Class::MOP::Package(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentatioClass::MOP::Package(3)NAME
Class::MOP::Package - Package Meta Object
VERSION
version 2.0205
DESCRIPTION
The Package Protocol provides an abstraction of a Perl 5 package. A
package is basically namespace, and this module provides methods for
looking at and changing that namespace's symbol table.
METHODS
Class::MOP::Package->initialize($package_name, %options)
This method creates a new "Class::MOP::Package" instance which
represents specified package. If an existing metaclass object
exists for the package, that will be returned instead. No options
are valid at the package level.
Class::MOP::Package->reinitialize($package, %options)
This method forcibly removes any existing metaclass for the package
before calling "initialize". In contrast to "initialize", you may
also pass an existing "Class::MOP::Package" instance instead of
just a package name as $package.
Do not call this unless you know what you are doing.
Class::MOP::Package->create($package, %options)
Creates a new "Class::MOP::Package" instance which represents the
specified package, and also does some initialization of that
package. Currently, this just does the same thing as "initialize",
but is overridden in subclasses, such as "Class::MOP::Class".
Class::MOP::Package->create_anon(%options)
Creates a new anonymous package. Valid keys for %options are:
"weaken"
If this is true (the default), the instance stored in
"Class::MOP"'s metaclass cache will be weakened, so that the
anonymous package will be garbage collected when the returned
instance goes out of scope.
$metapackage->is_anon
Returns true if the package is an anonymous package.
$metapackage->name
This is returns the package's name, as passed to the constructor.
$metapackage->namespace
This returns a hash reference to the package's symbol table. The
keys are symbol names and the values are typeglob references.
$metapackage->add_package_symbol($variable_name, $initial_value)
This method accepts a variable name and an optional initial value.
The $variable_name must contain a leading sigil.
This method creates the variable in the package's symbol table, and
sets it to the initial value if one was provided.
$metapackage->get_package_symbol($variable_name)
Given a variable name, this method returns the variable as a
reference or undef if it does not exist. The $variable_name must
contain a leading sigil.
$metapackage->get_or_add_package_symbol($variable_name)
Given a variable name, this method returns the variable as a
reference. If it does not exist, a default value will be generated
if possible. The $variable_name must contain a leading sigil.
$metapackage->has_package_symbol($variable_name)
Returns true if there is a package variable defined for
$variable_name. The $variable_name must contain a leading sigil.
$metapackage->remove_package_symbol($variable_name)
This will remove the package variable specified $variable_name. The
$variable_name must contain a leading sigil.
$metapackage->remove_package_glob($glob_name)
Given the name of a glob, this will remove that glob from the
package's symbol table. Glob names do not include a sigil. Removing
the glob removes all variables and subroutines with the specified
name.
$metapackage->list_all_package_symbols($type_filter)
This will list all the glob names associated with the current
package. These names do not have leading sigils.
You can provide an optional type filter, which should be one of
'SCALAR', 'ARRAY', 'HASH', or 'CODE'.
$metapackage->get_all_package_symbols($type_filter)
This works much like "list_all_package_symbols", but it returns a
hash reference. The keys are glob names and the values are
references to the value for that name.
Class::MOP::Package->meta
This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.
AUTHOR
Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 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.
perl v5.12.5 2011-09-06 Class::MOP::Package(3)