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6 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union - A union of Moose type constraints
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9 version 2.2011
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12 This metaclass represents a union of type constraints. A union takes
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17 "Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union" is a subclass of
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21 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Union->new(%options)
22 This creates a new class type constraint based on the given %options.
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24 It takes the same options as its parent. It also requires an additional
25 option, "type_constraints". This is an array reference containing the
26 Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint objects that are the members of the union
27 type. The "name" option defaults to the names all of these member types
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30 The constructor sets the implementation of the constraint so that is
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33 Finally, the constructor also makes sure that the object's "coercion"
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36 $constraint->type_constraints
37 This returns the array reference of "type_constraints" provided to the
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40 $constraint->parent
41 This returns the nearest common ancestor of all the components of the
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44 $constraint->check($value)
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46 These two methods simply call the relevant method on each of the member
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53 $constraint->equals($type_name_or_object)
54 A type is considered equal if it is also a union type, and the two
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57 $constraint->find_type_for($value)
58 This returns the first member type constraint for which "check($value)"
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67 This returns true if all of the member type constraints return true for
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70 $constraint->create_child_type(%options)
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75 See "BUGS" in Moose for details on reporting bugs.
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78 · Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>
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80 · Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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82 · Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>
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84 · Shawn M Moore <code@sartak.org>
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86 · יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
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88 · Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
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90 · Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
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92 · Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@weftsoar.net>
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99 This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
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101 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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