SPOPS::ClassFactory - Create SPOPS classes from configuration and code
# Using SPOPS::Initialize (strongly recommended) my $config = { ... }; SPOPS::Initialize->process({ config => $config }); # Using SPOPS::ClassFactory my $config = {}; my $classes_created = SPOPS::ClassFactory->create( $config ); foreach my $class ( @{ $classes_created } ) { $class->class_initialize(); }
This class creates SPOPS classes. It replaces SPOPS::Configure -- if you try to use SPOPS::Configure you will (for the moment) get a warning about using a deprecated interface and call this module, but that will not last forever.
SPOPS::Configure
See SPOPS::Manual::CodeGeneration for a discussion of what this module does and how you can customize it.
create( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Before you read on, are you sure you need to learn more about this process? If you are just using SPOPS (as opposed to extending it), you almost certainly want to look at SPOPS::Initialize instead since it hides all these machinations from you.
So, we can now assume that you want to learn about how this class works. This is the main interface into the class factory, and generally the only one you will probably ever need. Other methods in the class factory rely on configuration information in the object or on particular methods ('behavior generators') in the object or the parents of the object to provide the actions for the class factory to process.
Return value is an arrayref of classes created;
The first parameter is a series of SPOPS configurations, in the format:
{ alias => { ... }, alias => { ... }, alias => { ... } }
The second parameter is a hashref of options. Currently there is only one option supported, but the future could bring more options. Options right now:
alias_list (\@) (optional)
List of aliases to process from \%multiple_config. If not given we simply read the keys of \%multiple_config, screening out those that begin with '_'.
\%multiple_config
Use this if you only want to process a limited number of the SPOPS class definitions available in \%multiple_config.
find_behavior( $class )
Find all the factory method-generators in all members of the inheritance tree for an SPOPS class, then run each of the generators and keep track of the slots each generator uses, a.k.a. the behavior map.
Return value is the behavior map, a hashref with keys as class names and values as arrayrefs of slot names. For instance:
my $b_map = SPOPS::ClassFactory->find_behavior( 'My::SPOPS' ); print "Behaviors retrieved for My::SPOPS\n"; foreach my $class_name ( keys %{ $b_map } ) { print " -- Retrieved from ($class_name): ", join( ', ' @{ $b_map->{ $class_name } } ), "\n"; }
exec_behavior( $slot_name, $class )
Execute behavior rules in slot $slot_name collected by find_behavior() for $class.
$slot_name
find_behavior()
$class
Executing the behaviors in a slot succeeds if there are no behaviors to execute or if all the behaviors execute without returning an ERROR.
ERROR
If a behavior returns an ERROR, the entire process is stopped and a SPOPS::Exception object is thrown with the message returned from the behavior.
If a behavior returns a RESTART, we re-find all behaviors for the class and if they do not match up with what was found earlier, run the behaviors that were not previously run before.
RESTART
For instance, if a behavior changes the @ISA of a class (by modifying the {isa} configuration key), we need to check that class to see if it has any additional behaviors for our class. In theory, you could get into some hairy situations with this recursion -- e.g., two behaviors keep adding each other -- but practically it will rarely occur. (At least we hope so.)
@ISA
{isa}
Return value: true if success, throws SPOPS::Exception on failure.
create_stub( \%config )
Creates the class specified by \%config, sets its @ISA to what is set in \%config and ensures that all members of the @ISA are required.
\%config
require
Return value: same as any behavior (OK or ERROR/NOTIFY plus message).
require_config_classes( \%config )
Runs a 'require' on all members of the 'isa' and 'rules_from' keys in \%config.
Return value: same as a behavior (OK or ERROR/NOTIFY plus message).
install_configuration( $class, \%config )
Installs the configuration \%config to the class $class. This is a simple copy and we do not do any transformation of the data.
These methods are basically wrappers around the "Individual Configuration Methods" below, calling them once for each class to be configured.
create_all_stubs( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Creates all the necessary classes and installs the available configuration to each class.
Calls create_stub() and install_configuration().
create_stub()
install_configuration()
find_all_behavior( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Retrieves behavior routines from all necessary classes.
Calls find_behavior().
exec_all_behavior( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Executes behavior routines in all necessary classes.
Calls exec_behavior()
exec_behavior()
clean_all_behavior( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Removes behavior routines and tracking information from the configuration of all necessary classes.
Calls: nothing.
get_alias_list( \%multiple_config, \%params )
Looks at the 'alias_list' key in \%params for an arrayref of aliases; if it does not exist, pulls out the keys in \%multiple_config that do not begin with '_'.
\%params
Returns: arrayref of alias names.
find_parent_methods( $class, \@added_classes, @method_list )
Walks through the inheritance tree for $class as well as each of the classes specified in \@added_classes and finds all instances of any member of @method_list. The first match wins, and only one match will be returned per class.
\@added_classes
@method_list
Returns: arrayref of two-element arrayrefs describing all the places that $method_name can be executed in the inheritance tree; the first item is the class name, the second a code reference.
Example:
my $parent_info = SPOPS::ClassFactory->find_parent_methods( 'My::Class', [], 'method_factory', 'method_generate' ); foreach my $method_info ( @{ $parent_info } ) { print "Class $method_info->[0] found sub which has the result: ", $method_info->[1]->(), "\n"; }
sync_isa( $class )
Synchronize the @ISA in $class with the {isa} key in its configuration. Also requires all classes in the newly synchronized @ISA.
Returns true if there are no problems, throws a SPOPS::Exception object otherwise. (The only reason it would fail is if a recently added class cannot be required.)
compare_behavior_map( \%behavior_map, \%behavior_map )
Returns true if the two are equivalent, false if not.
None known (beyond being somewhat confusing).
Nothing known.
SPOPS::Manual::CodeGeneration
SPOPS
Copyright (c) 2001-2002 intes.net, inc.. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>
To install SPOPS, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm SPOPS
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install SPOPS
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.