NAME¶

Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object

VERSION¶

version 2.0603

DESCRIPTION¶

The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic introspection interface.

METHODS¶

Class::MOP::Method->wrap($code, %options)

This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of either a code reference or a Class::MOP::Method instance, followed by a hash of options.

 

The options are:

$metamethod->clone(%params)

This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular, subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given method.

 

When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available by calling "original_method" on the clone.

$metamethod->body

This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.

$metamethod->name

This returns the method's name

$metamethod->package_name

This returns the method's package name.

$metamethod->fully_qualified_name

This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and method name).

$metamethod->associated_metaclass

This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method, if one exists.

$metamethod->original_method

If this method object was created as a clone of some other method object, this returns the object that was cloned.

$metamethod->original_name

This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first defined.

 

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod->original_package_name

This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first defined.

 

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the package name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod->original_fully_qualified_name

This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it was first defined.

 

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the fully qualified name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod->is_stub

Returns true if the method is just a stub:

 

  sub foo;
    

$metamethod->attach_to_class($metaclass)

Given a Class::MOP::Class object, this method sets the associated metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated metaclass.

$metamethod->detach_from_class

Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.

$metamethod->execute(...)

This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to the method itself.

Class::MOP::Method->meta

This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.

 

It should also be noted that Class::MOP will actually bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its metaclass.

AUTHOR¶

Moose is maintained by the Moose Cabal, along with the help of many contributors. See "CABAL" in Moose and "CONTRIBUTORS" in Moose for details.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.