NAME

Sub::HandlesVia::CodeGenerator - looks at a Handler and generates a string of Perl code for it

DESCRIPTION

This module is part of Sub::HandlesVia's internal API. It is mostly of interest to people extending Sub::HandlesVia.

Sub::HandlesVia toolkits create a code generator for each attribute they're dealing with, and use the code generator to generate Perl code for one or more delegated methods.

CONSTRUCTORS

new( %attributes )

Standard Moose-like constructor.

ATTRIBUTES

toolkit Object

The toolkit which made this code generator.

target ClassName|RoleName

The target package for generated methods.

sandboxing_package ClassName|RoleName|Undef

Package name to use as a sandbox; the default is usually fine.

attribute Str|ArrayRef

The attribute delegated to.

attribute_spec HashRef

Informational only.

is_method Bool

Indicates whether the generated code should be methods rather than functions. This defaults to true, and false isn't really tested or well-defined.

env HashRef

Variables which need to be closed over when compiling coderefs.

isa Maybe[TypeTiny]

The type constraint for the attribute.

coerce Bool

Should the attribute coerce?

method_installer CodeRef

A coderef which can be called with $method_name and $coderef, will install the method. Note that it isn't passed the package to install into (which can be found in target), so that would need to be closed over.

generator_for_self CodeRef

A coderef which if called, generates a string like '$_[0]'.

Has a sensible default.

All the generator_for_XXX methods are called as methods, so have the code generator object as an invocant.

generator_for_slot CodeRef

A coderef which if called, generates a string like '$_[0]{attrname}'.

generator_for_get CodeRef

A coderef which if called, generates a string like '$_[0]->attrname'.

generator_for_set CodeRef

A coderef which if called with a parameter, generates a string like "\$_[0]->_set_attrname( $parameter )".

generator_for_simple_default CodeRef

A coderef which if called with a parameter, generates a string like 'undef' or 'q[]' or '{}'.

The parameter is a handler object, which offers a default_for_reset attribute which might be able to provide a useful fallback.

generator_for_args CodeRef

A coderef which if called, generates a string like '@_[1..$#_]'.

Has a sensible default.

generator_for_argc CodeRef

A coderef which if called, generates a string like '$#_'.

Has a sensible default.

generator_for_argc CodeRef

A coderef which if called with a parameter, generates a string like "\$_[$parameter + 1]".

Has a sensible default.

generator_for_currying CodeRef

A coderef which if called with a parameter, generates a string like "splice(\@_,1,0,$parameter);".

Has a sensible default.

generator_for_usage_string CodeRef

The default is this coderef:

  sub {
    @_==3 or die;
    shift;
    my $method_name = shift;
    my $guts = shift;
    return "\$instance->$method_name($guts)";
  }

generator_for_type_assertion CodeRef

Called as a method and passed a hashref compilation environment, a type constraint, and a variable name. Generates code to assert that the variable value meets the type constraint, with coercion if appropriate.

get_is_lvalue Bool

Indicates wheter the code generated by generator_for_get will be suitable for used as an lvalue.

set_checks_isa Bool

Indicates wheter the code generated by generator_for_set will do type checks.

set_strictly Bool

Indicates wheter we want to ensure that the setter is always called, and we should not try to bypass it, even if we have an lvalue getter.

METHODS

For each generator_for_XXX attribute, there's a corresponding generate_XXX method to actually call the coderef, possibly including additional processing.

generate_and_install_method( $method_name, $handler )

Given a handler and a method name, will generate a coderef for the handler and install it into the target package.

generate_coderef_for_handler( $method_name, $handler )

As above, but just returns the coderef rather than installs it.

install_method( $method_name, $coderef )

Installs a coderef into the target package with the given name.

BUGS

Please report any bugs to https://github.com/tobyink/p5-sub-handlesvia/issues.

SEE ALSO

Sub::HandlesVia.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2020, 2022 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

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

cpanm Sub::HandlesVia

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Sub::HandlesVia