MooseX::Types::LoadableClass

NAME

MooseX::Types::LoadableClass − ClassName type constraint with coercion to load the class.

VERSION

version 0.014

SYNOPSIS

    package MyClass;
    use Moose;
    use MooseX::Types::LoadableClass qw/ LoadableClass /;
    has foobar_class => (
        is => 'ro',
        required => 1,
        isa => LoadableClass,
    );
    MyClass−>new(foobar_class => 'FooBar'); # FooBar.pm is loaded or an
                                            # exception is thrown.

DESCRIPTION

    use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
    my $tc = subtype as ClassName;
    coerce $tc, from Str, via { Class::Load::load_class($_); $_ };

I’ve written those three lines of code quite a lot of times, in quite a lot of places.

Now I don’t have to.

TYPES EXPORTED

"LoadableClass"
A normal class / package.

"LoadableRole"
Like "LoadableClass", except the loaded package must be a Moose::Role.

AUTHOR

Tomas Doran <bobtfish AT bobtfish DOT net>

CONTRIBUTORS

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 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.