Class::MOP::Method::Constructor

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Updated: 2018-05-16
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NAME

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor - Method Meta Object for constructors

VERSION

version 2.2011

SYNOPSIS

  use Class::MOP::Method::Constructor;

  my $constructor = Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->new(
      metaclass => $metaclass,
      options   => {
          debug => 1, # this is all for now
      },
  );

  # calling the constructor ...
  $constructor->body->execute($metaclass->name, %params);

DESCRIPTION

This is a subclass of Class::MOP::Method which generates constructor methods.

METHODS

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->new(%options)

This creates a new constructor object. It accepts a hash reference of options.

•: metaclass
This should be a Class::MOP::Class object. It is required.
•: name
The method name (without a package name). This is required.
•: package_name
The package name for the method. This is required.
•: is_inline
This indicates whether or not the constructor should be inlined. This defaults to false.

$metamethod->is_inline

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the constructor is inlined.

$metamethod->associated_metaclass

This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method.

AUTHORS

•: Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>
•: Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
•: Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>
•: Shawn M Moore <code@sartak.org>
•: יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
•: Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
•: Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
•: Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@weftsoar.net>
•: Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>
•: Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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