package Class::MOP::Attribute; use strict; use warnings; use Class::MOP::Method::Accessor; use Carp 'confess'; use Scalar::Util 'blessed', 'reftype', 'weaken'; our $VERSION = '0.24'; our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN'; use base 'Class::MOP::Object'; # NOTE: (meta-circularity) # This method will be replaced in the # boostrap section of Class::MOP, by # a new version which uses the # &Class::MOP::Class::construct_instance # method to build an attribute meta-object # which itself is described with attribute # meta-objects. # - Ain't meta-circularity grand? :) sub new { my $class = shift; my $name = shift; my %options = @_; (defined $name && $name) || confess "You must provide a name for the attribute"; $options{init_arg} = $name if not exists $options{init_arg}; if(exists $options{builder}){ confess("builder must be a defined scalar value which is a method name") if ref $options{builder} || !(defined $options{builder}); confess("Setting both default and builder is not allowed.") if exists $options{default}; } else { (is_default_a_coderef(\%options)) || confess("References are not allowed as default values, you must ". "wrap then in a CODE reference (ex: sub { [] } and not [])") if exists $options{default} && ref $options{default}; } if( $options{required} and not( defined($options{builder}) || defined($options{init_arg}) || exists $options{default} ) ) { confess("A required attribute must have either 'init_arg', 'builder', or 'default'"); } bless { '$!name' => $name, '$!accessor' => $options{accessor}, '$!reader' => $options{reader}, '$!writer' => $options{writer}, '$!predicate' => $options{predicate}, '$!clearer' => $options{clearer}, '$!builder' => $options{builder}, '$!init_arg' => $options{init_arg}, '$!default' => $options{default}, '$!initializer' => $options{initializer}, # keep a weakened link to the # class we are associated with '$!associated_class' => undef, # and a list of the methods # associated with this attr '@!associated_methods' => [], # NOTE: # protect this from silliness init_arg => undef, } => $class; } # NOTE: # this is a primative (and kludgy) clone operation # for now, it will be replaced in the Class::MOP # bootstrap with a proper one, however we know # that this one will work fine for now. sub clone { my $self = shift; my %options = @_; (blessed($self)) || confess "Can only clone an instance"; return bless { %{$self}, %options } => blessed($self); } sub initialize_instance_slot { my ($self, $meta_instance, $instance, $params) = @_; my $init_arg = $self->{'$!init_arg'}; # try to fetch the init arg from the %params ... # if nothing was in the %params, we can use the # attribute's default value (if it has one) if(defined $init_arg and exists $params->{$init_arg}){ $self->_set_initial_slot_value( $meta_instance, $instance, $params->{$init_arg}, ); } elsif (defined $self->{'$!default'}) { $self->_set_initial_slot_value( $meta_instance, $instance, $self->default($instance), ); } elsif (defined( my $builder = $self->{'$!builder'})) { if ($builder = $instance->can($builder)) { $self->_set_initial_slot_value( $meta_instance, $instance, $instance->$builder, ); } else { confess(blessed($instance)." does not support builder method '". $self->{'$!builder'} ."' for attribute '" . $self->name . "'"); } } } sub _set_initial_slot_value { my ($self, $meta_instance, $instance, $value) = @_; my $slot_name = $self->name; return $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $value) unless $self->has_initializer; my $callback = sub { $meta_instance->set_slot_value($instance, $slot_name, $_[0]); }; my $initializer = $self->initializer; # most things will just want to set a value, so make it first arg $instance->$initializer($value, $callback, $self); } # NOTE: # the next bunch of methods will get bootstrapped # away in the Class::MOP bootstrapping section sub name { $_[0]->{'$!name'} } sub associated_class { $_[0]->{'$!associated_class'} } sub associated_methods { $_[0]->{'@!associated_methods'} } sub has_accessor { defined($_[0]->{'$!accessor'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_reader { defined($_[0]->{'$!reader'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_writer { defined($_[0]->{'$!writer'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_predicate { defined($_[0]->{'$!predicate'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_clearer { defined($_[0]->{'$!clearer'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_builder { defined($_[0]->{'$!builder'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_init_arg { defined($_[0]->{'$!init_arg'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_default { defined($_[0]->{'$!default'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub has_initializer { defined($_[0]->{'$!initializer'}) ? 1 : 0 } sub accessor { $_[0]->{'$!accessor'} } sub reader { $_[0]->{'$!reader'} } sub writer { $_[0]->{'$!writer'} } sub predicate { $_[0]->{'$!predicate'} } sub clearer { $_[0]->{'$!clearer'} } sub builder { $_[0]->{'$!builder'} } sub init_arg { $_[0]->{'$!init_arg'} } sub initializer { $_[0]->{'$!initializer'} } # end bootstrapped away method section. # (all methods below here are kept intact) sub get_read_method { my $self = shift; my $reader = $self->reader || $self->accessor; # normal case ... return $reader unless ref $reader; # the HASH ref case my ($name) = %$reader; return $name; } sub get_write_method { my $self = shift; my $writer = $self->writer || $self->accessor; # normal case ... return $writer unless ref $writer; # the HASH ref case my ($name) = %$writer; return $name; } sub get_read_method_ref { my $self = shift; if ((my $reader = $self->get_read_method) && $self->associated_class) { return $self->associated_class->get_method($reader); } else { return sub { $self->get_value(@_) }; } } sub get_write_method_ref { my $self = shift; if ((my $writer = $self->get_write_method) && $self->associated_class) { return $self->associated_class->get_method($writer); } else { return sub { $self->set_value(@_) }; } } sub is_default_a_coderef { ('CODE' eq (reftype($_[0]->{'$!default'} || $_[0]->{default}) || '')) } sub default { my ($self, $instance) = @_; if (defined $instance && $self->is_default_a_coderef) { # if the default is a CODE ref, then # we pass in the instance and default # can return a value based on that # instance. Somewhat crude, but works. return $self->{'$!default'}->($instance); } $self->{'$!default'}; } # slots sub slots { (shift)->name } # class association sub attach_to_class { my ($self, $class) = @_; (blessed($class) && $class->isa('Class::MOP::Class')) || confess "You must pass a Class::MOP::Class instance (or a subclass)"; weaken($self->{'$!associated_class'} = $class); } sub detach_from_class { my $self = shift; $self->{'$!associated_class'} = undef; } # method association sub associate_method { my ($self, $method) = @_; push @{$self->{'@!associated_methods'}} => $method; } ## Slot management sub set_initial_value { my ($self, $instance, $value) = @_; $self->_set_initial_slot_value( Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance))->get_meta_instance, $instance, $value ); } sub set_value { my ($self, $instance, $value) = @_; Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance)) ->get_meta_instance ->set_slot_value($instance, $self->name, $value); } sub get_value { my ($self, $instance) = @_; Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance)) ->get_meta_instance ->get_slot_value($instance, $self->name); } sub has_value { my ($self, $instance) = @_; Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance)) ->get_meta_instance ->is_slot_initialized($instance, $self->name); } sub clear_value { my ($self, $instance) = @_; Class::MOP::Class->initialize(blessed($instance)) ->get_meta_instance ->deinitialize_slot($instance, $self->name); } ## load em up ... sub accessor_metaclass { 'Class::MOP::Method::Accessor' } sub process_accessors { my ($self, $type, $accessor, $generate_as_inline_methods) = @_; if (reftype($accessor)) { (reftype($accessor) eq 'HASH') || confess "bad accessor/reader/writer/predicate/clearer format, must be a HASH ref"; my ($name, $method) = %{$accessor}; $method = $self->accessor_metaclass->wrap($method); $self->associate_method($method); return ($name, $method); } else { my $inline_me = ($generate_as_inline_methods && $self->associated_class->instance_metaclass->is_inlinable); my $method; eval { $method = $self->accessor_metaclass->new( attribute => $self, is_inline => $inline_me, accessor_type => $type, ); }; confess "Could not create the '$type' method for " . $self->name . " because : $@" if $@; $self->associate_method($method); return ($accessor, $method); } } sub install_accessors { my $self = shift; my $inline = shift; my $class = $self->associated_class; $class->add_method( $self->process_accessors('accessor' => $self->accessor(), $inline) ) if $self->has_accessor(); $class->add_method( $self->process_accessors('reader' => $self->reader(), $inline) ) if $self->has_reader(); $class->add_method( $self->process_accessors('writer' => $self->writer(), $inline) ) if $self->has_writer(); $class->add_method( $self->process_accessors('predicate' => $self->predicate(), $inline) ) if $self->has_predicate(); $class->add_method( $self->process_accessors('clearer' => $self->clearer(), $inline) ) if $self->has_clearer(); return; } { my $_remove_accessor = sub { my ($accessor, $class) = @_; if (reftype($accessor) && reftype($accessor) eq 'HASH') { ($accessor) = keys %{$accessor}; } my $method = $class->get_method($accessor); $class->remove_method($accessor) if (blessed($method) && $method->isa('Class::MOP::Method::Accessor')); }; sub remove_accessors { my $self = shift; # TODO: # we really need to make sure to remove from the # associates methods here as well. But this is # such a slimly used method, I am not worried # about it right now. $_remove_accessor->($self->accessor(), $self->associated_class()) if $self->has_accessor(); $_remove_accessor->($self->reader(), $self->associated_class()) if $self->has_reader(); $_remove_accessor->($self->writer(), $self->associated_class()) if $self->has_writer(); $_remove_accessor->($self->predicate(), $self->associated_class()) if $self->has_predicate(); $_remove_accessor->($self->clearer(), $self->associated_class()) if $self->has_clearer(); return; } } 1; __END__ =pod =head1 NAME Class::MOP::Attribute - Attribute Meta Object =head1 SYNOPSIS Class::MOP::Attribute->new('$foo' => ( accessor => 'foo', # dual purpose get/set accessor predicate => 'has_foo' # predicate check for defined-ness init_arg => '-foo', # class->new will look for a -foo key default => 'BAR IS BAZ!' # if no -foo key is provided, use this )); Class::MOP::Attribute->new('$.bar' => ( reader => 'bar', # getter writer => 'set_bar', # setter predicate => 'has_bar' # predicate check for defined-ness init_arg => ':bar', # class->new will look for a :bar key # no default value means it is undef )); =head1 DESCRIPTION The Attribute Protocol is almost entirely an invention of this module, and is completely optional to this MOP. This is because Perl 5 does not have consistent notion of what is an attribute of a class. There are so many ways in which this is done, and very few (if any) are easily discoverable by this module. So, all that said, this module attempts to inject some order into this chaos, by introducing a consistent API which can be used to create object attributes. =head1 METHODS =head2 Creation =over 4 =item B An attribute must (at the very least), have a C<$name>. All other C<%options> are contained added as key-value pairs. Acceptable keys are as follows: =over 4 =item I This should be a string value representing the expected key in an initialization hash. For instance, if we have an I value of C<-foo>, then the following code will Just Work. MyClass->meta->construct_instance(-foo => "Hello There"); In an init_arg is not assigned, it will automatically use the value of C<$name>. If an explicit C is given for an init_arg, an attribute value can't be specified during initialization. =item I The value of this key is the name of the method that will be called to obtain the value used to initialize the attribute. This should be a method in the class associated with the attribute, not a method in the attribute class itself. =item I The value of this key is the default value which C will initialize the attribute to. B If the value is a simple scalar (string or number), then it can be just passed as is. However, if you wish to initialize it with a HASH or ARRAY ref, then you need to wrap that inside a CODE reference, like so: Class::MOP::Attribute->new('@foo' => ( default => sub { [] }, )); # or ... Class::MOP::Attribute->new('%foo' => ( default => sub { {} }, )); If you wish to initialize an attribute with a CODE reference itself, then you need to wrap that in a subroutine as well, like so: Class::MOP::Attribute->new('&foo' => ( default => sub { sub { print "Hello World" } }, )); And lastly, if the value of your attribute is dependent upon some other aspect of the instance structure, then you can take advantage of the fact that when the I value is a CODE reference, it is passed the (as yet unfinished) instance structure as it's only argument. So you can do things like this: Class::MOP::Attribute->new('$object_identity' => ( default => sub { Scalar::Util::refaddr($_[0]) }, )); This last feature is fairly limited as there is no gurantee of the order of attribute initializations, so you cannot perform any kind of dependent initializations. However, if this is something you need, you could subclass B and this class to acheive it. However, this is currently left as an exercise to the reader :). =item I This may be a method name (referring to a method on the class with this attribute) or a CODE ref. The initializer is used to set the attribute value on an instance when the attribute is set during instance initialization. When called, it is passed the instance (as the invocant), the value to set, a slot-setting CODE ref, and the attribute meta-instance. The slot-setting code is provided to make it easy to set the (possibly altered) value on the instance without going through several more method calls. This contrived example shows an initializer that sets the attribute to twice the given value. Class::MOP::Attribute->new('$doubled' => ( initializer => sub { my ($instance, $value, $set) = @_; $set->($value * 2); }, )); As method names can be given as initializers, one can easily make attribute initialization use the writer: Class::MOP::Attribute->new('$some_attr' => ( writer => 'some_attr', initializer => 'some_attr', )); Your writer will simply need to examine it's C<@_> and determine under which context it is being called. =back The I, I, I, I and I keys can contain either; the name of the method and an appropriate default one will be generated for you, B a HASH ref containing exactly one key (which will be used as the name of the method) and one value, which should contain a CODE reference which will be installed as the method itself. =over 4 =item I The I is a standard perl-style read/write accessor. It will return the value of the attribute, and if a value is passed as an argument, it will assign that value to the attribute. B This method will properly handle the following code, by assigning an C value to the attribute. $object->set_something(undef); =item I This is a basic read-only accessor, it will just return the value of the attribute. =item I This is a basic write accessor, it accepts a single argument, and assigns that value to the attribute. This method does not intentially return a value, however perl will return the result of the last expression in the subroutine, which returns in this returning the same value that it was passed. B This method will properly handle the following code, by assigning an C value to the attribute. $object->set_something(); =item I This is a basic test to see if any value has been set for the attribute. It will return true (C<1>) if the attribute has been set to any value (even C), and false (C<0>) otherwise. B The predicate will return true even when you set an attribute's value to C. This behaviour has changed as of version 0.43. In older versions, the predicate (erroneously) checked for attribute value definedness, instead of presence as it is now. If you really want to get rid of the value, you have to define and use a I (see below). =item I This is the a method that will uninitialize the attr, reverting lazy values back to their "unfulfilled" state. =back =item B This will return a clone of the attribute instance, allowing the overriding of various attributes through the C<%options> supplied. =item B This method is used internally to initialize the approriate slot for this attribute in a given C<$instance>, the C<$params> passed are those that were passed to the constructor. =back =head2 Value management These methods are basically "backdoors" to the instance, which can be used to bypass the regular accessors, but still stay within the context of the MOP. These methods are not for general use, and should only be used if you really know what you are doing. =over 4 =item B Set the value without going through the accessor. Note that this may be done to even attributes with just read only accessors. =item B This method sets the value without going through the accessor -- but it is only called when the instance data is first initialized. =item B Return the value without going through the accessor. Note that this may be done even to attributes with just write only accessors. =item B Return a boolean indicating if the item in the C<$instance> has a value in it. This is basically what the default C method calls. =item B This will clear the value in the C<$instance>. This is basically what the default C would call. Note that this may be done even if the attirbute does not have any associated read, write or clear methods. =back =head2 Informational These are all basic read-only value accessors for the values passed into C. I think they are pretty much self-explanitory. =over 4 =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B Return the default value for the attribute. If you pass in an C<$instance> argument to this accessor and the I is a CODE reference, then the CODE reference will be executed with the C<$instance> as its argument. =item B Return a list of slots required by the attribute. This is usually just one, which is the name of the attribute. =item B =item B Return the name of a method name suitable for reading / writing the value of the attribute in the associated class. Suitable for use whether C and C or C was used. =item B =item B Return the CODE reference of a method suitable for reading / writing the value of the attribute in the associated class. Suitable for use whether C and C or C was specified or not. NOTE: If no reader/writer/accessor was specified, this will use the attribute get_value/set_value methods, which can be very inefficient. =back =head2 Informational predicates These are all basic predicate methods for the values passed into C. =over 4 =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =item B =back =head2 Class association These methods allow you to manage the attributes association with the class that contains it. These methods should not be used lightly, nor are they very magical, they are mostly used internally and by metaclass instances. =over 4 =item B This returns the metaclass this attribute is associated with. =item B This will store a weaken reference to C<$class> internally. You should note that just changing the class assocation will not remove the attribute from it's old class, and initialize it (and it's accessors) in the new C<$class>. It is up to you to do this manually. =item B This will remove the weakened reference to the class. It does B remove the attribute itself from the class (or remove it's accessors), you must do that yourself if you want too. Actually if that is what you want to do, you should probably be looking at L instead. =back =head2 Attribute Accessor generation =over 4 =item B Accessors are generated by an accessor metaclass, which is usually a subclass of C. This method returns the name of the accessor metaclass that this attribute uses. =item B This will associate a C<$method> with the given attribute which is used internally by the accessor generator. =item B This will return the list of methods which have been associated with the C methods. This is a good way of seeing what methods are used to manage a given attribute. =item B This allows the attribute to generate and install code for it's own I methods. This is called by C. This method will call C for each of the possible method types (accessor, reader, writer & predicate). =item B This takes a C<$type> (accessor, reader, writer or predicate), and a C<$value> (the value passed into the constructor for each of the different types). It will then either generate the method itself (using the C methods listed below) or it will use the custom method passed through the constructor. =item B This allows the attribute to remove the method for it's own I. This is called by C. NOTE: This does not currently remove methods from the list returned by C, that is on the TODO list. =back =head2 Introspection =over 4 =item B This will return a B instance which is related to this class. It should also be noted that B will actually bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into it's metaclass. This will allow this class to reap all the benefits of the MOP when subclassing it. =back =head1 AUTHORS Stevan Little Estevan@iinteractive.comE =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2006-2008 by Infinity Interactive, Inc. L This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut