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use 5.008;
use strict;
no strict qw(refs);
no warnings qw(redefine prototype);
package Subclass::Of;
BEGIN {
$Subclass::Of::AUTHORITY = 'cpan:TOBYINK';
$Subclass::Of::VERSION = '0.009';
}
use B qw(perlstring);
use Carp qw(carp croak);
use Module::Runtime qw(use_package_optimistically module_notional_filename);
use List::Util 1.33 qw(all);
use Scalar::Util qw(refaddr blessed weaken);
use Sub::Util qw(set_subname);
our ($SUPER_PKG, $SUPER_SUB, $SUPER_ARG);
our @EXPORT = qw(subclass_of);
my $_v;
sub import
{
my $me = shift;
return $me->install(@_, -into => scalar caller) if @_;
require Exporter::Tiny;
our @ISA = "Exporter::Tiny";
@_ = $me;
goto \&Exporter::Tiny::import;
}
{
my %i_made_this;
sub install
{
my $me = shift;
my $base = shift or croak "Subclass::Of what?";
my %opts = $me->_parse_opts(@_);
my $caller = $opts{-into}[0];
my @aliases = $opts{-as} ? @{$opts{-as}} : ($base =~ /(\w+)$/);
my $constant;
my $subclass;
if ($opts{-lazy}) {
my $current_sub;
$constant = sub () {
$subclass ||= do {
my $built = $me->_build_subclass($base, \%opts);
$i_made_this{refaddr($current_sub)} = $built;
$built;
};
};
weaken( $current_sub = $constant );
$i_made_this{refaddr($constant)} = '(unknown package)';
}
else {
$subclass = $me->_build_subclass($base, \%opts);
$constant = eval sprintf(q/sub () { %s if $] }/, perlstring($subclass));
$i_made_this{refaddr($constant)} = $subclass;
}
for my $a (@aliases)
{
if (exists &{"$caller\::$a"})
{
my $old = $i_made_this{refaddr(\&{"$caller\::$a"})};
carp(
$old
? "Subclass::Of is overwriting alias '$a'"
.($old eq '(unknown package)'?"":"; was '$old'")
.($subclass?"; now '$subclass'":"")
: "Subclass::Of is overwriting function '$a'",
);
}
*{"$caller\::$a"} = $constant;
}
"namespace::clean"->import(-cleanee => $caller, @aliases);
}
sub _alias_to_package_name {
shift unless ref $_[0]; # allow call as class method
my @r = map $i_made_this{refaddr($_)}, @_;
croak('_alias_to_package_name(LIST) returns a list')
if @r != 1 and defined(wantarray) and !wantarray;
wantarray ? @r : $r[0];
}
}
sub subclass_of
{
my $base = shift or croak "Subclass::Of what?";
my %opts = __PACKAGE__->_parse_opts(@_);
return __PACKAGE__->_build_subclass($base, \%opts);
}
sub _parse_opts
{
shift;
if (@_==1 and ref($_[0]) eq q(HASH))
{
return %{$_[0]};
}
my %opts;
my $key = undef;
while (@_)
{
$_ = shift;
if (defined and !ref and /^-/) {
$key = $_;
$opts{$key} ||= [];
next;
}
push @{$opts{$key}}, ref eq q(ARRAY) ? @$_ : $_;
}
return %opts;
}
{
my %_detect_oo; # memoize
sub _detect_oo
{
my $pkg = $_[0];
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} if exists $_detect_oo{$pkg};
# Use metaclass to determine the OO framework in use.
#
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = ""
unless $pkg->can("meta");
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = "Moo"
if ref($pkg->meta) eq "Moo::HandleMoose::FakeMetaClass";
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = "Mouse"
if $pkg->meta->isa("Mouse::Meta::Module");
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = "Moose"
if $pkg->meta->isa("Moose::Meta::Class");
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = "Moose"
if $pkg->meta->isa("Moose::Meta::Role");
return $_detect_oo{$pkg} = "";
}
}
{
my %count;
sub _build_subclass
{
my $me = shift;
my ($parent, $opts) = @_;
my $child = (
$opts->{-package} ||= [ sprintf('%s::__SUBCLASS__::%04d', $parent, ++$count{$parent}) ]
)->[0];
my $oo = _detect_oo(use_package_optimistically($parent));
my $subclasser_method = $oo ? lc "_build_subclass_$oo" : "_build_subclass_raw";
my $attributes_method = $oo ? lc "_apply_attributes_$oo" : "_apply_attributes_raw";
$me->$subclasser_method($parent, $child, $opts);
$me->$attributes_method($child, $opts);
$me->_apply_methods($child, $opts);
$me->_apply_roles($child, $opts);
my $i = 0; $i++ while caller($i) eq __PACKAGE__;
$INC{module_notional_filename($child)} = (caller($i))[1];
return $child;
}
}
sub _build_subclass_moose
{
my $me = shift;
my ($parent, $child, $opts) = @_;
# "Moose::Meta::Class"->initialize($child, superclasses => [$parent]);
eval sprintf(q{
package %s;
use Moose;
extends %s;
use namespace::clean;
}, $child, perlstring($parent));
}
sub _build_subclass_mouse
{
my $me = shift;
my ($parent, $child, $opts) = @_;
eval sprintf(q{
package %s;
use Mouse;
extends %s;
use namespace::clean;
}, $child, perlstring($parent));
}
sub _build_subclass_moo
{
my $me = shift;
my ($parent, $child, $opts) = @_;
eval sprintf(q{
package %s;
use Moo;
extends %s;
use namespace::clean;
}, $child, perlstring($parent));
}
sub _build_subclass_raw
{
my $me = shift;
my ($parent, $child, $opts) = @_;
@{"$child\::ISA"} = $parent;
}
sub _apply_attributes_moose
{
my $me = shift;
my ($child, $opts) = @_;
return unless $opts->{-has};
my $meta = $child->meta;
my $has = sub { $meta->add_attribute(@_) };
$me->_apply_attributes_generic($has, $opts);
}
*_apply_attributes_mouse = \&_apply_attributes_moose;
sub _apply_attributes_moo
{
my $me = shift;
my ($child, $opts) = @_;
return unless $opts->{-has};
my $raw = eval sprintf(q{
package %s;
use Moo;
my $sub = \&has;
use namespace::clean;
return $sub;
}, $child);
my $has = sub { $raw->($_[0], %{$_[1]}) };
$me->_apply_attributes_generic($has, $opts);
}
my $fieldhash;
sub _apply_attributes_raw
{
my $me = shift;
my ($child, $opts) = @_;
my $has = sub {
my ($name, $opts) = @_;
for my $key (sort keys %$opts)
{
croak "Option '$key' in attribute specification not supported"
unless $key =~ /^(is|isa|default|lazy|fieldhash)$/;
}
if (exists $opts->{lazy} and not $opts->{lazy})
{
carp "Attribute '$name' will be lazy anyway.";
}
if (exists $opts->{is} and $opts->{is} !~ /^(ro|rw|lazy)$/)
{
croak "Option 'is' => '$opts->{is}' in attribute specification not supported"
}
if (exists $opts->{isa})
{
croak "Option 'isa' in attribute specification must be a blessed type constraint object with 'assert_valid' method"
unless blessed $opts->{isa} && $opts->{isa}->can('assert_valid');
}
my $code;
if (exists $opts->{fieldhash} and $opts->{fieldhash})
{
$fieldhash ||= do {
my $impl;
$impl ||= eval { require Hash::FieldHash; 'Hash::FieldHash' };
$impl ||= eval { require Hash::Util::FieldHash; 'Hash::Util::FieldHash' };
$impl ||= do { require Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat; 'Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat' };
$impl->can('fieldhash');
};
my %data;
$fieldhash->(\%data);
$code = sub
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_)
{
croak "read-only accessor" unless $opts->{is} eq 'rw';
$opts->{isa}->assert_valid($_[0]) if $opts->{isa};
$data{$self} = $_[0];
}
if (exists $opts->{default} and not exists $self->{$name})
{
my $tmp = ref($opts->{default}) eq q(CODE)
? $opts->{default}->($self)
: $opts->{default};
$opts->{isa}->assert_valid($tmp) if $opts->{isa};
$data{$self} = $tmp;
}
$data{$self};
};
}
else
{
$code = sub
{
my $self = shift;
if (@_)
{
croak "read-only accessor" unless $opts->{is} eq 'rw';
$opts->{isa}->assert_valid($_[0]) if $opts->{isa};
$self->{$name} = $_[0];
}
if (exists $opts->{default} and not exists $self->{$name})
{
my $tmp = ref($opts->{default}) eq q(CODE)
? $opts->{default}->($self)
: $opts->{default};
$opts->{isa}->assert_valid($tmp) if $opts->{isa};
$self->{$name} = $tmp;
}
$self->{$name};
};
}
*{"$child\::$name"} = set_subname("$child\::$name", $code);
};
$me->_apply_attributes_generic($has, $opts);
}
sub _apply_attributes_generic
{
my $me = shift;
my ($has, $opts) = @_;
my @attrs = @{ $opts->{-has} || [] };
while (@attrs)
{
my $name = shift(@attrs);
$name =~ /^\w+/ or croak("Not a valid attribute name: $name");
my $spec =
ref($attrs[0]) eq q(ARRAY) ? +{@{shift(@attrs)}} :
ref($attrs[0]) eq q(HASH) ? shift(@attrs) :
ref($attrs[0]) eq q(CODE) ? { is => "rw", default => shift(@attrs) } :
{ is => "rw" };
$has->($name, $spec);
}
}
sub _apply_methods
{
my $me = shift;
my ($pkg, $opts) = @_;
my $methods = $me->_make_method_hash($pkg, $opts);
for my $name (sort keys %$methods)
{
*{"$pkg\::$name"} = $methods->{$name};
}
}
sub _apply_roles
{
my $me = shift;
my ($pkg, $opts) = @_;
my @roles = map use_package_optimistically($_), @{ $opts->{-with} || [] };
return unless @roles;
# All roles appear to be Role::Tiny; use Role::Tiny to
# handle composition.
#
if (all { _detect_oo($_) eq "" } @roles)
{
require Role::Tiny;
return "Role::Tiny"->apply_roles_to_package($pkg, @roles);
}
# Otherwise, role composition is determined by the OO framework
# of the base class.
#
my $oo = _detect_oo($pkg);
if ($oo eq "Moo")
{
return "Moo::Role"->apply_roles_to_package($pkg, @roles);
}
if ($oo eq "Moose")
{
return Moose::Util::apply_all_roles($pkg, @roles);
}
if ($oo eq "Mouse")
{
return Mouse::Util::apply_all_roles($pkg, @roles);
}
# If all else fails, try using Moo because it understands quite
# a lot about Moose and Mouse.
#
require Moo::Role;
"Moo::Role"->apply_roles_to_package($pkg, @roles);
}
sub _make_method_hash
{
shift;
my $pkg = $_[0];
my $r = {};
my @methods = @{ $_[1]{-methods} || [] };
while (@methods)
{
my ($name, $code) = splice(@methods, 0, 2);
$name =~ /^\w+/ or croak("Not a valid method name: $name");
ref($code) eq q(CODE) or croak("Not a code reference: $code");
$r->{$name} = set_subname "$pkg\::$name", sub {
local $SUPER_PKG = $pkg;
local $SUPER_SUB = $name;
local $SUPER_ARG = \@_;
$code->(@_);
};
}
return $r;
}
sub ::SUPER
{
eval { require mro } or do { require MRO::Compat };
my ($super) =
map { \&{ "$_\::$SUPER_SUB" } }
grep { exists &{"$_\::$SUPER_SUB"} }
grep { $_ ne $SUPER_PKG }
@{ mro::get_linear_isa($SUPER_PKG) };
croak qq[Can't locate object method "$SUPER_SUB" via package "$SUPER_PKG"]
unless $super;
@_ = @$SUPER_ARG unless @_;
goto $super;
}
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding utf-8
=for stopwords invocant
=head1 NAME
Subclass::Of - import a magic subclass
=head1 SYNOPSIS
Create a subclass overriding a method:
use Subclass::Of "LWP::UserAgent",
-as => "ImpatientUA",
-methods => [
new => sub {
my $self = ::SUPER();
$self->timeout(15);
$self->max_redirect(3);
return $self;
},
];
my $ua = ImpatientUA->new;
Create a subclass at runtime, adding roles:
use Subclass::Of;
my $subclass = subclass_of(
"My::Class",
-with => [qw/ My::Role Your::Role His::Role Her::Role /],
);
my $object = $subclass->new;
=head1 DESCRIPTION
Load a class, creating a subclass of it with additional roles (Moose, Mouse,
Moo and Role::Tiny should all work) and/or additional methods, and providing
a L<lexically-scoped|Sub::Exporter::Lexical> L<alias|aliased> for the
subclass.
=head2 Compile-Time Usage
To create a subclass at compile-time, use the following syntax:
use SubClass::Of $base_class, %options;
The following options are supported:
=over
=item C<< -methods >>
An arrayref of C<< name => coderef >> pairs of methods that you wish to add
to your subclass.
As you might expect, you can override methods defined in the base class.
However, because of the way C<< $self->SUPER::method() >> is resolved by
Perl, it will not work. Instead a C<< ::SUPER() >> function is provided.
If called with no arguments, then it automatically calls the superclass
method with the same arguments that the subclass was called with; if called
with arguments, then the superclass method gets those arguments exactly.
(If calling it with arguments, remember to include the invocant!)
=item C<< -with >>
The package names of one or more roles (Moose::Role, Role::Tiny, etc) you
wish to apply to your subclass.
=item C<< -has >>
Attributes to apply to the child class. You can provide Moose-style
specifications for each attribute:
use Subclass::Of "MyClass",
-has => [
foo => (), # default spec
bar => [...],
baz => {...},
quux => sub { "default" },
];
Note that the attribute specifications need to be supported by the OO
framework of the parent class. Moose, Mouse and Moo all support fairly
similar attribute specs, but they differ on some details. The C<is>,
C<default> and C<required> options should be pretty safe bets; C<isa>
will be fine if you're using L<Type::Tiny> type constraints.
If the parent class is a plain old Perl class, then a small built-in
attribute builder is used, which assumes that the object is a blessed
hash. The builder supports C<is>, C<isa> and C<default> (which is always
treated as lazy). It only builds accessors, I<not> a constructor!
From Subclass::Of 0.008, you can pass C<< fieldhash => 1 >> to use
L<Hash::Util::FieldHash> or L<Hash::FieldHash> to store the attribute
inside-out, so the accessor will work for non-hashrefs.
use SubClass::Of "MyClass",
-has => [
counter => [ is => "ro", isa => Int, fieldhash => 1 ],
];
=item C<< -package >>
The package name for the subclass. Usually you can ignore this; Subclass::Of
will think one up of its own.
=item C<< -as >>
Subclass::Of will export a lexically scoped alias for the package name. By
lexically scoped I mean:
{
use Subclass::Of "LWP::UserAgent", -as => "MyUA";
# "MyUA" is available here ...
}
# ... but not here
By "alias", I mean a constant that returns the subclass' package name as
a string. (See L<aliased>.)
The C<< -as >> option allows you to name this alias. You may request multiple
aliases using an arrayref of strings.
If you don't provide a C<< -as >> option, the last component of the parent
class name (e.g. C<< UserAgent >> for subclasses of L<LWP::UserAgent>)
will be used. If you don't want an alias, try C<< -as => [] >>.
=item C<< -lazy >>
Defers the generation of the subclass until the last possible moment. This
might be useful in the case of:
use Subclass::Of "LWP::UserAgent", -lazy, -as => "MyUA";
if (some_unlikely_condition()) {
MyUA->new->post( ... );
}
else {
# we don't need MyUA, so why bother generating the subclass.
}
Even the parent class isn't loaded until necessary.
=back
=head2 Run-Time Usage
To create a subclass at compile-time, use the following syntax:
use Subclass::Of;
my $subclass = subclass_of($base_class, %options);
Note that the C<subclass_of> function is only exported if
C<< use Subclass::Of >> is called with no import list.
The options supported are the same as with compile-time usage, except
C<< -as >> and C<< -lazy >> are ignored. (No alias is generated.)
The return value of C<subclass_of> is the name of the class as a string.
=begin trustme
=item subclass_of
=end trustme
=head2 Wrapping Subclass::Of
If you need to provide a wrapper for Subclass::Of, and thus install scoped
aliases into other packages, use the C<< install >> method:
require Subclass::Of;
Subclass::Of->install($base, -into => $target, %options);
=begin trustme
=item install
=end trustme
=head1 DIAGNOSTICS
=over
=item I<< Subclass::Of is overwriting function ... >>
An alias is overwriting an existing sub.
Try setting C<< -as >> to avoid this.
=item I<< Subclass::Of is overwriting alias ... >>
An alias is overwriting an existing alias created by Subclass::Of.
This can often happen if you try to create two subclasses of the same
base class and rely on the automatically generated alias names:
use Subclass::Of "Foo::Bar", ...; # alias = Bar
use Subclass::Of "Foo::Bar", ...; # alias = Bar (warning!)
Try explicitly setting C<< -as >> to avoid this, or use Subclass::Of
in a smaller lexical scope.
=back
There is no supported method to switch these warnings off. You should
fix the problems they're telling you about.
=head1 CAVEATS
Certain class builders don't play nice with certain role builders.
Moose classes should be able to consume a mixture of Moose and Moo roles.
Moo classes should be able to consume a mixture of Moose, Moo, Mouse and Role::Tiny roles.
Mouse classes should be able to consume Mouse roles.
Any class should be able to consume Role::Tiny roles, provided you don't try to mix in other roles at the same time.
(For example, a Mouse class can consume a Role::Tiny role, but it can't consume a Role::Tiny role and a Mouse role simultaneously.)
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs to
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<base>, L<parent>, L<aliased>, L<as>, L<use>, L<Package::Butcher>.
=head1 AUTHOR
Toby Inkster E<lt>tobyink@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013, 2017, 2019, 2020 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.
=head1 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.