package Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance; # $Id: Affordance.pm 3937 2008-05-22 03:04:22Z david $ =head1 NAME Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance - Affordance style accessor generation =head1 SYNOPSIS package MyApp::TypeDef; use strict; use Class::Meta::Type; use IO::Socket; my $type = Class::Meta::Type->add( key => 'io_socket', builder => 'affordance', desc => 'IO::Socket object', name => 'IO::Socket Object' ); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module provides the an affordance style accessor builder for Class::Meta. Affordance accessors are attribute accessor methods that separate the getting and setting of an attribute value into distinct methods. The approach both eliminates the overhead of checking to see whether an accessor is called as a getter or a setter, which is common for Perl style accessors, while also creating a psychological barrier to accidentally misusing an attribute. =head2 Accessors Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance create two different types of accessors: getters and setters. The type of accessors created depends on the value of the C attribute of the Class::Meta::Attribute for which the accessor is being created. For example, if the C is Class::Meta::RDWR, then two accessor methods will be created: my $value = $obj->get_io_socket; $obj->set_io_socket($value); If the value of C is Class::Meta::READ, then only the get method will be created: my $value = $obj->io_socket; And finally, if the value of C is Class::Meta::WRITE, then only the set method will be created (why anyone would want this is beyond me, but I provide for the sake of completeness): my $value = $obj->io_socket; =head2 Data Type Validation Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance uses all of the validation checks passed to it to validate new values before assigning them to an attribute. It also checks to see if the attribute is required, and if so, adds a check to ensure that its value is never undefined. It does not currently check to ensure that private and protected methods are used only in their appropriate contexts, but may do so in a future release. =head2 Class Attributes If the C attribute of the attribute object for which accessors are to be built is C, Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder will build accessors for a class attribute instead of an object attribute. Of course, this means that if you change the value of the class attribute in any context--whether via a an object, the class name, or an an inherited class name or object, the value will be changed everywhere. For example, for a class attribute "count", you can expect the following to work: MyApp::Custom->set_count(10); my $count = MyApp::Custom->get_count; # Returns 10. my $obj = MyApp::Custom->new; $count = $obj->get_count; # Returns 10. $obj->set_count(22); $count = $obj->get_count; # Returns 22. my $count = MyApp::Custom->get_count; # Returns 22. MyApp::Custom->set_count(35); $count = $obj->get_count; # Returns 35. my $count = MyApp::Custom->get_count; # Returns 35. Currently, class attribute accessors are not designed to be inheritable in the way designed by Class::Data::Inheritable, although this might be changed in a future release. For now, I expect that the current simple approach will cover the vast majority of circumstances. B Class attribute accessors will not work accurately in multiprocess environments such as mod_perl. If you change a class attribute's value in one process, it will not be changed in any of the others. Furthermore, class attributes are not currently shared across threads. So if you're using Class::Meta class attributes in a multi-threaded environment (such as iThreads in Perl 5.8.0 and later) the changes to a class attribute in one thread will not be reflected in other threads. =head1 Private and Protected Attributes Any attributes that have their C attribute set to Class::Meta::Private or Class::Meta::Protected get additional validation installed to ensure that they're truly private and protected. This includes when they are set via parameters to constructors generated by Class::Meta. The validation is performed by checking the caller of the accessors, and throwing an exception when the caller isn't the class that owns the attribute (for private attributes) or when it doesn't inherit from the class that owns the attribute (for protected attributes). As an implementation note, this validation is performed for parameters passed to constructors created by Class::Meta by ignoring looking for the first caller that isn't Class::Meta::Constructor: my $caller = caller; # Circumvent generated constructors. for (my $i = 1; $caller eq 'Class::Meta::Constructor'; $i++) { $caller = caller($i); } This works because Class::Meta::Constructor installs the closures that become constructors, and thus, when those closures call accessors to set new values for attributes, the caller is Class::Meta::Constructor. By going up the stack until we find another package, we correctly check to see what context is setting attribute values via a constructor, rather than the constructor method itself being the context. This is a bit of a hack, but since Perl uses call stacks for checking security in this way, it's the best I could come up with. Other suggestions welcome. Or see L to create your own accessor generation code =head1 INTERFACE The following functions must be implemented by any Class::Meta accessor generation module. =head2 Functions =head3 build_attr_get my $code = Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance::build_attr_get(); This function is called by C and returns a code reference that can be used by the C method of Class::Meta::Attribute to return the value stored for that attribute for the object passed to the code reference. =head3 build_attr_set my $code = Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance::build_attr_set(); This function is called by C and returns a code reference that can be used by the C method of Class::Meta::Attribute to set the value stored for that attribute for the object passed to the code reference. =head3 build Class::Meta::AccessorBuilder::Affordance::build( $pkg, $attribute, $create, @checks ); This method is called by the C method of Class::Meta::Type, and does the work of actually generating the accessors for an attribute object. The arguments passed to it are: =over 4 =item $pkg The name of the class to which the accessors will be added. =item $attribute The Class::Meta::Attribute object that specifies the attribute for which the accessors will be created. =item $create The value of the C attribute of the Class::Meta::Attribute object, which determines what accessors, if any, are to be created. =item @checks A list of code references that validate the value of an attribute. These will be used in the set accessor (mutator) to validate new attribute values. =back =cut use strict; use Class::Meta; our $VERSION = '0.63'; sub build_attr_get { UNIVERSAL::can($_[0]->package, 'get_' . $_[0]->name); } sub build_attr_set { UNIVERSAL::can($_[0]->package, 'set_' . $_[0]->name); } my $req_chk = sub { $_[2]->class->handle_error("Attribute ", $_[2]->name, " must be defined") unless defined $_[0]; }; my $once_chk = sub { $_[2]->class->handle_error("Attribute ", $_[2]->name, " can only be set once") if defined $_[1]->{$_[2]->name}; }; sub build { my ($pkg, $attr, $name, $get, $set) = __PACKAGE__->_build(@_); # Install the accessors. no strict 'refs'; *{"${pkg}::get_$name"} = $get if $get; *{"${pkg}::set_$name"} = $set if $set; } sub _build { shift; my ($pkg, $attr, $create, @checks) = @_; my $name = $attr->name; # Add the required check, if needed. unshift @checks, $req_chk if $attr->required; # Add a once check, if needed. unshift @checks, $once_chk if $attr->once; my ($get, $set); if ($attr->context == Class::Meta::CLASS) { # Create class attribute accessors by creating a closure tha # references this variable. my $data = $attr->default; if ($create >= Class::Meta::GET) { # Create GET accessor. $get = sub { $data }; } if ($create >= Class::Meta::SET) { # Create SET accessor. if (@checks) { $set = sub { # Check the value passed in. $_->($_[1], { $name => $data, __pkg => ref $_[0] || $_[0] }, $attr) for @checks; # Assign the value. $data = $_[1]; }; } else { $set = sub { # Assign the value. $data = $_[1]; }; } } } else { # Create object attribute accessors. if ($create >= Class::Meta::GET) { # Create GET accessor. $get = sub { $_[0]->{$name} }; } if ($create >= Class::Meta::SET) { # Create SET accessor. if (@checks) { $set = sub { # Check the value passed in. $_->($_[1], $_[0], $attr) for @checks; # Assign the value. $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1]; }; } else { $set = sub { # Assign the value. $_[0]->{$name} = $_[1]; }; } } } # Add public and private checks, if required. if ($attr->view == Class::Meta::PROTECTED) { for ($get, $set) { my $real_sub = $_ or next; $_ = sub { my $caller = caller; # Circumvent generated constructors. for (my $i = 1; $caller eq 'Class::Meta::Constructor'; $i++) { $caller = caller($i); } $attr->class->handle_error("$name is a protected attribute " . "of $pkg") unless UNIVERSAL::isa($caller, $pkg); goto &$real_sub; }; } } elsif ($attr->view == Class::Meta::PRIVATE) { for ($get, $set) { my $real_sub = $_ or next; $_ = sub { my $caller = caller; # Circumvent generated constructors. for (my $i = 1; $caller eq 'Class::Meta::Constructor'; $i++) { $caller = caller($i); } $attr->class->handle_error("$name is a private attribute of $pkg") unless $caller eq $pkg; goto &$real_sub; }; } } elsif ($attr->view == Class::Meta::TRUSTED) { my $trusted = $attr->class->trusted; for ($get, $set) { my $real_sub = $_ or next; $_ = sub { my $caller = caller; # Circumvent generated constructors. for (my $i = 1; $caller eq 'Class::Meta::Constructor'; $i++) { $caller = caller($i); } goto &$real_sub if $caller eq $pkg; for my $pack (@{$trusted}) { goto &$real_sub if UNIVERSAL::isa($caller, $pack); } $attr->class->handle_error("$name is a trusted attribute of $pkg"); }; } } return ($pkg, $attr, $name, $get, $set); } 1; __END__ =head1 SUPPORT This module is stored in an open repository at the following address: L Patches against Class::Meta are welcome. Please send bug reports to . =head1 AUTHOR David Wheeler =head1 SEE ALSO =over 4 =item L This class contains most of the documentation you need to get started with Class::Meta. =item L This module generates Perl style accessors. =item L This class manages the creation of data types. =item L This class manages Class::Meta class attributes, most of which will have generated accessors. =back =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2002-2008, David Wheeler. Some Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut