NAME

Moose::Util - Utilities for working with Moose classes

SYNOPSIS

use Moose::Util qw/find_meta does_role search_class_by_role/;

my $meta = find_meta($object) || die "No metaclass found";

if (does_role($object, $role)) {
  print "The object can do $role!\n";
}

my $class = search_class_by_role($object, 'FooRole');
print "Nearest class with 'FooRole' is $class\n";

DESCRIPTION

This is a set of utility functions to help working with Moose classes. This is an experimental module, and it's not 100% clear what purpose it will serve. That said, ideas, suggestions and contributions to this collection are most welcome. See the TODO section below for a list of ideas for possible functions to write.

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

find_meta ($class_or_obj)

This will attempt to locate a metaclass for the given $class_or_obj and return it.

does_role ($class_or_obj, $role_name)

Returns true if $class_or_obj can do the role $role_name.

search_class_by_role ($class_or_obj, $role_name)

Returns first class in precedence list that consumed $role_name.

TODO

Here is a list of possible functions to write

discovering original method from modified method

search for origin class of a method or attribute

BUGS

All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception. If you find a bug please either email me, or add the bug to cpan-RT.

AUTHOR

Anders Nor Berle <debolaz@gmail.com>

with contributions from:

Robert (phaylon) Sedlacek

Stevan Little

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2007 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.