Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object



NAME

Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object


VERSION

version 2.1605


DESCRIPTION

The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic introspection interface.


METHODS

Class::MOP::Method-wrap($code, %options) >>
This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of either a code reference or a the Class::MOP::Method manpage instance, followed by a hash of options.

The options are:

$metamethod-clone(%params) >>
This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular, subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given method.

When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available by calling original_method on the clone.

$metamethod-body >>
This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.

$metamethod-name >>
This returns the method's name.

$metamethod-package_name >>
This returns the method's package name.

$metamethod-fully_qualified_name >>
This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and method name).

$metamethod-associated_metaclass >>
This returns the the Class::MOP::Class manpage object for the method, if one exists.

$metamethod-original_method >>
If this method object was created as a clone of some other method object, this returns the object that was cloned.

$metamethod-original_name >>
This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first defined.

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod-original_package_name >>
This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first defined.

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the package name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod-original_fully_qualified_name >>
This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it was first defined.

If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the fully qualified name from the first method in the chain of clones.

$metamethod-is_stub >>
Returns true if the method is just a stub:
  sub foo;

$metamethod-attach_to_class($metaclass) >>
Given a the Class::MOP::Class manpage object, this method sets the associated metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated metaclass.

$metamethod-detach_from_class >>
Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.

$metamethod-execute(...) >>
This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to the method itself.

Class::MOP::Method-meta >>
This will return a the Class::MOP::Class manpage instance for this class.

It should also be noted that the Class::MOP manpage will actually bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its metaclass.


AUTHORS


COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

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

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