NAME¶
Type::Tiny::Class - type constraints based on the "isa" method
STATUS¶
This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy.
DESCRIPTION¶
Type constraints of the general form "{ $_->isa("Some::Class")
}".
This package inherits from Type::Tiny; see that for most documentation. Major
differences are listed below:
Constructor¶
- "new"
- When the constructor is called on an instance of Type::Tiny::Class,
it passes the call through to the constructor of the class for the
constraint. So for example:
my $type = Type::Tiny::Class->new(class => "Foo::Bar");
my $obj = $type->new(hello => "World");
say ref($obj); # prints "Foo::Bar"
This little bit of DWIM was borrowed from MooseX::Types::TypeDecorator, but
Type::Tiny doesn't take the idea quite as far.
Attributes¶
- "class"
- The class for the constraint.
- "constraint"
- Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass a constraint coderef to the
constructor. Instead rely on the default.
- "inlined"
- Unlike Type::Tiny, you cannot pass an inlining coderef to the
constructor. Instead rely on the default.
- "parent"
- Parent is automatically calculated, and cannot be passed to the
constructor.
Methods¶
- "plus_constructors($source, $method_name)"
- Much like "plus_coercions" but adds coercions that go via a
constructor. (In fact, this is implemented as a wrapper for
"plus_coercions".)
Example:
package MyApp::Minion;
use Moose; extends "MyApp::Person";
use Types::Standard qw( HashRef Str );
use Type::Utils qw( class_type );
my $Person = class_type({ class => "MyApp::Person" });
has boss => (
is => "ro",
isa => $Person->plus_constructors(
HashRef, "new",
Str, "_new_from_name",
),
coerce => 1,
);
package main;
MyApp::Minion->new(
...,
boss => "Bob", ## via MyApp::Person->_new_from_name
);
MyApp::Minion->new(
...,
boss => { name => "Bob" }, ## via MyApp::Person->new
);
Because coercing "HashRef" via constructor is a common desire, if
you call "plus_constructors" with no arguments at all, this is
the default.
$classtype->plus_constructors(Types::Standard::HashRef, "new")
$classtype->plus_constructors() ## identical to above
This is handy for Moose/Mouse/Moo-based classes.
BUGS¶
Please report any bugs to
<
http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Type-Tiny>.
SEE ALSO¶
Type::Tiny::Manual.
Type::Tiny.
Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint::Class.
AUTHOR¶
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014 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.