NAME

MooseX::NestedAttributesConstructor - Create attributes from a nested data structure

OVERVIEW

            

              
              
package Address
use Moose;
has street => ( is => 'rw' );
has city   => ( is => 'rw' );
# ...
package Person;
use Moose;
use MooseX::NestedAttributesConstructor
has name      => ( is => 'rw' );
has addresses => ( is     => 'rw',
                     isa    => 'ArrayRef[Address]',
                     traits => ['NestedAttribute'] );
# ...
package main;
use Person;
my $p = Person->new(name      => 'sshaw',
                      addresses => [
                        { city => 'LA' },
                        { city => 'Da Bay' },
        { city => 'Even São José' }
                      ]);
say $_->city for @{$p->addresses};
            
          

DESCRIPTION

This module sets attributes from a nested data structure passed your object's constructor. The appropriate types will be created, just add the NestedAttrubute trait to attributes with a custom or parameterized type.

Nested attributes are turned into objects after BUILDARGS is called.

AUTHOR

Skye Shaw (sshaw AT lucas.cis.temple.edu)

SEE ALSO

MooseX::StrictConstructor

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2012 Skye Shaw.

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