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NAME

Meta::Grapher::Moose - Produce graphs showing meta-information about classes and roles

VERSION

version 1.03

SYNOPSIS

From the shell:

foo@bar:~/package$ graph-meta.pl --package='My::Package::Name' --output='diagram.png'

Or from code:

my $grapher = Meta::Grapher::Moose->new(
    package  => 'My::Package::Name',
    renderer => Meta::Grapher::Moose::Renderer::Plantuml->new(
        output => 'diagram.png',
    ),
);
$grapher->run;

DESCRIPTION

STOP: The most common usage for this module is to use the command line graph-meta.pl program. You should read the documentation for graph-meta.pl to see how that works.

This module allows you to create graphs of your Moose classes showing a directed graph of the parent classes and roles that your class consumes recursively. In short, it can visually answer the questions like "Why did I end up consuming that role" and, with the right renderer backend, "Where did that method come from?"

Example Output

With the GraphViz renderer (no methods/attributes): http://st.aticpan.org/source/DROLSKY/Meta-Grapher-Moose-1.03/examples/output/graphviz/example.png

And with the PlantUML renderer: http://st.aticpan.org/source/DROLSKY/Meta-Grapher-Moose-1.03/examples/output/plantuml/example.png

ATTRIBUTES

This class accepts the following attributes:

package

The name of package that we should render a graph for.

String. Required.

show_meta

Since every Moose class and role normally has a meta() method it is omitted from every class for brevity; Enabling this option causes it to be rendered.

show_new

The standard new() constructor is omitted from every class for brevity; Enabling this option causes it to be rendered.

show_destroy

The DESTROY() method that Moose installs is omitted from every class for brevity; Enabling this option causes it to be rendered.

show_moose_object

The Moose::Object base class is normally omitted from the diagram for brevity. Enabling this option causes it be rendered.

_renderer

The renderer instance you want to use to create the graph.

Something that consumes Meta::Grapher::Moose::Role::Renderer. Required, should be passed as the renderer argument (without the leading underscore.)

METHODS

This class provides the following methods:

run

Builds the graph from the source code and tells the renderer to render it.

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-meta-grapher-moose@rt.cpan.org).

I am also usually active on IRC as 'drolsky' on irc://irc.perl.org.

DONATIONS

If you'd like to thank me for the work I've done on this module, please consider making a "donation" to me via PayPal. I spend a lot of free time creating free software, and would appreciate any support you'd care to offer.

Please note that I am not suggesting that you must do this in order for me to continue working on this particular software. I will continue to do so, inasmuch as I have in the past, for as long as it interests me.

Similarly, a donation made in this way will probably not make me work on this software much more, unless I get so many donations that I can consider working on free software full time (let's all have a chuckle at that together).

To donate, log into PayPal and send money to autarch@urth.org, or use the button at http://www.urth.org/~autarch/fs-donation.html.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

CONTRIBUTOR

Mark Fowler <mark@twoshortplanks.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by Dave Rolsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)