Type::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithClUseriContributed Perl DType::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithClassTiny(3pm)
NAME
Type::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithClassTiny - use of Type::Tiny with Class::Tiny
MANUAL
Class::Tiny is an even-smaller-than-Moo class builder.
Let's translate the classic Horse class from Moo to Class::Tiny.
Moo:
package Horse {
use Moo;
use Types::Standard qw( Str Num ArrayRef );
use namespace::autoclean;
has name => ( is => 'ro', isa => Str, required => 1 );
has gender => ( is => 'ro', isa => Str );
has age => ( is => 'rw', isa => Num );
has children => (
is => 'ro',
isa => ArrayRef,
default => sub { return [] },
);
}
Class::Tiny:
package Horse {
use Class::Tiny qw( gender age ), {
name => sub { die "name is required"; },
children => sub { return [] },
};
use Types::Standard qw( Str Num ArrayRef Dict Optional slurpy Any);
use Type::Params qw( wrap_methods compile );
use namespace::autoclean;
# type checks
wrap_methods(
BUILD => [Dict[
name => Str,
gender => Optional[Str],
age => Optional[Num],
children => Optional[ArrayRef],
slurpy Any,
]],
name => [],
gender => [],
age => Optional[Num],
children => [],
);
}
What's going on here?
Well, Class::Tiny, after it has built a new object, will do this:
$self->BUILD($args);
(Technically, it calls "BUILD" not just for the current class, but for all parent classes
too.) We can hook onto this in order to check type constraints for the constructor.
We use "wrap_methods" from Type::Params to wrap the original "BUILD" method (which doesn't
exist, so "wrap_methods" will just assume an empty sub) with a type check for $args. The
type check is just a Dict that checks the class's required and optional attributes and
includes slurpy Any at the end to be flexible for subclasses adding new attributes.
Then we wrap the "name", "gender", and "children" methods with checks to make sure they're
only being called as getters, and we wrap "age", allowing it to be called as a setter with
a Num.
There are also a couple of CPAN modules that can help you out.
Class::Tiny::ConstrainedAccessor
Class::Tiny::ConstrainedAccessor creates a "BUILD" and accessors that enforce Type::Tiny
constraints. Attribute types are passed to Class::Tiny::ConstrainedAccessor; attribute
defaults are passed to Class::Tiny.
package Horse {
use Types::Standard qw( Str Num ArrayRef );
use Class::Tiny::ConstrainedAccessor {
name => Str,
gender => Str,
age => Num,
children => ArrayRef,
};
use Class::Tiny qw( gender age ), {
name => sub { die "name is required"; },
children => sub { return [] },
};
}
Class::Tiny::Antlers
Class::Tiny::Antlers provides Moose-like syntax for Class::Tiny, including support for
"isa". You do not also need to use Class::Tiny itself.
package Horse {
use Class::Tiny::Antlers qw(has);
use Types::Standard qw( Str Num ArrayRef );
use namespace::autoclean;
has name => (
is => 'ro',
isa => Str,
default => sub { die "name is required" },
);
has gender => ( is => 'ro', isa => Str );
has age => ( is => 'rw', isa => Num );
has children => (
is => 'ro',
isa => ArrayRef,
default => sub { return [] },
);
}
NEXT STEPS
Here's your next step:
o Type::Tiny::Manual::UsingWithOther
Using Type::Tiny with Class::InsideOut, Params::Check, and Object::Accessor.
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink AT cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2017-2021 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.
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