NAME

Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment - adds "augment method => sub {...}" support to Class::Method::Modifiers

SYNOPSIS

use v5.14;
use strict;
use Test::More;

package Document {
   use Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment;
   sub new       { my ($class, %self) = @_; bless \%self, $class }
   sub recipient { $_[0]{recipient} }
   sub as_xml    { sprintf "<document>%s</document>", inner }
}

package Greeting {
   BEGIN { our @ISA = 'Document' };
   use Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment;
   augment as_xml => sub {
      sprintf "<greet>%s</greet>", inner
   }
}

package Greeting::English {
   BEGIN { our @ISA = 'Greeting' };
   use Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment;
   augment as_xml => sub {
      my $self = shift;
      sprintf "Hello %s", $self->recipient;
   }
}

my $obj = Greeting::English->new(recipient => "World");
is(
   $obj->as_xml,
   "<document><greet>Hello World</greet></document>",
);

done_testing();

(Note that the synopsis shows Perl v5.14+ syntax for package declaration, but this module and its accompanying Moo wrapper support Perl v5.8 and above.)

DESCRIPTION

Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment extends Class::Method::Modifiers with the augment method modifier, allowing you to use this Moose abomination for augmenting superclass methods in non-Moose classes.

See Moose::Manual::MethodModifiers for details of how augment and its companion function inner work.

This module exports two functions:

augment NAME, CODE
inner

If you want to use these with Moo classes, please look at MooX::Augment instead.

CAVEATS

This implementation of augment piggybacks onto Class::Method::Modifiers' implementation of around. As a result, when multiple method modifiers are applied to the same method, the order in which they are applied might not match Moose.

This has not been thoroughly tested in conjunction with Class::Method::ModifiersX::Override. Using them in the same class should be safe. Using them to modify the same method will probably break your code. The only guarantee we give you is that you get to keep both halves.

augment modifiers do not work in Moo::Role or Role::Tiny roles. (Though inner might.)

augment/inner is a crazy idea to begin with, and virtually nobody understands it.

BUGS

If you find any bugs in this module they are almost certainly caused by one of the following reasons:

  • You don't understand augment/inner properly, so you have incorrect expectations about how this module should behave.

  • I don't understand augment/inner properly, so I have incorrect expectations about how this module should behave.

  • Nobody understands augment/inner properly, and the whole idea is broken.

Please report any bugs to http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Class-Method-ModifiersX-Augment.

DEPENDENCIES

Class::Method::ModifiersX::Augment requires Perl 5.008, and the Class::Method::Modifiers package (which is available from CPAN).

MRO::Compat is also required for Perl versions earlier than 5.010.

The accompanying module MooX::Augment requires Moo. However, the installation scripts for this distribution do not check that this is installed. If you use MooX::Augment, it is assumed that you have installed its dependencies separately.

SEE ALSO

Moose::Manual::MethodModifiers, Class::Method::Modifiers, MooX::Augment.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.