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/ Data::Object::Role::Code

NAME

Data::Object::Role::Code - Code Object Role for Perl 5

VERSION

version 0.59

SYNOPSIS

    use Data::Object::Class;

    with 'Data::Object::Role::Code';

DESCRIPTION

Data::Object::Role::Code provides routines for operating on Perl 5 code references.

CODIFICATION

Certain methods provided by the this module support codification, a process which converts a string argument into a code reference which can be used to supply a callback to the method called. A codified string can access its arguments by using variable names which correspond to letters in the alphabet which represent the position in the argument list. For example:

    $code->example('$a + $b * $c', 100);

    # if the example method does not supply any arguments automatically then
    # the variable $a would be assigned the user-supplied value of 100,
    # however, if the example method supplies two arguments automatically then
    # those arugments would be assigned to the variables $a and $b whereas $c
    # would be assigned the user-supplied value of 100

    # e.g.

    $code->conjoin('$code->(123)');

    # etc

Any place a codified string is accepted, a coderef or Data::Object::Code object is also valid. Arguments are passed through the usual @_ list.

METHODS

call

    # given sub { (shift // 0) + 1 }

    $code->call; # 1
    $code->call(0); # 1
    $code->call(1); # 2
    $code->call(2); # 3

The call method executes and returns the result of the code. This method returns a data type object to be determined after execution.

compose

    # given sub { [@_] }

    $code = $code->compose($code, 1,2,3);
    $code->(4,5,6); # [[1,2,3,4,5,6]]

    # this can be confusing, here's what's really happening:
    my $listing = sub {[@_]}; # produces an arrayref of args
    $listing->($listing->(@args)); # produces a listing within a listing
    [[@args]] # the result

The compose method creates a code reference which executes the first argument (another code reference) using the result from executing the code as it's argument, and returns a code reference which executes the created code reference passing it the remaining arguments when executed. This method returns a code object.

conjoin

    # given sub { $_[0] % 2 }

    $code = $code->conjoin(sub { 1 });
    $code->(0); # 0
    $code->(1); # 1
    $code->(2); # 0
    $code->(3); # 1
    $code->(4); # 0

The conjoin method creates a code reference which execute the code and the argument in a logical AND operation having the code as the lvalue and the argument as the rvalue. This method returns a code value.

curry

    # given sub { [@_] }

    $code = $code->curry(1,2,3);
    $code->(4,5,6); # [1,2,3,4,5,6]

The curry method returns a code reference which executes the code passing it the arguments and any additional parameters when executed. This method returns a code object.

data

    # given $code

    $code->data; # original value

The data method returns the original and underlying value contained by the object. This method is an alias to the detract method.

defined

    # given $code

    $code->defined; # 1

The defined method returns true if the object represents a value that meets the criteria for being defined, otherwise it returns false. This method returns a number object.

detract

    # given $code

    $code->detract; # original value

The detract method returns the original and underlying value contained by the object.

disjoin

    # given sub { $_[0] % 2 }

    $code = $code->disjoin(sub { -1 });
    $code->(0); # -1
    $code->(1); #  1
    $code->(2); # -1
    $code->(3); #  1
    $code->(4); # -1

The disjoin method creates a code reference which execute the code and the argument in a logical OR operation having the code as the lvalue and the argument as the rvalue. This method returns a code value.

dump

    # given $code

    $code->dump; # sub { package Data::Object; goto \\&{\$data}; }

The dump method returns returns a string representation of the object. This method returns a string value.

methods

    # given $code

    $code->methods;

The methods method returns the list of methods attached to object. This method returns an array value.

new

    # given sub { shift + 1 }

    my $code = Data::Object::Code->new(sub { shift + 1 });

The new method expects a code reference and returns a new class instance.

next

    $code->next;

The next method is an alias to the call method. The naming is especially useful (i.e. helps with readability) when used with closure-based iterators. This method returns a code value. This method is an alias to the call method.

rcurry

    # given sub { [@_] }

    $code = $code->rcurry(1,2,3);
    $code->(4,5,6); # [4,5,6,1,2,3]

The rcurry method returns a code reference which executes the code passing it the any additional parameters and any arguments when executed. This method returns a code value.

roles

    # given $code

    $code->roles;

The roles method returns the list of roles attached to object. This method returns an array value.

throw

    # given $code

    $code->throw;

The throw method terminates the program using the core die keyword, passing the object to the Data::Object::Exception class as the named parameter object. If captured this method returns an exception value.

type

    # given $code

    $code->type; # CODE

The type method returns a string representing the internal data type object name. This method returns a string value.

ROLES

This package is comprised of the following roles.

SEE ALSO

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Al Newkirk.

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