NAME

Venus::Role::Reflectable - Reflectable Role

ABSTRACT

Reflectable Role for Perl 5

SYNOPSIS

  package Example;
  use Venus::Class;
  with 'Venus::Role::Reflectable';
  sub test {
    true
  }
  package main;
  my $example = Example->new;
  # $example->space;

DESCRIPTION

This package modifies the consuming package and provides methods for introspecting the object and its underlying package.

METHODS

This package provides the following methods:

class

  class() (string)

The class method returns the class name for the given class or object.

Since 0.01

class example 1

  # given: synopsis;
  my $class = $example->class;
  # "Example"

reify

  reify(string | coderef $code, any @args) (object)

The reify method dispatches the method call or executes the callback and returns the result as a value object.

Since 1.23

reify example 1

  # given: synopsis
  package main;
  my $reify = $example->reify;
  # bless({}, "Example")

reify example 2

  # given: synopsis
  package main;
  my $reify = $example->reify('class');
  # bless({value => "Example"}, "Venus::String")

reify example 3

  # given: synopsis
  package main;
  my $reify = $example->reify('test');
  # bless({value => 1}, "Venus::Boolean")

space

  space() (Venus::Space)

The space method returns a Venus::Space object for the given object.

Since 0.01

space example 1

  # given: synopsis;
  my $space = $example->space;
  # bless({ value => "Example" }, "Venus::Space")

type

  type(string | coderef $code, any @args) (Venus::Type)

The type method dispatches the method call or executes the callback and returns the result as a Venus::Type object.

Since 0.01

type example 1

  # given: synopsis;
  my $type = $example->type;
  # bless({ value => bless({}, "Example") }, "Venus::Type")

type example 2

  # given: synopsis;
  my $type = $example->type('class');
  # bless({ value => "Example" }, "Venus::Type")

AUTHORS

Awncorp, "awncorp@cpan.org"

LICENSE

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Apache license version 2.0.