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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Type::Registry \- a glorified hashref for looking up type constraints .SH "SYNOPSIS" .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& package Foo::Bar; \& \& use Type::Registry; \& \& my $reg = "Type::Registry"\->for_me; # a registry for Foo::Bar \& \& # Register all types from Types::Standard \& $reg\->add_types(\-Standard); \& \& # Register just one type from Types::XSD \& $reg\->add_types(\-XSD => ["NonNegativeInteger"]); \& \& # Register all types from MyApp::Types \& $reg\->add_types("MyApp::Types"); \& \& # Create a type alias \& $reg\->alias_type("NonNegativeInteger" => "Count"); \& \& # Look up a type constraint \& my $type = $reg\->lookup("ArrayRef[Count]"); \& \& $type\->check([1, 2, 3.14159]); # croaks .Ve .PP Alternatively: .PP .Vb 1 \& package Foo::Bar; \& \& use Type::Registry qw( t ); \& \& # Register all types from Types::Standard \& t\->add_types(\-Standard); \& \& # Register just one type from Types::XSD \& t\->add_types(\-XSD => ["NonNegativeInteger"]); \& \& # Register all types from MyApp::Types \& t\->add_types("MyApp::Types"); \& \& # Create a type alias \& t\->alias_type("NonNegativeInteger" => "Count"); \& \& # Look up a type constraint \& my $type = t("ArrayRef[Count]"); \& \& $type\->check([1, 2, 3.14159]); # croaks .Ve .SH "STATUS" .IX Header "STATUS" This module is covered by the Type-Tiny stability policy. .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" A type registry is basically just a hashref mapping type names to type constraint objects. .SS "Constructors" .IX Subsection "Constructors" .ie n .IP """new""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWnew\fR" 4 .IX Item "new" Create a new glorified hashref. .ie n .IP """for_class($class)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWfor_class($class)\fR" 4 .IX Item "for_class($class)" Create or return the existing glorified hashref associated with the given class. .Sp Note that any type constraint you have imported from Type::Library\-based type libraries will be automatically available in your class' registry. .ie n .IP """for_me""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWfor_me\fR" 4 .IX Item "for_me" Create or return the existing glorified hashref associated with the caller. .SS "Methods" .IX Subsection "Methods" .ie n .IP """add_types(@libraries)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWadd_types(@libraries)\fR" 4 .IX Item "add_types(@libraries)" The libraries list is treated as an \*(L"optlist\*(R" (a la Data::OptList). .Sp Strings are the names of type libraries; if the first character is a hyphen, it is expanded to the \*(L"Types::\*(R" prefix. If followed by an arrayref, this is the list of types to import from that library. Otherwise, imports all types from the library. .Sp .Vb 1 \& use Type::Registry qw(t); \& \& t\->add_types(\-Standard); # OR: t\->add_types("Types::Standard"); \& \& t\->add_types( \& \-TypeTiny => [\*(AqHashLike\*(Aq], \& \-Standard => [\*(AqHashRef\*(Aq => { \-as => \*(AqRealHash\*(Aq }], \& ); .Ve .Sp MooseX::Types (and experimentally, MouseX::Types) libraries can also be added this way, but \fIcannot be followed by an arrayref of types to import\fR. .ie n .IP """add_type($type, $name)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWadd_type($type, $name)\fR" 4 .IX Item "add_type($type, $name)" The long-awaited singular form of \f(CW\*(C`add_types\*(C'\fR. Given a type constraint object, adds it to the registry with a given name. The name may be omitted, in which case \f(CW\*(C`$type\->name\*(C'\fR is called, and Type::Registry will throw an error if \f(CW$type\fR is anonymous. If a name is explicitly given, Type::Registry cares not one wit whether the type constraint is anonymous. .Sp This method can even add MooseX::Types and MouseX::Types type constraints; indeed anything that can be handled by Types::TypeTiny's \&\f(CW\*(C`to_TypeTiny\*(C'\fR function. (Bear in mind that to_TypeTiny \fIalways\fR results in an anonymous type constraint, so \f(CW$name\fR will be required.) .ie n .IP """alias_type($oldname, $newname)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWalias_type($oldname, $newname)\fR" 4 .IX Item "alias_type($oldname, $newname)" Create an alias for an existing type. .ie n .IP """simple_lookup($name)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWsimple_lookup($name)\fR" 4 .IX Item "simple_lookup($name)" Look up a type in the registry by name. .Sp Returns undef if not found. .ie n .IP """foreign_lookup($name)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWforeign_lookup($name)\fR" 4 .IX Item "foreign_lookup($name)" Like \f(CW\*(C`simple_lookup\*(C'\fR, but if the type name contains \*(L"::\*(R", will attempt to load it from a type library. (And will attempt to load that module.) .ie n .IP """lookup($name)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWlookup($name)\fR" 4 .IX Item "lookup($name)" Look up by name, with a \s-1DSL.\s0 .Sp .Vb 1 \& t\->lookup("Int|ArrayRef[Int]") .Ve .Sp The \s-1DSL\s0 can be summed up as: .Sp .Vb 8 \& X type from this registry \& My::Lib::X type from a type library \& ~X complementary type \& X | Y union \& X & Y intersection \& X[...] parameterized type \& slurpy X slurpy type \& Foo::Bar:: class type .Ve .Sp Croaks if not found. .ie n .IP """make_union(@constraints)"", ""make_intersection(@constraints)"", ""make_class_type($class)"", ""make_role_type($role)""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWmake_union(@constraints)\fR, \f(CWmake_intersection(@constraints)\fR, \f(CWmake_class_type($class)\fR, \f(CWmake_role_type($role)\fR" 4 .IX Item "make_union(@constraints), make_intersection(@constraints), make_class_type($class), make_role_type($role)" Convenience methods for creating certain common type constraints. .ie n .IP """AUTOLOAD""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWAUTOLOAD\fR" 4 .IX Item "AUTOLOAD" Overloaded to call \f(CW\*(C`lookup\*(C'\fR. .Sp .Vb 1 \& $registry\->Str; # like $registry\->lookup("Str") .Ve .SS "Functions" .IX Subsection "Functions" .ie n .IP """t""" 4 .el .IP "\f(CWt\fR" 4 .IX Item "t" This class can export a function \f(CW\*(C`t\*(C'\fR which acts like \&\f(CW\*(C`"Type::Registry"\->for_class($importing_class)\*(C'\fR. .SH "BUGS" .IX Header "BUGS" Please report any bugs to . .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" Type::Library. .SH "AUTHOR" .IX Header "AUTHOR" Toby Inkster . .SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE" .IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE" This software is copyright (c) 2013\-2014, 2017\-2019 by Toby Inkster. .PP This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. .SH "DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES" .IX Header "DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES" \&\s-1THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED \*(L"AS IS\*(R" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.\s0