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Mouse::Role(3pm)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     Mouse::Role(3pm)

NAME
       Mouse::Role - The Mouse Role

VERSION
       This document describes Mouse version v2.5.10

SYNOPSIS
           package Comparable;
           use Mouse::Role; # the package is now a Mouse role

           # Declare methods that are required by this role
           requires qw(compare);

           # Define methods this role provides
           sub equals {
               my($self, $other) = @_;
               return $self->compare($other) == 0;
           }

           # and later
           package MyObject;
           use Mouse;
           with qw(Comparable); # Now MyObject can equals()

           sub compare {
               # ...
           }

           my $foo = MyObject->new();
           my $bar = MyObject->new();
           $obj->equals($bar); # yes, it is comparable

DESCRIPTION
       This module declares the caller class to be a Mouse role.

       The concept of roles is documented in Moose::Manual::Roles.  This
       document serves as API documentation.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS
       Mouse::Role supports all of the functions that Mouse exports, but
       differs slightly in how some items are handled (see "CAVEATS" below for
       details).

       Mouse::Role also offers two role-specific keywords:

   "requires(@method_names)"
       Roles can require that certain methods are implemented by any class
       which "does" the role.

       Note that attribute accessors also count as methods for the purposes of
       satisfying the requirements of a role.

   "excludes(@role_names)"
       This is exported but not implemented in Mouse.

IMPORT AND UNIMPORT
   import
       Importing Mouse::Role will give you sugar. "-traits" are also
       supported.

   unimport
       Please unimport ("no Mouse::Role") so that if someone calls one of the
       keywords (such as "has") it will break loudly instead breaking subtly.

CAVEATS
       Role support has only a few caveats:

       •   Roles cannot use the "extends" keyword; it will throw an exception
           for now.  The same is true of the "augment" and "inner" keywords
           (not sure those really make sense for roles). All other Mouse
           keywords will be deferred so that they can be applied to the
           consuming class.

       •   Role composition does its best to not be order-sensitive when it
           comes to conflict resolution and requirements detection. However,
           it is order-sensitive when it comes to method modifiers. All
           before/around/after modifiers are included whenever a role is
           composed into a class, and then applied in the order in which the
           roles are used. This also means that there is no conflict for
           before/around/after modifiers.

           In most cases, this will be a non-issue; however, it is something
           to keep in mind when using method modifiers in a role. You should
           never assume any ordering.

SEE ALSO
       Mouse

       Moose::Role

       Moose::Manual::Roles

       Moose::Spec::Role

perl v5.36.0                      2022-10-20                  Mouse::Role(3pm)

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