Moose::Util::MetaRole

Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3pm)
Updated: 2023-01-30
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NAME

Moose::Util::MetaRole - Apply roles to any metaclass, as well as the object base class

VERSION

version 2.2203

SYNOPSIS

  package MyApp::Moose;

  use Moose ();
  use Moose::Exporter;
  use Moose::Util::MetaRole;

  use MyApp::Role::Meta::Class;
  use MyApp::Role::Meta::Method::Constructor;
  use MyApp::Role::Object;

  Moose::Exporter->setup_import_methods( also => 'Moose' );

  sub init_meta {
      shift;
      my %args = @_;

      Moose->init_meta(%args);

      Moose::Util::MetaRole::apply_metaroles(
          for             => $args{for_class},
          class_metaroles => {
              class       => ['MyApp::Role::Meta::Class'],
              constructor => ['MyApp::Role::Meta::Method::Constructor'],
          },
      );

      Moose::Util::MetaRole::apply_base_class_roles(
          for   => $args{for_class},
          roles => ['MyApp::Role::Object'],
      );

      return $args{for_class}->meta();
  }

DESCRIPTION

This utility module is designed to help authors of Moose extensions write extensions that are able to cooperate with other Moose extensions. To do this, you must write your extensions as roles, which can then be dynamically applied to the caller's metaclasses.

This module makes sure to preserve any existing superclasses and roles already set for the meta objects, which means that any number of extensions can apply roles in any order.

USAGE

The easiest way to use this module is through Moose::Exporter, which can generate the appropriate "init_meta" method for you, and make sure it is called when imported.

FUNCTIONS

This module provides two functions.

apply_metaroles( ... )

This function will apply roles to one or more metaclasses for the specified class. It will return a new metaclass object for the class or role passed in the ``for'' parameter.

It accepts the following parameters:

•

for => $name

This specifies the class for which to alter the meta classes. This can be a package name, or an appropriate meta-object (a Moose::Meta::Class or Moose::Meta::Role).

•

class_metaroles => \%roles

This is a hash reference specifying which metaroles will be applied to the class metaclass and its contained metaclasses and helper classes.

Each key should in turn point to an array reference of role names.

It accepts the following keys: