package MooseX::Attributes::Curried; use strict; use warnings; use Sub::Exporter build_exporter => { -as => '_build_exporter' }; our $VERSION = 0.03; # taken from Moose.pm, but level has been subtracted by one due to less # indirection sub _caller_info { my $level = @_ ? $_[0] : 1; my %info; @info{qw(package file line)} = caller($level); return \%info; } sub build_exporter { my %keywords; while (my ($keyword, $defaults) = splice @_, 0, 2) { ref($defaults) eq 'HASH' || ref($defaults) eq 'CODE' or Carp::croak("The defaults for '$keyword' must be a hashref or a coderef."); $keywords{$keyword} = sub { my ($class, $arg, $opt) = @_; sub { my $name = shift; my %options = ( definition_context => _caller_info(), (ref($defaults) eq 'CODE' ? do { local $_ = $name; %{ $defaults->($opt, [@_]) }, } : (%$defaults, %$opt, @_)), ); my $attrs = (ref($name) eq 'ARRAY') ? $name : [$name]; my $meta = Class::MOP::class_of(caller); $meta->add_attribute($_, %options) for @$attrs; }, }; } return _build_exporter({ exports => [%keywords], groups => { default => [keys %keywords], }, }); } sub import { shift; my $exporter = build_exporter(@_); my $caller = caller; no strict 'refs'; *{ $caller . '::import' } = $exporter; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME MooseX::Attributes::Curried - curry your "has"es =head1 SYNOPSIS package MyAttrs; use MooseX::Attributes::Curried ( has_datetime => { isa => 'DateTime', default => sub { DateTime->now }, }, has_rw => { is => 'rw', }, ); package My::Class; use Moose; use MyAttrs; has_datetime 'birthday' => ( is => 'ro', ); has_rw 'age' => ( isa => 'Int', ); =head1 DESCRIPTION This module lets you define curried versions of L. If many of your attributes share the same options, especially across multiple classes, then you can refactor those options away into a curried C. Typical usage of this extension is to create a standalone "C library" module. If you only need a curried C for one class, then you might as well just define a C in that class. When you use your "C library", you can customize each curried C further by specifying additional options on your import line, like so: use MyAttrs ( has_datetime => { is => 'ro', }, has_datetime => { -as => 'needs_datetime', required => 1, }, ); Your "defaults" for the attribute can also be a code reference. This code reference will receive both the additional specializations performed when the curried attribute was imported, as well as any additional specializations used in the individual attribute. This is immensely powerful, see F for a taste. =head1 SEE ALSO L, which has very similar goals; this extension was originally proposed as an implementation of prototype attributes. =head1 AUTHOR Shawn M Moore, C =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2009 Shawn M Moore. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =cut