Sub::HandlesVia::Manual::WithObjectPad(3)

NAME
Sub::HandlesVia::Manual::WithObjectPad - using Sub::HandlesVia with Object::Pad

SYNOPSIS
 use Object::Pad;

 class Kitchen {
   field @foods;
   use Sub::HandlesVia::Declare '@foods', Array => (
     all_foods => 'all',
     add_food  => 'push',
   );
 }

MANUAL
Sub::HandlesVia allows you to delegate methods from your class to the values of your objects' attributes.

Conceptually, it allows you to define "$object->push_number($n)" to be a shortcut for "$object->numbers->push($n)" except that "$object->numbers" is an arrayref, so doesn't have methods you can call on it like "push".

Experimental Object::Pad support is provided by Sub::HandlesVia, including for array and hash fields.

Object::Pad classes are "sealed" after compile time, preventing new methods from being installed at run-time. (It's actually trivially easy to add them at runtime, but not using the API provided by the Object::Pad MOP, so we don't do that.) This is why Sub::Handles::Declare is used, as it creates delegated methods at compile-time.

The first argument is the field name, including its sigil.

The second argument is the handler library. If the field name begins with a '@' or '%', this is implied to be "Array"/"Hash".

 use Object::Pad;

 class Kitchen {
   field @foods;
   use Sub::HandlesVia::Declare '@foods', (
     all_foods => 'all',
     add_food  => 'push',
   );
 }

The third argument is a hash of methods to delegate.

  Which Methods Can Be Delegated To?
The second parameter ("Array" in the synopsis) indicates which library of methods should be available. Valid values include Array, Blessed, Bool, Code, Counter, Enum, Hash, Number, Scalar, and String.

An arrayref can be provided, though many of the options are conceptually contradictory.

 use Sub::HandlesVia::Declare 'num', [ 'Number', 'Scalar' ] => (
   ...,
 );

BUGS
Please report any bugs to <https://github.com/tobyink/p5-sub-handlesvia/issues>.

SEE ALSO
Misc advanced documentation: Sub::HandlesVia::Manual::Advanced.

Sub::HandlesVia, Sub::HandlesVia::Declare.

Documentation for delegatable methods: Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Array, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Blessed, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Bool, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Code, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Counter, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Enum, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Hash, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Number, Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::Scalar, and Sub::HandlesVia::HandlerLibrary::String.

AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2022 by Toby Inkster.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.