Venus::Role::Reflectable

Reflectable Role

Reflectable Role for Perl 5

method: class method: meta method: reify method: space method: type

package Example;

use Venus::Class;

with 'Venus::Role::Reflectable';

sub test {
  true
}

package main;

my $example = Example->new;

# $example->space;

This package modifies the consuming package and provides methods for introspecting the object and its underlying package.

The class method returns the class name for the given class or object.

class() (string)

{ since => '0.01', }

=example-1 class

# given: synopsis;

my $class = $example->class;

# "Example"

The meta method returns a Venus::Meta object for the given object.

meta() (Venus::Meta)

{ since => '1.23', }

=example-1 meta

# given: synopsis;

my $meta = $example->meta;

# bless({name => "Example"}, "Venus::Meta")

The reify method dispatches the method call or executes the callback and returns the result as a value object.

reify(string | coderef $code, any @args) (object)

{ since => '1.23', }

=example-1 reify

# given: synopsis

package main;

my $reify = $example->reify;

# bless({}, "Example")

The space method returns a Venus::Space object for the given object.

space() (Venus::Space)

{ since => '0.01', }

=example-1 space

# given: synopsis;

my $space = $example->space;

# bless({ value => "Example" }, "Venus::Space")

The type method dispatches the method call or executes the callback and returns the result as a Venus::Type object.

type(string | coderef $code, any @args) (Venus::Type)

{ since => '0.01', }

=example-1 type

# given: synopsis;

my $type = $example->type;

# bless({ value => bless({}, "Example") }, "Venus::Type")

t/Venus.t: present: authors t/Venus.t: present: license

cpanm Venus

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Venus