NAME

Class::Meta::Constructor - Class::Meta class constructor introspection

SYNOPSIS

  # Assuming MyApp::Thingy was generated by Class::Meta.
  my $class = MyApp::Thingy->my_class;

  print "\nConstructors:\n";
  for my $ctor ($class->constructors) {
      print "  o ", $ctor->name, $/;
      my $thingy = $ctor->call;
  }

DESCRIPTION

This class provides an interface to the Class::Meta objects that describe class constructors. It supports a simple description of the constructor, a label, and the constructor visibility (private, protected, or public).

Class::Meta::Constructor objects are created by Class::Meta; they are never instantiated directly in client code. To access the constructor objects for a Class::Meta-generated class, simply call its my_class() method to retrieve its Class::Meta::Class object, and then call the constructors() method on the Class::Meta::Class object.

INTERFACE

Constructors

new

A protected method for constructing a Class::Meta::Constructor object. Do not call this method directly; Call the add_constructor() method on a Class::Meta object, instead.

Instance Methods

name

  my $name = $ctor->name;

Returns the constructor name.

package

  my $package = $ctor->package;

Returns the package name of the class that constructor is associated with.

desc

  my $desc = $ctor->desc;

Returns the description of the constructor.

label

  my $desc = $ctor->label;

Returns label for the constructor.

view

  my $view = $ctor->view;

Returns the view of the constructor, reflecting its visibility. The possible values are defined by the following constants:

Class::Meta::PUBLIC

Class::Meta::PRIVATE

Class::Meta::PROTECTED

class

  my $class = $attr->class;

Returns the Class::Meta::Class object that this constructor is associated with. Note that this object will always represent the class in which the constructor is defined, and not any of its subclasses.

call

  my $obj = $ctor->call(@params);

Executes the constructor for the class, passing the parameters to it. Note that it uses a goto to execute the constructor, so the call to call() itself will not appear in a call stack trace.

build

  $ctor->build($class);

This is a protected method, designed to be called only by the Class::Meta class or a subclass of Class::Meta. It takes a single argument, the Class::Meta::Class object for the class in which the attribute was defined, and generates constructor methods for the Class::Meta::Constructor object.

Although you should never call this method directly, subclasses of Class::Meta::Attribute may need to override its behavior.

BUGS

Please report all bugs via the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Class-Meta.

AUTHOR

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

SEE ALSO

Other classes of interest within the Class::Meta distribution include:

Class::Meta

Class::Meta::Class

Class::Meta::Method

Class::Meta::Attribute

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002-2004, David Wheeler. All Rights Reserved.

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

cpanm Class::Meta

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Class::Meta