Class::MOP::Method(3)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				     Class::MOP::Method(3)

NAME

       Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object

VERSION

       version 2.1202

DESCRIPTION

       The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic
       introspection interface.

METHODS

       Class::MOP::Method->wrap($code, %options)
	   This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of either a code reference or a Class::MOP::Method instance, followed by
	   a hash of options.

	   The options are:

	   o	   name

		   The method name (without a package name). This is required if $code is a coderef.

	   o	   package_name

		   The package name for the method. This is required if $code is a coderef.

	   o	   associated_metaclass

		   An optional Class::MOP::Class object. This is the metaclass for the method's class.

       $metamethod->clone(%params)
	   This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular, subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given
	   method.

	   When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available by calling "original_method" on the clone.

       $metamethod->body
	   This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.

       $metamethod->name
	   This returns the method's name

       $metamethod->package_name
	   This returns the method's package name.

       $metamethod->fully_qualified_name
	   This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and method name).

       $metamethod->associated_metaclass
	   This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method, if one exists.

       $metamethod->original_method
	   If this method object was created as a clone of some other method object, this returns the object that was cloned.

       $metamethod->original_name
	   This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first defined.

	   If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the name from the first method in the chain of clones.

       $metamethod->original_package_name
	   This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first defined.

	   If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the package name from the first method in the chain of
	   clones.

       $metamethod->original_fully_qualified_name
	   This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it was first defined.

	   If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the fully qualified name from the first method in the
	   chain of clones.

       $metamethod->is_stub
	   Returns true if the method is just a stub:

	     sub foo;

       $metamethod->attach_to_class($metaclass)
	   Given a Class::MOP::Class object, this method sets the associated metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated
	   metaclass.

       $metamethod->detach_from_class
	   Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.

       $metamethod->execute(...)
	   This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to the method itself.

       Class::MOP::Method->meta
	   This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.

	   It should also be noted that Class::MOP will actually bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its
	   metaclass.

AUTHORS

       o   Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>

       o   Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

       o   Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>

       o   Shawn M Moore <code@sartak.org>

       o   XXXX XXX'XX (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

       o   Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

       o   Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@weftsoar.net>

       o   Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>

       o   Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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