metaclass(3) - Linux man page

Name

metaclass - a pragma for installing and using Class::MOP metaclasses

Synopsis

package MyClass;

# use Class::MOP::Class
use metaclass;

# ... or use a custom metaclass
use metaclass 'MyMetaClass';

# ... or use a custom metaclass
# and custom attribute and method
# metaclasses
use metaclass 'MyMetaClass' => (
    'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
    'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
);

# ... or just specify custom attribute
# and method classes, and Class::MOP::Class
# is the assumed metaclass
use metaclass (
    'attribute_metaclass' => 'MyAttributeMetaClass',
    'method_metaclass'    => 'MyMethodMetaClass',
);

# if we'd rather not install a 'meta' method, we can do this
use metaclass meta_name => undef;
# or if we'd like it to have a different name,
use metaclass meta_name => 'my_meta';

Description

This is a pragma to make it easier to use a specific metaclass and a set of custom attribute and method metaclasses. It also installs a "meta" method to your class as well, unless "undef" is passed to the "meta_name" option.

Authors

Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>

Copyright And License

Copyright 2006-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

<http://www.iinteractive.com>

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