Mouse::Util::MetaRole(User Contributed Perl DocumentatMouse::Util::MetaRole(3)NAMEMouse::Util::MetaRole - Apply roles to any metaclass, as well as the
object base class
SYNOPSIS
package MyApp::Mouse;
use Mouse ();
use Mouse::Exporter;
use Mouse::Util::MetaRole;
use MyApp::Role::Meta::Class;
use MyApp::Role::Meta::Method::Constructor;
use MyApp::Role::Object;
Mouse::Exporter->setup_import_methods( also => 'Mouse' );
sub init_meta {
shift;
my %args = @_;
Mouse->init_meta(%args);
Mouse::Util::MetaRole::apply_metaroles(
for => $args{for_class},
class_metaroles => {
class => ['MyApp::Role::Meta::Class'],
constructor => ['MyApp::Role::Meta::Method::Constructor'],
},
);
Mouse::Util::MetaRole::apply_base_class_roles(
for => $args{for_class},
roles => ['MyApp::Role::Object'],
);
return $args{for_class}->meta();
}
DESCRIPTION
This utility module is designed to help authors of Mouse extensions
write extensions that are able to cooperate with other Mouse
extensions. To do this, you must write your extensions as roles, which
can then be dynamically applied to the caller's metaclasses.
This module makes sure to preserve any existing superclasses and roles
already set for the meta objects, which means that any number of
extensions can apply roles in any order.
USAGE
It is very important that you only call this module's functions when
your module is imported by the caller. The process of applying roles to
the metaclass reinitializes the metaclass object, which wipes out any
existing attributes already defined. However, as long as you do this
when your module is imported, the caller should not have any attributes
defined yet.
The easiest way to ensure that this happens is to use Mouse::Exporter,
which can generate the appropriate "init_meta" method for you, and make
sure it is called when imported.
FUNCTIONS
This module provides two functions.
apply_metaroles( ... )
This function will apply roles to one or more metaclasses for the
specified class. It accepts the following parameters:
· for => $name
This specifies the class or for which to alter the meta classes.
This can be a package name, or an appropriate meta-object (a
Mouse::Meta::Class or Mouse::Meta::Role).
· class_metaroles => \%roles
This is a hash reference specifying which metaroles will be applied
to the class metaclass and its contained metaclasses and helper
classes.
Each key should in turn point to an array reference of role names.
It accepts the following keys:
class
attribute
method
constructor
destructor
· role_metaroles => \%roles
This is a hash reference specifying which metaroles will be applied
to the role metaclass and its contained metaclasses and helper
classes.
It accepts the following keys:
role
method
apply_base_class_roles( for => $class, roles => \@roles )
This function will apply the specified roles to the object's base
class.
SEE ALSO
Moose::Util::MetaRole
perl v5.14.2 2012-06-30 Mouse::Util::MetaRole(3)
