package MooseX::ABC; use Moose (); use Moose::Exporter; =head1 NAME MooseX::ABC - abstract base classes for Moose =head1 SYNOPSIS package Shape; use Moose; use MooseX::ABC; requires 'draw'; package Circle; use Moose; extends 'Shape'; sub draw { # stuff } my $shape = Shape->new; # dies my $circle = Circle->new; # succeeds package Square; use Moose; extends 'Shape'; # dies, since draw is unimplemented =head1 DESCRIPTION This module adds basic abstract base class functionality to Moose. Doing C turns the using class into an abstract class - it cannot be instantiated. It also allows you to mark certain methods in the class as L, meaning that if a class inherits from this class without implementing that method, it will die at compile time. Abstract subclasses are exempt from this, however - if you extend a class with another class which uses C, it will not be required to implement every required method (and it can also add more required methods of its own). Only concrete classes (classes which do not use C) are required to implement all of their ancestors' required methods. =cut =head1 EXPORTS =cut =head2 requires METHOD_NAMES Takes a list of methods that classes inheriting from this one must implement. If a class inherits from this class without implementing each method listed here, an error will be thrown when compiling the class. =cut sub requires { shift->add_required_method(@_); } my ($import, $unimport, $init_meta) = Moose::Exporter->build_import_methods( with_meta => [qw(requires)], install => [qw(import unimport)], metaclass_roles => ['MooseX::ABC::Trait::Class'], base_class_roles => ['MooseX::ABC::Role::Object'], ); sub init_meta { my ($package, %options) = @_; Carp::confess("Can't make a role into an abstract base class") if Class::MOP::class_of($options{for_class})->isa('Moose::Meta::Role'); my $ret = $init_meta->(@_); Class::MOP::class_of($options{for_class})->is_abstract(1); return $ret; } =head1 BUGS No known bugs. Please report any bugs through RT: email C, or browse to L. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L =head1 SUPPORT You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc MooseX::ABC You can also look for information at: =over 4 =item * AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation L =item * CPAN Ratings L =item * RT: CPAN's request tracker L =item * Search CPAN L =back =head1 AUTHOR Jesse Luehrs =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2009 by Jesse Luehrs. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself. =cut 1;