NAME

Object::Role - base class for non-Moose roles

SYNOPSIS

 {
   package Object::Dumpable;
   use base qw/Object::Role/;
   use Data::Dumper;
   sub import
   {
     my ($class, @args) = @_;
     my ($caller, %args) = __PACKAGE__->parse_arguments(undef, @args);
     my $coderef = sub
       {
         my ($self) = @_;
         return Dumper($self);
       };
     __PACKAGE__->install_method(dump => $coderef, $caller);
   }
 }
 
 {
   package Foo;
   use Object::Dumpable;
   sub new { ... }
 }
 
 {
   package main;
   my $foo = Foo->new;
   warn $foo->dump;
 }

DESCRIPTION

This will be better documented once I fully understand it myself!

The idea of this is to be a base class for roles like Object::DOES, Object::Stash and Object::ID. It handles parsing of import arguments, installing methods into the caller's namespace (like Exporter, but using a technique that is immune to namespace::autoclean) and tracking which packages have consumed your role.

While "Object::Role" is a base class for roles, it is not itself a role, so does not export anything. Instead, your role must inherit from it.

Methods

"parse_arguments($default_arg_name, @arguments)"

Will parse:

  package My::Class;
  use My::Role -foo => 1, -bar => [2,3], 4, 5;

as:

  (
    'My::Class',   # caller,
    (
      '-foo'             => [1],
      '-bar'             => [2, 3],
      $default_arg_name  => [4, 5],
    )
  )

"install_method($subname => $coderef, $package)"

Installs $coderef as "$package\::$subname".

Automatically calls register_consumer($package).

register_consumer($package)

Records that $package has consumed (used) your role.

has_consumer($package)

Check if $package has consumed (used) your role.

BUGS

Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Object-Role>.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.