Moose::Util(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Moose::Util(3)NAMEMoose::Util - Utilities for working with Moose classes
VERSION
version 2.1005
SYNOPSIS
use Moose::Util qw/find_meta does_role search_class_by_role/;
my $meta = find_meta($object) || die "No metaclass found";
if (does_role($object, $role)) {
print "The object can do $role!\n";
}
my $class = search_class_by_role($object, 'FooRole');
print "Nearest class with 'FooRole' is $class\n";
DESCRIPTION
This module provides a set of utility functions. Many of these
functions are intended for use in Moose itself or MooseX modules, but
some of them may be useful for use in your own code.
EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
find_meta($class_or_obj)
This method takes a class name or object and attempts to find a
metaclass for the class, if one exists. It will not create one if
it does not yet exist.
does_role($class_or_obj, $role_or_obj)
Returns true if $class_or_obj does the given $role_or_obj. The role
can be provided as a name or a Moose::Meta::Role object.
The class must already have a metaclass for this to work. If it
doesn't, this function simply returns false.
search_class_by_role($class_or_obj, $role_or_obj)
Returns the first class in the class's precedence list that does
$role_or_obj, if any. The role can be either a name or a
Moose::Meta::Role object.
The class must already have a metaclass for this to work.
apply_all_roles($applicant, @roles)
This function applies one or more roles to the given $applicant The
applicant can be a role name, class name, or object.
The $applicant must already have a metaclass object.
The list of @roles should a list of names or Moose::Meta::Role
objects, each of which can be followed by an optional hash
reference of options ("-excludes" and "-alias").
ensure_all_roles($applicant, @roles)
This function is similar to "apply_all_roles", but only applies
roles that $applicant does not already consume.
with_traits($class_name, @role_names)
This function creates a new class from $class_name with each of
@role_names applied. It returns the name of the new class.
get_all_attribute_values($meta, $instance)
Returns a hash reference containing all of the $instance's
attributes. The keys are attribute names.
get_all_init_args($meta, $instance)
Returns a hash reference containing all of the "init_arg" values
for the instance's attributes. The values are the associated
attribute values. If an attribute does not have a defined
"init_arg", it is skipped.
This could be useful in cloning an object.
resolve_metaclass_alias($category, $name, %options)
resolve_metatrait_alias($category, $name, %options)
Resolves a short name to a full class name. Short names are often
used when specifying the "metaclass" or "traits" option for an
attribute:
has foo => (
metaclass => "Bar",
);
The name resolution mechanism is covered in "Metaclass and Trait
Name Resolution" in Moose.
meta_class_alias($to[, $from])
meta_attribute_alias($to[, $from])
Create an alias from the class $from (or the current package, if
$from is unspecified), so that "Metaclass and Trait Name
Resolution" in Moose works properly.
english_list(@items)
Given a list of scalars, turns them into a proper list in English
("one and two", "one, two, three, and four"). This is used to help
us make nicer error messages.
TODO
Here is a list of possible functions to write
discovering original method from modified method
search for origin class of a method or attribute
BUGS
See "BUGS" in Moose for details on reporting bugs.
AUTHOR
Moose is maintained by the Moose Cabal, along with the help of many
contributors. See "CABAL" in Moose and "CONTRIBUTORS" in Moose for
details.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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