Compatibility

It should work with Role::Tiny, Moo::Role, Moose::Role, Mouse::Role, Role::Basic, and Mite. Not all class builders work well with all role builders (for example, a Moose class consuming a Mouse role). But when they do work together, Role::Hooks should be able to run the callbacks. (The only combination I've tested is Moo with Moose though.)

Some other role implementations (such as Moos::Role, exact::role, and OX::Role) are just wrappers around one of the supported role builders, so should mostly work.

With Role::Basic, the "after_apply" hook is called a little earlier than would be ideal; after the role has been fully loaded and its methods have been copied into the target package, but before handling "requires", and before patching the "DOES" method in the target package. If you are using Role::Basic, consider switching to Role::Tiny.

With Mite, the "before_apply" hook is called fairly late; after the role is fully loaded and attributes and methods have been copied into the target package, after "DOES" has been patched, but before method modifiers from the role have been applied to the target package.

Apart from Role::Tiny/Moo::Role, a hashref of additional arguments (things like "-excludes" and "-alias") can be passed when consuming a role. Although I discourage people from using these in general, if you need access to these arguments in the callback, you can check %Role::Hooks::ARGS.

Roles generated via Package::Variant should work; see t/20packagevariant.t for a demonstration.

Methods

"before_apply"

  Role::Hooks->before_apply($rolename, $callback);
    

Sets up a callback for a role that will be called before the role is applied to a target package. The callback will be passed two parameters: the role being applied and the target package.

The role being applied may not be the same role as the role the callback was defined in!

  package Local::Role1 {
    use Moo::Role;
    use Role::Hooks;
    Role::Hooks->before_apply(__PACKAGE__, sub {
      my ($role, $target) = @_;
      print "$role has been applied to $target.\n";
    });
  }
  
  package Local::Role2 {
    use Moo::Role;
    with "Local::Role1";
  }
  
  package Local::Class1 {
    use Moo::Role;
    with "Local::Role2";
  }
    

This will print:

  Local::Role1 has been applied to Local::Role2.
  Local::Role2 has been applied to Local::Class1.
    

If you only care about direct applications of roles (i.e. the first one):

  Role::Hooks->before_apply(__PACKAGE__, sub {
    my ($role, $target) = @_;
    return if $role ne __PACKAGE__;
    print "$role has been applied to $target.\n";
  });
    

If you only care about roles being applied to classes (i.e. the second one):

  Role::Hooks->before_apply(__PACKAGE__, sub {
    my ($role, $target) = @_;
    return if Role::Hooks->is_role($target);
    print "$role has been applied to $target.\n";
  });
    

"after_apply"

  Role::Hooks->after_apply($rolename, $callback);
    

The same as "before_apply", but called later in the role application process.

Note that when the callback is called, even though it's after the role has been applied to the target, it doesn't mean the target has finished being built. For example, there might be "has" statements after the "with" statement, and those will not have been evaluated yet.

If you want to throw an error when someone applies your role to an inappropriate target, it is probably better to do that in "before_apply" if you can.

"after_inflate"

  Role::Hooks->after_inflate($pkg_name, $callback);
    

Even though this is part of Role::Hooks, it works on classes too. But it only works on classes and roles built using Moo. This runs your callback if your Moo class or role gets "inflated" to a Moose class or role.

If you set up a callback for a role, then the callback will also get called if any packages that role was applied to get inflated.

"is_role"

Will return true if the given package seems to be a role, false otherwise.

(In fact, returns a string representing which role builder the role seems to be using -- "Role::Tiny", "Moose::Role", "Mouse::Role", "Role::Basic", or "Mite::Role"; roles built using Moo::Role are detected as "Role::Tiny".)