NAME

Class::Meta::Method - Class::Meta class method introspection

SYNOPSIS

# Assuming MyApp::Thingy was generated by Class::Meta.
my $class = MyApp::Thingy->class;
my $thingy = MyApp::Thingy->new;

print "\nMethods:\n";
for my $meth ($class->methods) {
    print "  o ", $meth->name, $/;
    $meth->call($thingy);
}

DESCRIPTION

This class provides an interface to the Class::Meta objects that describe methods. It supports a simple description of the method, a label, and its visibility (private, protected, or public).

Class::Meta::Method objects are created by Class::Meta; they are never instantiated directly in client code. To access the method objects for a Class::Meta-generated class, simply call its class method to retrieve its Class::Meta::Class object, and then call the methods() method on the Class::Meta::Class object.

INTERFACE

Instance Methods

name

my $name = $meth->name;

Returns the method name.

package

my $package = $meth->package;

Returns the method package.

desc

my $desc = $meth->desc;

Returns the description of the method.

label

my $desc = $meth->label;

Returns label for the method.

view

my $view = $meth->view;

Returns the view of the method, reflecting its visibility. The possible values are defined by the following constants:

Class::Meta::PUBLIC

Class::Meta::PRIVATE

Class::Meta::PROTECTED

context

my $context = $meth->context;

Returns the context of the method, essentially whether it is a class or object method. The possible values are defined by the following constants:

Class::Meta::CLASS

Class::Meta::OBJECT

call

my $ret = $meth->call($obj, @args);

Calls the method on the $obj object, passing in any arguments. Note that it uses a goto to execute the constructor, so the call to call() itself will not appear in a call stack trace.

DISTRIBUTION INFORMATION

This file was packaged with the Class-Meta-0.13 distribution.

BUGS

Please report all bugs via the CPAN Request Tracker at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Class-Meta.

AUTHOR

David Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

SEE ALSO

Other classes of interest within the Class::Meta distribution include:

Class::Meta

Class::Meta::Class

Class::Meta::Constructor

Class::Meta::Attribute

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2002-2004, David Wheeler. All Rights Reserved.

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

cpanm Class::Meta

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Class::Meta