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NAME

Type::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithMouse - how to use Type::Tiny and Type::Library with Mouse

SYNOPSIS

   {
      package Person;
      
      use Mouse;
      use Types::Standard qw( Str Int );
      use Type::Utils qw( declare as where inline_as coerce from );
      
      has name => (
         is      => "ro",
         isa     => Str,
      );
      
      my $PositiveInt = declare
         as        Int,
         where     {  $_ > 0  },
         inline_as { "$_ =~ /^[0-9]\$/ and $_ > 0" };
      
      coerce $PositiveInt, from Int, q{ abs $_ };
      
      has age => (
         is      => "ro",
         isa     => $PositiveInt,
         coerce  => 1,
         writer  => "_set_age",
      );
      
      sub get_older {
         my $self = shift;
         my ($years) = @_;
         $PositiveInt->assert_valid($years);
         $self->_set_age($self->age + $years);
      }
   }

STATUS

Mouse support in Type::Tiny was somewhat of an afterthought. It should work, but is not anywhere near as well-tested as Moo or Moose support.

DESCRIPTION

Type::Tiny type constraints have an API almost identical to that of Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint. As a result, you can use a Type::Tiny object pretty much anywhere you'd use a Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint and you are unlikely to notice the difference. (And Mouse is unlikely to notice the difference too!)

Per-Attribute Coercions

Type::Tiny offers convenience methods to alter the list of coercions associated with a type constraint. Let's imagine we wish to allow our name attribute to be coerced from an arrayref of strings.

      has name => (
         is      => "ro",
         isa     => Str->plus_coercions(
            ArrayRef[Str], sub { join " ", @{$_} },
         ),
         coerce  => 1,
      );

This coercion will apply to the name attribute only; other attributes using the Str type constraint will be unaffected.

See the documentation for plus_coercions, minus_coercions and no_coercions in Type::Tiny.

Optimization

Mouse's built-in type constraints are implemented using XS and are stupidly fast. Using Type::Tiny type constraints will be significantly slower. However, Type::Tiny constraints should not be significantly slower (and may even be faster) than non-built-in Mouse type constraints.

SEE ALSO

For examples using Type::Tiny with Mouse see the SYNOPSIS sections of Type::Tiny and Type::Library, and the files mouse.t and mouse-coercion.t in the Type-Tiny test suite.

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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