1Moose::Meta::Role(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Moose::Meta::Role(3)
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6 Moose::Meta::Role - The Moose Role metaclass
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9 version 2.2014
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12 This class is a subclass of Class::MOP::Module that provides additional
13 Moose-specific functionality.
14 Its API looks a lot like Moose::Meta::Class, but internally it
16 implements many things differently. This may change in the future.
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19 "Moose::Meta::Role" is a subclass of Class::MOP::Module.
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22 Construction
23 Moose::Meta::Role->initialize($role_name)
24 This method creates a new role object with the provided name.
26 Moose::Meta::Role->combine( [ $role => { ... } ], [ $role ], ... )
28 This method accepts a list of array references. Each array reference
30 should contain a role name or Moose::Meta::Role object as its first
31 element. The second element is an optional hash reference. The hash
32 reference can contain "-excludes" and "-alias" keys to control how
33 methods are composed from the role.
34 The return value is a new Moose::Meta::Role::Composite that represents
36 the combined roles.
37 $metarole->composition_class_roles
39 When combining multiple roles using "combine", this method is used to
41 obtain a list of role names to be applied to the
42 Moose::Meta::Role::Composite instance returned by "combine". The
43 default implementation returns an empty list. Extensions that need to
44 hook into role combination may wrap this method to return additional
45 role names.
46 Moose::Meta::Role->create($name, %options)
48 This method is identical to the Moose::Meta::Class "create" method.
50 Moose::Meta::Role->create_anon_role
52 This method is identical to the Moose::Meta::Class "create_anon_class"
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55 $metarole->is_anon_role
57 Returns true if the role is an anonymous role.
59 $metarole->consumers
61 Returns a list of names of classes and roles which consume this role.
63 Role application
65 $metarole->apply( $thing, @options )
66 This method applies a role to the given $thing. That can be another
68 Moose::Meta::Role, object, a Moose::Meta::Class object, or a (non-meta)
69 object instance.
70 The options are passed directly to the constructor for the appropriate
72 Moose::Meta::Role::Application subclass.
73 Note that this will apply the role even if the $thing in question
75 already "does" this role. "does_role" in Moose::Util is a convenient
76 wrapper for finding out if role application is necessary.
77 Roles and other roles
79 $metarole->get_roles
80 This returns an array reference of roles which this role does. This
82 list may include duplicates.
83 $metarole->calculate_all_roles
85 This returns a unique list of all roles that this role does, and all
87 the roles that its roles do.
88 $metarole->does_role($role)
90 Given a role name or Moose::Meta::Role object, returns true if this
92 role does the given role.
93 $metarole->add_role($role)
95 Given a Moose::Meta::Role object, this adds the role to the list of
97 roles that the role does.
98 $metarole->get_excluded_roles_list
100 Returns a list of role names which this role excludes.
102 $metarole->excludes_role($role_name)
104 Given a role name, returns true if this role excludes the named role.
106 $metarole->add_excluded_roles(@role_names)
108 Given one or more role names, adds those roles to the list of excluded
110 roles.
111 Methods
113 The methods for dealing with a role's methods are all identical in API
114 and behavior to the same methods in Class::MOP::Class.
115 $metarole->method_metaclass
117 Returns the method metaclass name for the role. This defaults to
119 Moose::Meta::Role::Method.
120 $metarole->get_method($name)
122 $metarole->has_method($name)
124 $metarole->add_method( $name, $body )
126 $metarole->get_method_list
128 $metarole->find_method_by_name($name)
130 These methods are all identical to the methods of the same name in
132 Class::MOP::Package
133 Attributes
135 As with methods, the methods for dealing with a role's attribute are
136 all identical in API and behavior to the same methods in
137 Class::MOP::Class.
138 However, attributes stored in this class are not stored as objects.
140 Rather, the attribute definition is stored as a hash reference. When a
141 role is composed into a class, this hash reference is passed directly
142 to the metaclass's "add_attribute" method.
143 This is quite likely to change in the future.
145 $metarole->get_attribute($attribute_name)
147 $metarole->has_attribute($attribute_name)
149 $metarole->get_attribute_list
151 $metarole->add_attribute($name, %options)
153 $metarole->remove_attribute($attribute_name)
155 Overload introspection and creation
157 The methods for dealing with a role's overloads are all identical in
158 API and behavior to the same methods in Class::MOP::Class.
159 $metarole->is_overloaded
161 $metarole->get_overloaded_operator($op)
163 $metarole->has_overloaded_operator($op)
165 $metarole->get_overload_list
167 $metarole->get_all_overloaded_operators
169 $metarole->add_overloaded_operator($op, $impl)
171 $metarole->remove_overloaded_operator($op)
173 Required methods
175 $metarole->get_required_method_list
176 Returns the list of methods required by the role.
178 $metarole->requires_method($name)
180 Returns true if the role requires the named method.
182 $metarole->add_required_methods(@names)
184 Adds the named methods to the role's list of required methods.
186 $metarole->remove_required_methods(@names)
188 Removes the named methods from the role's list of required methods.
190 $metarole->add_conflicting_method(%params)
192 Instantiate the parameters as a Moose::Meta::Role::Method::Conflicting
194 object, then add it to the required method list.
195 Method modifiers
197 These methods act like their counterparts in Class::MOP::Class and
198 Moose::Meta::Class.
199 However, method modifiers are simply stored internally, and are not
201 applied until the role itself is applied to a class or object.
202 $metarole->add_after_method_modifier($method_name, $method)
204 $metarole->add_around_method_modifier($method_name, $method)
206 $metarole->add_before_method_modifier($method_name, $method)
208 $metarole->add_override_method_modifier($method_name, $method)
210 These methods all add an appropriate modifier to the internal list of
212 modifiers.
213 $metarole->has_after_method_modifiers
215 $metarole->has_around_method_modifiers
217 $metarole->has_before_method_modifiers
219 $metarole->has_override_method_modifier
221 Return true if the role has any modifiers of the given type.
223 $metarole->get_after_method_modifiers($method_name)
225 $metarole->get_around_method_modifiers($method_name)
227 $metarole->get_before_method_modifiers($method_name)
229 Given a method name, returns a list of the appropriate modifiers for
231 that method.
232 $metarole->get_override_method_modifier($method_name)
234 Given a method name, returns the override method modifier for that
236 method, if it has one.
237 Introspection
239 Moose::Meta::Role->meta
240 This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.
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244 See "BUGS" in Moose for details on reporting bugs.
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247 • Stevan Little <stevan@cpan.org>
248 • Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
250 • Jesse Luehrs <doy@cpan.org>
252 • Shawn M Moore <sartak@cpan.org>
254 • יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
256 • Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
258 • Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
260 • Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>
262 • Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>
264 • Matt S Trout <mstrout@cpan.org>
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268 This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
269 This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
271 the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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