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6 Moose::Cookbook::Roles::ApplicationToInstance - Applying a role to an
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13 package MyApp::Role::Job::Manager;
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15 use List::Util qw( first );
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17 use Moose::Role;
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19 has 'employees' => (
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24 sub assign_work {
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37 my $lisa = Employee->new( name => 'Lisa' );
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40 my $homer = Employee->new( name => 'Homer' );
41 my $bart = Employee->new( name => 'Bart' );
42 my $marge = Employee->new( name => 'Marge' );
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44 $lisa->employees( [ $homer, $bart, $marge ] );
45 $lisa->assign_work('mow the lawn');
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48 In this recipe, we show how a role can be applied to an object. In this
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51 Applying a role to an object is simple. The Moose::Meta::Role object
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55 MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta->apply($lisa);
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57 We could also use the "apply_all_roles" function from Moose::Util.
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59 apply_all_roles( $person, MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta );
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61 The main advantage of using "apply_all_roles" is that it can be used to
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75 Applying a role to an object instance is a useful tool for adding
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81 create a debugging role and apply it to an object at runtime.
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84 · Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>
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86 · Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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88 · Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>
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90 · Shawn M Moore <code@sartak.org>
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92 · יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
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94 · Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
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96 · Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
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98 · Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@weftsoar.net>
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100 · Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>
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105 This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
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107 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
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