </ul>
1488</div>
1489
1490<div class="slide">
1491 <h1>Roles as Interfaces</h1>
1492
1493 <ul>
1494 <li>Roles can <code>require</code> methods of their consumers</li>
1495 <li>Compile-time checks</li>
1496 <li>Method must exist when the role is consumed</li>
1497 </ul>
1498</div>
1499
1500<div class="slide">
1501 <h1>The Attribute Gotcha</h1>
1502
1503<pre><code>package HasSize;
1504use Moose::Role;
1505
26164c8d 1506<span class="current incremental">requires 'size';</span>
55906a14 1507
1508package Shirt;
1509use Moose;
1510
1511<span class="incremental">with 'HasSize';
1512
1513has size => ( is => 'ro' );</span></code></pre>
1514</div>
1515
1516<div class="slide">
1517 <h1>The Attribute Gotcha Workaround</h1>
1518
1519 <pre><code>package HasSize;
1520use Moose::Role;
1521
1522requires 'size';
1523
1524package Shirt;
1525use Moose;
1526
1527has size => ( is => 'ro' );
1528
1529with 'HasSize';</code></pre>
1530</div>
1531
1532<div class="slide">
1533 <h1>Compile-time Is a Lie</h1>
1534
1535 <ul>
1536 <li>Really, it's <em>package load</em> time</li>
1537 <li>That's run-time, but before the "real" run-time</li>
1538 <li>Moose does not rewire Perl, it's just sugar!</li>
1539 <li>(but <code>MooseX::Declare</code> <em>does</em> rewire Perl)</li>
1540 </ul>
1541</div>
1542
1543<div class="slide">
1544 <h1>Enforcing Roles</h1>
1545
1546 <pre><code>package Comparison;
1547use Moose;
1548
1549has [ 'left', 'right' ] => (
1550 is => 'ro',
1551 <span class="highlight">does => 'Comparable',</span>
1552);
1553</code></pre>
1554
1555 <ul>
1556 <li>A sneak peek at type constraints</li>
1557 </ul>
1558</div>
1559
1560
1561<div class="slide">
1562 <h1>Roles Can Be Applied to Objects</h1>
1563
1564 <pre><code>use Moose::Util qw( apply_all_roles );
1565
1566my $fragile_person = Person->new( ... );
1567apply_all_roles( $fragile_person, 'IsFragile' );</code></pre>
1568
1569 <ul>
1570 <li>Does not change the <code>Person</code> class</li>
1571 <li>Works with non-Moose classes, great for monkey-patching!</li>
1572 </ul>
1573</div>
1574
1575<div class="slide">
1576 <h1>Roles Are Dirty Too</h1>
1577
1578 <ul>
1579 <li>Once again, clean up those Moose droppings</li>
1580 </ul>
1581
1582 <pre><code>package Comparable;
1583use Moose::Role;
1584
1585requires 'compare';
1586
1587<span class="highlight">no Moose::Role;</span></code></pre>
1588
1589 <ul>
1590 <li>But roles cannot be made immutable</li>
1591 </ul>
1592</div>
1593
1594<div class="slide">
1595 <h1>The Zen of Roles</h1>
1596
1597 <ul>
1598 <li>Roles represent discrete units of ...
1599 <ul>
1600 <li>state</li>
1601 <li>behavior</li>
1602 <li>interface</li>
1603 </ul>
1604 </li>
1605 <li>Roles are shareable between unrelated classes</li>
1606 <li>Roles are what a class <em>does</em>, not what it <em>is</em></li>
1607 <li>Roles <em>add</em> functionality, inheritance <em>specializes</em></li>
1608 </ul>
1609</div>
1610
1611<div class="slide">
1612 <h1>Abstract Examples</h1>
1613
1614 <ul>
1615 <li>Human <em>@ISA</em> Animal</li>
1616 <li>Human <em>does</em> Toolmaker (as <em>does</em> Chimpanzee)</li>
1617 <li>Car <em>@ISA</em> Vehicle</li>
1618 <li>Car <em>does</em> HasEngine</li>
1619 </ul>
1620</div>
1621
1622<div class="slide">
1623 <h1>Real Examples</h1>
1624
1625 <ul>
1626 <li>Objects representing SQL database components and queries
1627 <ul>
1628 <li>Schema, Table, Column, ColumnAlias</li>
1629 <li>Select, Insert, Update, Delete</li>
1630 </ul>
1631 </li>
1632 </ul>
1633</div>
1634
1635<div class="slide">
1636 <h1>Real Examples</h1>
1637
1638 <ul>
1639 <li>Column and ColumnAlias both <em>do</em> ColumnLike</li>
1640 <li>ColumnLike things can be used in certain parts of queries</li>
1641 <li>All queries <em>do</em> HasWhereClause</li>
1642 <li>Select <em>does</em> Comparable and Selectable (for subselects)</li>
1643 <li>A where clause requires its components to <em>do</em> Comparable</li>
1644 </ul>
1645</div>
1646
1647<div class="slide">
26164c8d 1648 <h1>Roles Summary</h1>
1649
1650 <ul>
1651 <li>Roles can define an interface with <code>requires</code></li>
1652 <li>Roles can have state (attributes) and behavior (methods)</li>
1653 <li>Roles can mix interface, state, &amp; behavior</li>
1654 <li>Roles are composed (flattened) into classes</li>
1655 <li>Roles can do other roles</li>
1656 <li>Roles can be used as a type in APIs (must do Comparable)</li>
1657 </ul>
1658</div>
1659
1660<div class="slide">
1661 <h1>Questions?</h1>
1662</div>
1663
1664<div class="slide">
55906a14 1665 <h1>Exercises</h1>
1666
8d1ce1d7 1667 <pre># cd exercises
55906a14 1668# perl bin/prove -lv t/02-roles.t
1669
1670Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
1671</div>
1672
8d1ce1d7 1673<div class="slide fake-slide0">
1674 <h1>Part 3: Basic Attributes</h1>
1675</div>
1676
1677<div class="slide">
1678 <h1>Attributes Are Huge</h1>
1679
1680 <ul>
1681 <li>Moose's biggest feature</li>
1682 <li>The target of <em>many</em> MooseX modules</li>
1683 </ul>
1684</div>
1685
1686<div class="slide">
1687 <h1>Quick Review</h1>
1688
1689 <ul>
1690 <li>Declared with <code>has</code></li>
1691 <li>Read-only or read-write</li>
1692 </ul>
1693
1694 <pre><code>package Shirt;
1695use Moose;
1696
1697has 'color' =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
1698has 'is_ripped' =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );</code></pre>
1699</div>
1700
1701<div class="slide">
1702 <h1>Required-ness</h1>
1703
1704 <ul>
1705 <li>Required means "must be passed to the constructor"</li>
1706 <li>But can be <code>undef</code></li>
1707 </ul>
1708</div>
1709
1710<div class="slide">
1711 <h1>Required-ness</h1>
1712
1713 <pre><code>package Person;
1714use Moose;
1715
1716has first_name =&gt; (
1717 is =&gt; 'ro',
26164c8d 1718 <span class="current incremental">required =&gt; 1,</span>
8d1ce1d7 1719);
1720
1721<span class="incremental">Person->new( first_name =&gt; undef ); # ok
1722Person->new(); # kaboom</span></code></pre>
1723</div>
1724
1725<div class="slide">
1726 <h1>Default and Builder</h1>
1727
1728 <ul>
1729 <li>Attributes can have defaults</li>
1730 <li>Simple non-referecne scalars (number, string)</li>
1731 <li>Subroutine reference</li>
1732 <li>A builder method</li>
1733 </ul>
1734</div>
1735
1736<div class="slide">
1737 <h1>Default</h1>
1738
1739 <ul>
1740 <li>Can be a non-reference scalar (including <code>undef</code>)</li>
1741 </ul>
1742
1743 <pre><code>package Person;
1744use Moose;
1745
1746has bank =&gt; (
1747 is =&gt; 'rw',
1748 default =&gt; 'Spire FCU',
1749);</code></pre>
1750</div>
1751
1752<div class="slide">
1753 <h1>Default</h1>
1754
1755 <ul>
1756 <li>Can be a subroutine reference</li>
1757 </ul>
1758
1759 <pre><code>package Person;
1760use Moose;
1761
1762has bank =&gt; (
1763 is =&gt; 'rw',
1764 default =&gt;
1765 sub { Bank-&gt;new(
1766 name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' ) },
1767);</code></pre>
1768</div>
1769
1770<div class="slide">
1771 <h1>Default as a Subroutine Reference</h1>
1772
1773 <ul>
1774 <li>Called as a method on the object</li>
1775 <li>Called anew for each object</li>
1776 </ul>
1777</div>
1778
1779<div class="slide">
1780 <h1>Why No Other Reference Types?</h1>
1781
1782 <pre><code>package Person;
1783use Moose;
1784
1785has bank =&gt; (
1786 is =&gt; 'rw',
1787 <span class="wrong">default =&gt; Bank-&gt;new(
1788 name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' ),</span>
1789);</code></pre>
1790
1791 <ul>
1792 <li>Now <strong>every</strong> person shares the <strong>same</strong> Bank object!</li>
1793 </ul>
1794</div>
1795
1796<div class="slide">
1797 <h1>Defaulting to an Empty Reference</h1>
1798
1799 <pre><code>package Person;
1800use Moose;
1801
1802has packages =&gt; (
1803 is =&gt; 'rw',
1804 default =&gt; <span class="highlight">sub { [] }</span>,
1805);</code></pre>
1806</div>
1807
1808<div class="slide">
1809 <h1>What if I Want to Share?</h1>
1810
1811 <pre><code>package Person;
1812use Moose;
1813
1814my $highlander_bank =
1815 Bank-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Spire FCU' );
1816
1817has bank =&gt; (
1818 is =&gt; 'rw',
1819 default =&gt; sub { $highlander_bank },
1820);</code></pre>
1821</div>
1822
1823<div class="slide">
1824 <h1>Builder</h1>
1825
1826 <ul>
1827 <li>A method <em>name</em> which returns the default</li>
1828 </ul>
1829</div>
1830
1831<div class="slide">
1832 <h1>Builder</h1>
1833
1834 <pre><code>package Person;
1835use Moose;
1836
1837has bank =&gt; (
1838 is =&gt; 'rw',
1839 builder =&gt; '_build_bank',
1840);
1841
1842sub _build_bank {
1843 my $self = shift;
1844 return Bank-&gt;new( name => 'Spire FCU' );
1845}</code></pre>
1846</div>
1847
1848<div class="slide">
1849 <h1>Default vs Builder</h1>
1850
1851 <ul>
1852 <li>Use default for simple scalars</li>
1853 <li>Use default to return empty references</li>
1854 <li>Use default for <em>very</em> trivial subroutine references</li>
1855 <li>Use builder for everything else</li>
1856 </ul>
1857</div>
1858
1859<div class="slide">
1860 <h1>Builder Bonuses</h1>
1861
1862 <ul>
1863 <li>Can be overridden and method modified, because it's called by <em>name</em></li>
1864 <li>Roles can require a builder</li>
1865 </ul>
1866</div>
1867
1868<div class="slide">
1869 <h1>Role Requires Builder</h1>
1870
1871 <pre><code>package HasBank;
1872use Moose::Role;
1873
1874requires '_build_bank';
1875
1876has bank =&gt; (
1877 is =&gt; 'ro',
1878 builder =&gt; '_build_bank',
1879);</code></pre>
1880</div>
1881
1882<div class="slide">
1883 <h1>Lazy, Good for Nothing Attributes</h1>
1884
1885 <ul>
1886 <li>Normally, defaults are generated during object construction</li>
1887 <li>This can be expensive</li>
1888 <li>We want to default to <code>$self-&gt;size * 2</code>, but attribute initialization order is unpredictable</li>
1889 <li>Use lazy attributes!</li>
1890 </ul>
1891</div>
1892
1893<div class="slide">
1894 <h1>The Power of Dynamic Defaults</h1>
1895
1896 <pre><code>package Person;
1897use Moose;
1898
1899has shoe_size =&gt; (
1900 is =&gt; 'ro',
1901);</code></pre>
1902</div>
1903
1904<div class="slide">
1905 <h1>The Power of Dynamic Defaults</h1>
1906
1907 <pre><code>has shoes =&gt; (
1908 is =&gt; 'ro',
1909 <span class="highlight">lazy =&gt; 1,</span>
1910 builder => '_build_shoes',
1911);
1912
1913sub _build_shoes {
1914 my $self = shift;
1915
1916 return Shoes-&gt;new(
13cb03c7 1917 size =&gt; <span class="highlight">$self-&gt;shoe_size</span> );
8d1ce1d7 1918}</code></pre>
1919</div>
1920
1921<div class="slide">
1922 <h1>Lazy is Good</h1>
1923
1924 <ul>
1925 <li>Lazy defaults are executed when the attribute is read</li>
1926 <li>Can see other object attributes</li>
1927 <li>Still need to watch out for circular laziness</li>
1928 </ul>
1929</div>
1930
1931<div class="slide">
1932 <h1>Clearer and Predicate</h1>
1933
1934 <ul>
1935 <li>Attributes can have a value, including <code>undef</code>, or not</li>
1936 <li>Can clear the value with a clearer method</li>
1937 <li>Can check for the existence of a value with a predicate method</li>
1938 <li>By default, these methods are not created</li>
1939 </ul>
1940</div>
1941
1942<div class="slide">
1943 <h1>Clearer and Predicate</h1>
1944
1945 <pre><code>package Person;
1946use Moose;
1947
1948has account =&gt; (
1949 is =&gt; 'ro',
1950 lazy =&gt; 1,
1951 builder =&gt; '_build_account',
1952 <span class="highlight">clearer =&gt; '_clear_account',
1953 predicate =&gt; 'has_account',</span>
1954);</code></pre>
1955</div>
1956
1957<div class="slide">
1958 <h1>Clearer and Lazy Defaults</h1>
1959
1960 <ul>
1961 <li>Lazy defaults are good for computed attributes</li>
1962 <li>Clear the attribute when the source data changes</li>
1963 <li>Recalculated at next access</li>
1964 </ul>
1965</div>
1966
1967<div class="slide">
1968 <h1>Renaming constructor arguments</h1>
1969
1970 <ul>
1971 <li>By default, constructor names = attribute names</li>
1972 <li>Use <code>init_arg</code> to change this</li>
1973 <li>Set <code>init_arg =&gt; undef</code> to make it unconstructable</li>
1974 </ul>
1975</div>
1976
1977<div class="slide">
1978 <h1>Some <code>init_arg</code> examples</h1>
1979
1980 <pre><code>package Person;
1981use Moose;
1982
1983has shoe_size => (
1984 is =&gt; 'ro',
1985 <span class="highlight">init_arg =&gt; 'foot_size',</span>
1986);
1987
1988Person->new( <span class="wrong">shoe_size =&gt; 13</span> );
1989
1990my $person =
1991 Person->new( <span class="right">foot_size =&gt; 13</span> );
1992print $person->shoe_size;</code></pre>
1993</div>
1994
1995<div class="slide">
1996 <h1>Some <code>init_arg</code> examples</h1>
1997
1998<pre><code>package Person;
1999use Moose;
2000
2001has shoes => (
2002 is =&gt; 'ro',
2003 <span class="highlight">init_arg =&gt; undef,</span>
2004);
2005
2006Person->new( <span class="wrong">shoes =&gt; Shoes-&gt;new</span> );</code></pre>
2007</div>
2008
2009<div class="slide">
2010 <h1>Why Set <code>init_arg =&gt; undef</code>?</h1>
2011
2012 <ul>
2013 <li>Use this with a lazy default for attributes-as-cache</li>
2014 <li>Compute the value as needed</li>
2015 <li>Ensure that it is always generated correctly (not set by constructor)</li>
2016 <li>Use triggers or method modifiers (coming soon) to clear the value</li>
2017 </ul>
2018</div>
2019
2020<div class="slide">
2021 <h1>Attribute Inheritance</h1>
2022
2023 <ul>
2024 <li>By default, subclasses inherit attribute as-is</li>
2025 <li>Can change some attribute parameters in subclasses
2026 <ul>
2027 <li>default</li>
2028 <li>builder</li>
2029 <li>required</li>
2030 <li>lazy</li>
2031 <li>others we've not yet covered</li>
2032 </ul>
2033 </li>
2034 </ul>
2035</div>
2036
2037<div class="slide">
2038 <h1>Attribute Inheritance Example</h1>
2039
2040 <pre><code>package Employee;
2041use Moose;
2042
2043extends 'Person';
2044
2045has '<span class="highlight">+first_name</span>' =&gt; (
2046 default =&gt; 'Joe',
2047);</code></pre>
2048</div>
2049
2050<div class="slide">
2051 <h1>Attribute Inheritance Warning</h1>
2052
2053 <ul>
2054 <li>An attribute is a contract about a class's API</li>
2055 <li>Don't break that contract in a subclass</li>
2056 <li>Especially important in the context of types</li>
2057 </ul>
2058</div>
2059
2060<div class="slide">
2061 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2062
2063 <pre><code>package Person;
2064use Moose;
2065
2066has first_name =&gt; (
bd857054 2067 <span class="highlight">accessor</span> =&gt; 'first_name',
8d1ce1d7 2068);</code></pre>
2069
2070 <ul>
2071 <li>The long-hand version of <code>is =&gt; 'rw'</code></li>
2072 </ul>
2073</div>
2074
2075<div class="slide">
2076 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2077
2078 <pre><code>package Person;
2079use Moose;
2080
2081has first_name =&gt; (
2082 <span class="highlight">reader</span> =&gt; 'first_name',
2083 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; undef,
2084);</code></pre>
2085
2086 <ul>
2087 <li>The long-hand version of <code>is =&gt; 'ro'</code></li>
2088 </ul>
2089</div>
2090
2091
2092<div class="slide">
2093 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2094
2095 <pre><code>package Person;
2096use Moose;
2097
2098has first_name =&gt; (
2099 <span class="highlight">reader</span> =&gt; 'get_first_name',
de668480 2100 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; 'set_first_name',
8d1ce1d7 2101);</code></pre>
2102</div>
2103
2104<div class="slide">
2105 <h1>Changing Accessor Names</h1>
2106
2107 <pre><code>package Person;
2108use Moose;
2109
2110has first_name =&gt; (
2111 <span class="highlight">is</span> =&gt; 'rw',
2112 <span class="highlight">writer</span> =&gt; '_first_name',
2113);</code></pre>
2114
2115 <ul>
2116 <li>Can also mix-and-match</li>
2117 </ul>
2118</div>
2119
2120<div class="slide">
2121 <h1>ETOOMUCHTYPING</h1>
2122
2123 <ul>
2124 <li><code>MooseX::FollowPBP</code><br /><code>get_foo</code> and <code>set_foo</code></li>
2125 <li><code>MooseX::SemiAffordanceAccessor</code><br /><code>foo</code> and <code>set_foo</code></li>
2126 </ul>
2127</div>
2128
2129<div class="slide">
2130 <h1>ETOOMUCHTYPING</h1>
2131
2132 <pre><code>package Person;
2133use Moose;
2134<span class="highlight">use MooseX::SemiAffordanceAccessor;</span>
2135
2136has first_name =&gt; (
2137 is =&gt; 'rw',
2138);</code></pre>
2139
2140 <ul>
2141 <li>Creates <code>first_name</code> and <code>set_first_name</code></li>
2142 </ul>
2143</div>
2144
2145<div class="slide">
26164c8d 2146 <h1>Basic Attributes Summary</h1>
2147
2148 <ul>
2149 <li>Attributes can be <code>required</code></li>
2150 <li>Attributes can have a <code>default</code> or <code>builder</code></li>
2151 <li>Attributes with a default or builder can be <code>lazy</code></li>
2152 <li>Attributes can have a <code>clearer</code> and/or <code>predicate</code></li>
2153 <li>An attribute's constructor name can be changed with <code>init_arg</code></li>
2154 <li>A subclass can alter its parents' attributes</li>
2155 <li>Attribute accessor names can be changed</li>
2156 </ul>
2157</div>
2158
2159<div class="slide">
2160 <h1>Questions?</h1>
2161</div>
2162
2163<div class="slide">
8d1ce1d7 2164 <h1>Exercises</h1>
2165
2166 <pre># cd exercises
2167# perl bin/prove -lv t/03-basic-attributes.t
2168
2169Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
2170</div>
2171
26164c8d 2172<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2173 <h1>Part 4: Method Modifiers</h1>
2174</div>
2175
2176<div class="slide">
2177 <h1>What is a Method Modifier</h1>
2178
2179 <ul>
2180 <li>Apply to an existing method</li>
2181 <li>... from a parent class, the current class, or a role</li>
2182 <li>Roles can provide modifiers that are applied at composition time</li>
2183 </ul>
2184</div>
2185
2186<div class="slide">
2187 <h1>What is a Method Modifier</h1>
2188
2189 <ul>
0a0c7e7c 2190 <li>"Inject" behavior</li>
26164c8d 2191 <li>Add behavior to generated methods (accessors, delegations)</li>
2192 <li>Provide roles which modify existing behavior</li>
2193 </ul>
2194</div>
2195
2196<div class="slide">
2197 <h1>Before and After</h1>
2198
2199 <ul>
2200 <li>Simplest modifiers - <code>before</code> and <code>after</code></li>
2201 <li>Guess when they run!</li>
2202 </ul>
2203</div>
2204
2205<div class="slide">
2206 <h1>Uses for <code>before</code></h1>
2207
2208 <ul>
2209 <li>As a pre-call check</li>
2210 </ul>
2211
2212 <pre><code>package Person;
2213use Moose;
2214
2215before work =&gt; sub {
2216 my $self = shift;
2217 die 'I have no job!'
2218 unless $self-&gt;has_title;
2219};</code></pre>
2220</div>
2221
2222<div class="slide">
2223 <h1>Uses for <code>before</code></h1>
2224
2225 <ul>
2226 <li>Logging/Debugging</li>
2227 </ul>
2228
2229 <pre><code>package Person;
2230use Moose;
2231
2232before work =&gt; sub {
2233 my $self = shift;
2234 return unless $DEBUG;
2235
2236 warn "Called work on ", $self->full_name,
2237 "with the arguments: [@_]\n";
2238};</code></pre>
2239</div>
2240
2241<div class="slide">
2242 <h1>Uses for <code>after</code></h1>
2243
2244 <ul>
2245 <li>Also works for logging/debugging</li>
2246 <li>Post-X side-effects (recording audit info)</li>
2247 </ul>
2248
2249 <pre><code>package Person;
2250use Moose;
2251
2252after work =&gt; sub {
2253 my $self = shift;
2254 $self-&gt;work_count(
2255 $self-&gt;work_count + 1 );
2256};</code></pre>
2257</div>
2258
2259<div class="slide">
2260 <h1>Other Uses</h1>
2261
2262 <ul>
2263 <li>Modifiers are useful for adding behavior to generated methods</li>
2264 </ul>
2265</div>
2266
2267<div class="slide">
2268 <h1>Other Uses Example</h1>
2269
2270 <pre><code>has password =&gt; (
2271 is =&gt; 'rw',
2272 clearer =&gt; 'clear_password',
2273);
2274
2275has hashed_password =&gt; (
2276 is =&gt; 'ro',
2277 builder =&gt; '_build_hashed_password',
2278 clearer =&gt; '_clear_hashed_password',
2279);
2280
2281after clear_password =&gt; sub {
2282 my $self = shift;
2283 $self-&gt;_clear_hashed_password;
2284};</code></pre>
2285</div>
2286
2287<div class="slide">
2288 <h1><code>before</code> and <code>after</code> Limitations</h1>
2289
2290 <ul>
2291 <li>Cannot alter method parameters</li>
2292 <li>Cannot alter return value</li>
2293 <li>But <strong>can</strong> throw an exception</li>
2294 </ul>
2295</div>
2296
2297<div class="slide">
2298 <h1>The <code>around</code> Modifier</h1>
2299
2300 <ul>
2301 <li>The big gun</li>
2302 <li>Can alter parameters <strong>and/or</strong> return values</li>
2303 <li>Can skip calling the wrapped method entirely</li>
2304 </ul>
2305</div>
2306
2307<div class="slide">
2308 <h1>The power of <code>around</code></h1>
2309
2310 <pre><code>around insert =&gt; sub {
2311 my $orig = shift;
2312 my $self = shift;
2313
2314 $self-&gt;_validate_insert(@_);
2315
2316 my $new_user =
2317 $self-&gt;$orig(
2318 $self-&gt;_munge_insert(@_) );
2319
2320 $new_user->_assign_uri;
2321
2322 return $new_user;
2323};</code></pre>
2324</div>
2325
2326<div class="slide">
2327 <h1>Modifier Order</h1>
2328
2329 <ul>
2330 <li>Before runs order from last to first</li>
2331 <li>After runs in order from first to last</li>
2332 <li>Around runs in order from last to first</li>
2333 </ul>
2334</div>
2335
2336<div class="slide">
2337 <h1>Modifier Order Illustrated</h1>
2338
2339<pre>
2340<span class="current incremental">before 2
2341 before 1</span>
2342 <span class="incremental">around 2
2343 around 1</span>
2344 <span class="incremental">wrapped method</span>
2345 <span class="incremental">around 1
2346 around 2</span>
2347 <span class="incremental">after 1
2348after 2</span>
2349</pre>
2350</div>
2351
2352<div class="slide">
2353 <h1>Modifiers in Roles</h1>
2354
2355 <ul>
2356 <li>Roles can use these modifiers</li>
2357 <li>Very powerful!</li>
2358 </ul>
2359</div>
2360
2361<div class="slide">
2362 <h1>Modifiers in Roles</h1>
2363
2364 <pre><code>package IsUnreliable;
2365use Moose::Role;
2366
2367<span class="highlight">requires 'run';
2368
2369around run</span> =&gt; sub {
2370 my $orig = shift;
2371 my $self = shift;
2372
2373 return if rand(1) &lt; 0.5;
2374
2375 return $self-&gt;$orig(@_);
2376};</code></pre>
2377</div>
2378
2379<div class="slide">
2380 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2381
2382 <ul>
2383 <li>Inverted <code>super</code></li>
2384 <li>From least- to most-specific</li>
2385 <li>Grandparent to parent to child</li>
2386 <li>Not allowed in roles</li>
2387 </ul>
2388</div>
2389
2390<div class="slide">
2391 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2392
2393 <pre><code>package Document;
2394
2395sub xml { '&lt;doc&gt;' . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> . '&lt;/doc&gt;' }
2396
2397package Report;
2398extends 'Document';
2399
5e511dcf 2400<span class="highlight">augment xml</span> =&gt; sub { title() . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> . summary() };
26164c8d 2401
2402package TPSReport;
2403extends 'Report';
2404
5e511dcf 2405<span class="highlight">augment xml</span> =&gt; sub { tps_xml() . <span class="highlight">inner()</span> };</code></pre>
26164c8d 2406</div>
2407
2408<div class="slide">
2409 <h1>Augment and Inner</h1>
2410
2411 <ul>
2412 <li>When we call <code>$tps-&gt;xml</code> ...
2413 <ul>
2414 <li><code>Document-&gt;xml</code></li>
2415 <li><code>Report-&gt;xml</code></li>
2416 <li><code>TPSReport-&gt;xml</code></li>
2417 </ul>
2418 </li>
2419 </ul>
2420</div>
2421
2422<div class="slide">
2423 <h1>Augment and Inner Usage</h1>
2424
2425 <ul>
2426 <li>Call <code>inner()</code> to "fill in the blank"</li>
2427 <li>Requires designing for subclassing</li>
2428 <li>Call <code>inner()</code> in the terminal class, just in case</li>
2429 </ul>
2430</div>
2431
2432<div class="slide">
5d572684 2433 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2434
2435 <ul>
2436 <li>Use <code>before</code> and <code>after</code> for ...
2437 <ul>
2438 <li>logging</li>
2439 <li>pre- or post-validation</li>
2440 <li>to add behavior to generated methods</li>
2441 </ul>
2442 </li>
2443 <li>These two modifiers cannot change parameters or return values</li>
2444 </ul>
2445</div>
2446
2447<div class="slide">
2448 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2449
2450 <ul>
2451 <li>Use <code>around</code> to ...
2452 <ul>
2453 <li>alter parameters passed to the original method</li>
2454 <li>alter the return value of the original method</li>
2455 <li>not call the original method at all (or call a <em>different</em> method)</li>
2456 </ul>
2457 </li>
2458 </ul>
2459</div>
2460
2461<div class="slide">
2462 <h1>Method Modifiers Summary</h1>
2463
2464 <ul>
2465 <li>When using modifiers in a role, require the modified method</li>
2466 <li>Use <code>augment</code> and <code>inner</code> to invert the normal subclassing flow ...
2467 <ul>
2468 <li>Least- to most-specific (parents to children)</li>
2469 <li>Build in "insertability" (stick more stuff in the "middle")</li>
2470 </ul>
2471 </li>
2472 <li>Always call <code>inner</code> in the most specific subclass to allow for future extension</li>
2473 </ul>
2474</div>
2475
2476<div class="slide">
26164c8d 2477 <h1>Questions?</h1>
2478</div>
2479
2480<div class="slide">
2481 <h1>Exercises</h1>
2482
2483 <pre># cd exercises
2484# perl bin/prove -lv t/04-method-modifiers.t
2485
2486Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
2487</div>
2488
5d572684 2489<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2490 <h1>Part 5: Types</h1>
2491</div>
2492
2493<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2494 <h1>Part 6: Advanced Attributes</h1>
2495</div>
2496
2497<div class="slide">
2498 <h1>Weak References</h1>
2499
2500 <ul>
2501 <li>A weak reference lets you avoid circular references</li>
2502 <li>Weak references do not increase the reference count</li>
2503 </ul>
2504</div>
2505
2506<div class="slide">
2507 <h1>Circular Reference Illustrated</h1>
2508
2509 <pre><code>my $foo = {};
2510my $bar = { foo =&gt; $foo };
2511$foo-&gt;{bar} = $bar;</code></pre>
2512
2513 <ul>
2514 <li>Neither <code>$foo</code> nor <code>$bar</code> go out of scope<br />
2515 (until the program exits)</li>
2516 </ul>
2517</div>
2518
2519<div class="slide">
2520 <h1>Weakening Circular References</h1>
2521
2522 <pre><code>use Scalar::Util qw( weaken );
2523
2524my $foo = {};
2525my $bar = { foo =&gt; $foo };
2526$foo-&gt;{bar} = $bar;
2527weaken $foo-&gt;{bar}</code></pre>
2528
2529 <ul>
2530 <li>When <code>$bar</code> goes out of scope, <code>$foo-&gt;{bar}</code> becomes <code>undef</code></li>
2531 </ul>
2532</div>
2533
2534<div class="slide">
2535 <h1>Circular References in Attributes</h1>
2536
2537 <pre><code>package Person;
2538use Moose;
2539
2540has name =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
2541has friend =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw' );
2542
2543my $alice = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Alice' );
2544my $bob = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Bob' );
2545$bob-&gt;friend($alice);
2546$alice-&gt;friend($bob);</code></pre>
2547</div>
2548
2549<div class="slide">
2550 <h1>The Fix</h1>
2551
2552 <pre><code>package Person;
2553use Moose;
2554
2555has name =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'ro' );
2556has friend =&gt; ( is =&gt; 'rw', <span class="highlight">weak_ref =&gt; 1</span> );
2557
2558my $alice = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Alice' );
2559my $bob = Person-&gt;new( name =&gt; 'Bob' );
2560$bob-&gt;friend($alice);
2561$alice-&gt;friend($bob);</code></pre>
2562</div>
2563
2564<div class="slide">
2565 <h1>Under the Hood</h1>
2566
2567 <ul>
2568 <li>A <code>weak_ref</code> attribute calls <code>weaken</code> ...
2569 <ul>
2570 <li>during object construction</li>
2571 <li>when the attribute is set via a writer</li>
2572 </ul>
2573 </li>
2574 </ul>
2575</div>
2576
2577<div class="slide">
2578 <h1>Triggers</h1>
2579
2580 <ul>
2581 <li>A code reference run after an attribute is <em>set</em></li>
2582 <li>Like an <code>after</code> modifier, but makes intentions clearer</li>
2583 </ul>
2584
2585 <h2 class="wrong">Gross</h2>
2586
2587 <pre><code>after salary_level =&gt; {
2588 my $self = shift;
2589 return unless @_;
2590 $self-&gt;clear_salary;
2591};</code></pre>
2592</div>
2593
2594<div class="slide">
2595 <h1>Use a Trigger Instead</h1>
2596
2597 <h2 class="right">Cleaner</h2>
2598
2599 <pre><code>has salary_level =&gt; (
2600 is =&gt; 'rw',
2601 trigger =&gt; sub { $_[0]-&gt;clear_salary },
2602);</code></pre>
2603</div>
2604
2605<div class="slide">
2606 <h1>Delegation</h1>
2607
2608 <ul>
2609 <li>Attributes can be objects</li>
2610 <li>Delegation transparently calls methods on those objects</li>
2611 </ul>
2612</div>
2613
2614<div class="slide">
2615 <h1>Delegation Examples</h1>
2616
2617 <pre><code>package Person;
2618
2619has lungs =&gt; (
2620 is =&gt; 'ro',
2621 isa => 'Lungs',
2622 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; [ 'inhale', 'exhale' ],</span>
2623);</code></pre>
2624
2625 <ul>
2626 <li>Creates <code>$person-&gt;inhale</code> and <code>-&gt;exhale</code> methods</li>
2627 <li>Internally calls <code>$person-&gt;lungs-&gt;inhale</code></li>
2628 </ul>
2629</div>
2630
2631<div class="slide">
2632 <h1>Why Delegation?</h1>
2633
2634 <ul>
2635 <li>Reduce the number of classes exposed</li>
2636 <li>Re-arrange class internals -<br />
2637 turn a method into an attribute with delegation</li>
2638 <li>Provide convenenience methods</li>
2639 </ul>
2640</div>
2641
2642<div class="slide">
2643 <h1>Moose's <code>handles</code> Parameter</h1>
2644
2645 <ul>
2646 <li>Accepts many arguments ...
2647 <ul>
2648 <li>Array reference - list of methods to delegate as-is</li>
2649 <li>Hash reference - map of method names</li>
2650 <li>Regex - delegates all matching methods</li>
2651 <li>Role name - delegates all methods in the role</li>
2652 <li>Sub reference - does something complicated ;)</li>
2653 </ul>
2654 </li>
2655 </ul>
2656</div>
2657
2658<div class="slide">
2659 <h1>Array Reference</h1>
2660
2661 <ul>
2662 <li>Takes each method name and creates a simple delegation from the delegating class to the delegatee attribute</li>
2663 </ul>
2664</div>
2665
2666<div class="slide">
2667 <h1>Hash Reference</h1>
2668
2669 <ul>
2670 <li>Mapping of names in the delegating class to the delegatee class</li>
2671 </ul>
2672
2673 <pre><code>package Person;
2674use Moose;
2675
2676has account =&gt; (
2677 is =&gt; 'ro',
2678 isa =&gt; 'BankAccount',
2679 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; {
2680 receive_money =&gt; 'deposit',
2681 give_money =&gt; 'withdraw',
2682 },</span>
2683);</code></pre>
2684</div>
2685
2686<div class="slide">
2687 <h1>Hash Reference Detailed</h1>
2688
2689 <pre><code> handles =&gt; {
2690 receive_money =&gt; 'deposit',
2691 give_money =&gt; 'withdraw',
2692 },</code></pre>
2693
2694 <ul>
2695 <li><code>$person-&gt;receive_money</code> = <code>$person-&gt;account-&gt;deposit</code></li>
2696 <li><code>$person-&gt;give_money</code> = <code>$person-&gt;account-&gt;withdraw</code></li>
2697 </ul>
2698</div>
2699
2700<div class="slide">
2701 <h1>Regex</h1>
2702
2703 <pre><code>package Person;
2704use Moose;
2705
2706has name =&gt; (
2707 is =&gt; 'ro',
2708 isa =&gt; 'Name',
2709 handles =&gt; qr/.*/,
2710);</code></pre>
2711
2712 <ul>
2713 <li>Creates a delegation for every method in the Name class</li>
2714 <li>Excludes <code>meta</code> and methods inherited from <code>Moose::Object</code></li>
2715 </ul>
2716</div>
2717
2718<div class="slide">
2719 <h1>Role Name</h1>
2720
2721 <pre><code>package Auditor;
2722use Moose::Role;
2723
2724sub record_change { ... }
2725sub change_history { ... }
2726
2727package Account;
2728use Moose;
2729
2730has history =&gt; (
2731 is =&gt; 'ro',
2732 does =&gt; 'Auditor',
2733 <span class="highlight">handles =&gt; 'Auditor',</span>
2734);</code></pre>
2735</div>
2736
2737<div class="slide">
2738 <h1>Role Name Detailed</h1>
2739
2740 <ul>
2741 <li>Account gets delegate methods for each method in the <code>Auditor</code> role
2742 <ul>
2743 <li>record_history</li>
2744 <li>change_history</li>
2745 </ul>
2746 </li>
2747 </ul>
2748</div>
2749
2750<div class="slide">
2751 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
2752
2753 <ul>
2754 <li>The ultimate in customization</li>
2755 <li>Per attribute metaclasses</li>
2756 <li>Per attribute roles applied to the attribute metaclass</li>
2757 <li>Change the meta-level behavior</li>
2758 </ul>
2759</div>
2760
2761<div class="slide">
2762 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
2763
2764 <ul>
2765 <li>The default metaclass is <code>Moose::Meta::Attribute</code></li>
2766 <li>Controls accessor generation, defaults, delegation, etc.</li>
2767 <li>Adding a role to this metaclass (or replacing it) allows for infinite customization</li>
2768 </ul>
2769</div>
2770
2771<div class="slide">
2772 <h1>Traits and Metaclasses</h1>
2773
2774 <ul>
2775 <li>Can add/alter/remove attribute parameter (from <code>has</code>)</li>
2776 <li>Can change behavior of created attribute</li>
2777 </ul>
2778</div>
2779
2780<div class="slide">
2781 <h1>Simple Trait Example</h1>
2782
2783 <pre><code>package Person;
2784use Moose;
2785use MooseX::LabeledAttributes;
2786
2787has ssn =&gt; (
2788 <span class="highlight">traits =&gt; [ 'Labeled' ],</span>
2789 is =&gt; 'ro',
2790 isa =&gt; 'Str',
2791 <span class="highlight">label =&gt; 'Social Security Number',</span>
2792);
2793
2794print <span class="highlight">Person-&gt;meta
2795 -&gt;get_attribute('ssn')-&gt;label;</span></code></pre>
2796</div>
2797
2798<div class="slide">
2799 <h1>Simple Metaclass Example</h1>
2800
2801 <pre><code>package Person;
2802use Moose;
2803use MooseX::LabeledAttributes;
2804
2805has ssn =&gt; (
2806 <span class="highlight">metaclass =&gt;
2807 'MooseX::Meta::Attribute::Labeled',</span>
2808 is =&gt; 'ro',
2809 isa =&gt; 'Str',
2810 <span class="highlight">label =&gt; 'Social Security Number',</span>
2811);
2812
2813print <span class="highlight">Person-&gt;meta
2814 -&gt;get_attribute('ssn')-&gt;label;</span></code></pre>
2815</div>
2816
2817<div class="slide">
2818 <h1>Traits vs Metaclass</h1>
2819
2820 <ul>
2821 <li>Can apply any mix of traits to an attribute</li>
2822 <li>But just one metaclass</li>
2823 <li>Traits (aka roles) can cooperate</li>
2824 <li>Metaclasses require you to pick just one</li>
2825 </ul>
2826</div>
2827
2828<div class="slide">
2829 <h1>Advanced Attributes Summary</h1>
2830
2831 <ul>
2832 <li>Use <code>weak_ref</code> to avoid circular references</li>
2833 <li>Use trigger to do an action post-attribute write</li>
2834 <li>Use delegations to hide "internal" objects</li>
2835 <li>Traits and metaclasses let you extend Moose's core attribute features</li>
2836 </ul>
2837</div>
2838
9186987b 2839<div class="slide">
2840 <h1>Questions?</h1>
2841</div>
2842
2843<div class="slide">
2844 <h1>Exercises</h1>
2845
2846 <pre># cd exercises
2847# perl bin/prove -lv t/06-advanced-attributes.t
2848
2849Iterate til this passes all its tests</pre>
2850</div>
2851
2852<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2853 <h1>Part 7: Introspection</h1>
2854</div>
2855
2856<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2857 <h1>Part 8: A Tour of MooseX</h1>
2858</div>
2859
2860<div class="slide fake-slide0">
2861 <h1>Part 9: Writing Moose Extensions</h1>
2862</div>
2863
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