NAME
MooseX::StrictConstructor - Make your object constructors blow up on
unknown attributes
SYNOPSIS
package My::Class;
use MooseX::StrictConstructor; # instead of use Moose
has 'size' => ...;
# then later ...
# this blows up because color is not a known attribute
My::Class->new( size => 5, color => 'blue' );
DESCRIPTION
Using this class to load Moose instead of just loading using Moose
itself makes your constructors "strict". If your constructor is called
with an attribute init argument that your class does not declare, then
it calls "Carp::confess()". This is a great way to catch small typos.
Subverting Strictness
You may find yourself wanting to accept a parameter to the constructor
that is not the name of an attribute.
In that case, you'll probably be writing a "BUILD()" method to deal with
it. Your "BUILD()" method will receive two parameters, the new object,
and a hash reference of parameters passed to the constructor.
If you delete keys from this hash reference, then they will not be seen
when this class does its checking.
sub BUILD {
my $self = shift;
my $params = shift;
if ( delete $params->{do_something} ) {
...
}
}
Caveats
Using this class replaces the default Moose meta class,
"Moose::Meta::Class", with its own,
"MooseX::StrictConstructor::Meta::Class". If you have your own meta
class, this distro will probably not work for you.
AUTHOR
Dave Rolsky, "<autarch@urth.org>"
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to
"bug-moosex-strictconstructor@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface
at <http://rt.cpan.org>. I will be notified, and then you'll
automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright 2007 Dave Rolsky, All Rights Reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.