phpman > perldoc > Class::MOP::Method

NAME
    Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object

VERSION
    version 2.2200

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 Class::MOP::Method instance, followed by a hash of options.

        The options are:

        *       name

                The method name (without a package name). This is required if $code is a coderef.

        *       package_name

                The package name for the method. This is required if $code is a coderef.

        *       associated_metaclass

                An optional Class::MOP::Class object. This is the metaclass for the method's class.

    $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 Class::MOP::Class 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 Class::MOP::Class 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 Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.

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

AUTHORS
    *   Stevan Little <stevan AT cpan.org>

    *   Dave Rolsky <autarch AT urth.org>

    *   Jesse Luehrs <doy AT cpan.org>

    *   Shawn M Moore <sartak AT cpan.org>

    *   יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch AT woobling.org>

    *   Karen Etheridge <ether AT cpan.org>

    *   Florian Ragwitz <rafl AT debian.org>

    *   Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp AT cpan.org>

    *   Chris Prather <chris AT prather.org>

    *   Matt S Trout <mstrout AT cpan.org>

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.