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NAME

6       Moose::Manual::Classes - Making your classes use Moose (and
7       subclassing)
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VERSION

10       version 2.2201
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USING MOOSE

13       Using Moose is very simple, you just "use Moose":
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15         package Person;
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17         use Moose;
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19       That's it, you've made a class with Moose!
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21       There's actually a lot going on here under the hood, so let's step
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24       When you load Moose, a bunch of sugar functions are exported into your
25       class, such as "extends", "has", "with", and more. These functions are
26       what you use to define your class. For example, you might define an
27       attribute ...
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29         package Person;
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31         use Moose;
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33         has 'ssn' => ( is => 'rw' );
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35       Attributes are described in the Moose::Manual::Attributes
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38       Loading Moose also enables the "strict" and "warnings" pragmas in your
39       class.
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41       When you load Moose, your class will become a subclass of
42       Moose::Object. The Moose::Object class provides a default constructor
43       and destructor, as well as object construction helper methods. You can
44       read more about this in the Moose::Manual::Construction document.
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46       As a convenience, Moose creates a new class type for your class. See
47       the Moose::Manual::Types document to learn more about types.
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49       It also creates a Moose::Meta::Class object for your class. This
50       metaclass object is now available by calling a "meta" method on your
51       class, for example "Person->meta".
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53       The metaclass object provides an introspection API for your class. It
54       is also used by Moose itself under the hood to add attributes, define
55       parent classes, and so on. In fact, all of Moose's sugar does the real
56       work by calling methods on this metaclass object (and other meta API
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SUBCLASSING

60       Moose provides a simple sugar function for declaring your parent
61       classes, "extends":
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63         package User;
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67         extends 'Person';
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69         has 'username' => ( is => 'rw' );
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71       Note that each call to "extends" will reset your parents. For multiple
72       inheritance you must provide all the parents at once, "extends 'Foo',
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75       When you call "extends" Moose will try to load any classes you pass.
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77       You can use Moose to extend a non-Moose parent. However, when you do
78       this, you will inherit the parent class's constructor (assuming it is
79       also called "new"). In that case, you will have to take care of
80       initializing attributes manually, either in the parent's constructor,
81       or in your subclass, and you will lose a lot of Moose magic.
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83       See the MooseX::NonMoose module on CPAN if you're interested in
84       extending non-Moose parent classes with Moose child classes.
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CLEANING UP MOOSE DROPPINGS

87       Moose exports a number of functions into your class. It's a good idea
88       to remove these sugar functions from your class's namespace, so that
89       "Person->can('has')" will no longer return true.
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91       There are several ways to do this. We recommend using
92       namespace::autoclean, a CPAN module. Not only will it remove Moose
93       exports, it will also remove any other exports.
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95         package Person;
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97         use namespace::autoclean;
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99         use Moose;
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101       If you absolutely can't use a CPAN module (but can use Moose?), you can
102       write "no Moose" at the end of your class. This will remove any Moose
103       exports in your class.
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105         package Person;
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107         use Moose;
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109         has 'ssn' => ( is => 'rw' );
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111         no Moose;
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MAKING IT FASTER

114       Moose has a feature called "immutabilization" that you can use to
115       greatly speed up your classes at runtime. However, using it incurs a
116       cost when your class is first being loaded. When you make your class
117       immutable you tell Moose that you will not be changing it in the
118       future. You will not be adding any more attributes, methods, roles,
119       etc.
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121       This allows Moose to generate code specific to your class. In
122       particular, it creates an "inline" constructor, making object
123       construction much faster.
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125       To make your class immutable you simply call "make_immutable" on your
126       class's metaclass object.
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128         __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;
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130   Immutabilization and "new()"
131       If you override "new()" in your class, then the immutabilization code
132       will not be able to provide an optimized constructor for your class.
133       Instead, you should use a "BUILD()" method, which will be called from
134       the inlined constructor.
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136       Alternately, if you really need to provide a different "new()", you can
137       also provide your own immutabilization method. Doing so requires
138       extending the Moose metaclasses, and is well beyond the scope of this
139       manual.
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INSTANTIATING CLASSES

142       When you're ready to use Moose classes in an application, reference
143       them in your code in the regular Perl OO way by including a "use"
144       directive at the top of the file where the objects should be created.
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146         use Person;
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148         my $person = Person->new(
149           # attribute values at instantiation
150           # go here
151           ssn => '123456789',
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AUTHORS

155       •   Stevan Little <stevan@cpan.org>
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157       •   Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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159       •   Jesse Luehrs <doy@cpan.org>
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161       •   Shawn M Moore <sartak@cpan.org>
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163       •   יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
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165       •   Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
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167       •   Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
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169       •   Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>
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171       •   Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>
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173       •   Matt S Trout <mstrout@cpan.org>
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176       This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.
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178       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
179       the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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