NAME

Type::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithOther - how to use Type::Tiny and Type::Library with other OO frameworks

DESCRIPTION

Class::InsideOut

You want Class::InsideOut 1.13 or above, which has support for blessed and overloaded objects (including Type::Tiny type constraints) for the get_hook and set_hook options.

   {
      package Person;
      
      use Class::InsideOut qw( public );
      use Types::Standard qw( Str Int );
      use Type::Utils qw( declare as where inline_as coerce from );
      
      public name => my %_name, {
         set_hook => Str,
      };
      
      my $PositiveInt = declare
         as        Int,
         where     {  $_ > 0  },
         inline_as { "$_ =~ /^[0-9]\$/ and $_ > 0" };
      
      coerce $PositiveInt, from Int, q{ abs $_ };
      
      public age => my %_age, {
         set_hook => sub { $_ = $PositiveInt->assert_coerce($_) },
      };
      
      sub get_older {
         my $self = shift;
         my ($years) = @_;
         $PositiveInt->assert_valid($years);
         $self->_set_age($self->age + $years);
      }
   }

I probably need to make coercions a little prettier.

See also: t/25_accessor_hooks_typetiny.t and t/Object/HookedTT.pm in the Class::InsideOut test suite.

Params::Check and Object::Accessor

The Params::Check allow() function, the allow option for the Params::Check check() function, and the input validation mechanism for Object::Accessor all work in the same way, which is basically a limited pure-Perl implementation of the smart match operator. While this doesn't directly support Type::Tiny constraints, it does support coderefs. You can use Type::Tiny's compiled_check method to obtain a suitable coderef.

Param::Check example:

   my $tmpl = {
      name => { allow => Str->compiled_check },
      age  => { allow => Int->compiled_check },
   };
   check($tmpl, { name => "Bob", age => 32 })
      or die Params::Check::last_error();

Object::Accessor example:

   my $obj = Object::Accessor->new;
   $obj->mk_accessors(
      { name => Str->compiled_check },
      { age  => Int->compiled_check },
   );

Caveat: Object::Accessor doesn't die when a value fails to meet its type constraint; instead it outputs a warning to STDERR. This behaviour can be changed by setting $Object::Accessor::FATAL = 1.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Toby Inkster.

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

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