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NAME

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor - Method Meta Object for constructors

SYNOPSIS

  use Class::MOP::Method::Constructor;

  my $constructor = Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->new(
      metaclass => $metaclass,
      options   => {
          debug => 1, # this is all for now
      },
  );

  # calling the constructor ...
  $constructor->body->execute($metaclass->name, %params);

DESCRIPTION

This is a subclass of Class::MOP::Method which generates constructor methods.

METHODS

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->new(%options)

This creates a new constructor object. It accepts a hash reference of options.

  • metaclass

    This should be a Class::MOP::Class object. It is required.

  • name

    The method name (without a package name). This is required.

  • package_name

    The package name for the method. This is required.

  • is_inline

    This indicates whether or not the constructor should be inlined. This defaults to false.

$metamethod->is_inline

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the constructor is inlined.

$metamethod->associated_metaclass

This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method.

AUTHORS

Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2006-2010 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

http://www.iinteractive.com

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