1Class::MOP::Method(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationClass::MOP::Method(3)
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6 Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object
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9 The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just
10 subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic
11 introspection interface.
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14 Class::MOP::Method->wrap($code, %options)
15 This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of
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23 The method name (without a package name). This is required
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28 The package name for the method. This is required if $code
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33 An optional Class::MOP::Class object. This is the metaclass
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36 $metamethod->clone(%params)
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89 $metamethod->attach_to_class($metaclass)
90 Given a Class::MOP::Class object, this method sets the associated
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95 Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.
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98 This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on
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101 Class::MOP::Method->meta
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109 Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>
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112 Copyright 2006-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
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114 <http://www.iinteractive.com>
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116 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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