Class::Accessor::Grouped - Lets you build groups of accessors


Class-Accessor-Grouped documentation Contained in the Class-Accessor-Grouped distribution.

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NAME

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Class::Accessor::Grouped - Lets you build groups of accessors

SYNOPSIS

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 use base 'Class::Accessor::Grouped';

 # make basic accessors for objects
 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors(simple => qw(id name email));

 # make accessor that works for objects and classes
 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors(inherited => 'awesome_level');

DESCRIPTION

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This class lets you build groups of accessors that will call different getters and setters.

METHODS

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mk_group_accessors

 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors(simple => 'hair_length');

Arguments: $group, @fieldspec

Returns: none

Creates a set of accessors in a given group.

$group is the name of the accessor group for the generated accessors; they will call get_$group($field) on get and set_$group($field, $value) on set.

If you want to mimic Class::Accessor's mk_accessors $group has to be 'simple' to tell Class::Accessor::Grouped to use its own get_simple and set_simple methods.

@fieldspec is a list of field/accessor names; if a fieldspec is a scalar this is used as both field and accessor name, if a listref it is expected to be of the form [ $accessor, $field ].

mk_group_ro_accessors

 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_ro_accessors(simple => 'birthdate');

Arguments: $group, @fieldspec

Returns: none

Creates a set of read only accessors in a given group. Identical to mk_group_accessors but accessors will throw an error if passed a value rather than setting the value.

mk_group_wo_accessors

 __PACKAGE__->mk_group_wo_accessors(simple => 'lie');

Arguments: $group, @fieldspec

Returns: none

Creates a set of write only accessors in a given group. Identical to mk_group_accessors but accessors will throw an error if not passed a value rather than getting the value.

make_group_accessor

 __PACKAGE__->make_group_accessor(simple => 'hair_length', 'hair_length');

Arguments: $group, $field, $method

Returns: \&accessor_coderef ?

Called by mk_group_accessors for each entry in @fieldspec. Either returns a coderef which will be installed at &__PACKAGE__::$method, or returns undef if it elects to install the coderef on its own.

make_group_ro_accessor

 __PACKAGE__->make_group_ro_accessor(simple => 'birthdate', 'birthdate');

Arguments: $group, $field, $method

Returns: \&accessor_coderef ?

Called by mk_group_ro_accessors for each entry in @fieldspec. Either returns a coderef which will be installed at &__PACKAGE__::$method, or returns undef if it elects to install the coderef on its own.

make_group_wo_accessor

 __PACKAGE__->make_group_wo_accessor(simple => 'lie', 'lie');

Arguments: $group, $field, $method

Returns: \&accessor_coderef ?

Called by mk_group_wo_accessors for each entry in @fieldspec. Either returns a coderef which will be installed at &__PACKAGE__::$method, or returns undef if it elects to install the coderef on its own.

get_simple

Arguments: $field

Returns: $value

Simple getter for hash-based objects which returns the value for the field name passed as an argument.

set_simple

Arguments: $field, $new_value

Returns: $new_value

Simple setter for hash-based objects which sets and then returns the value for the field name passed as an argument.

get_inherited

Arguments: $field

Returns: $value

Simple getter for Classes and hash-based objects which returns the value for the field name passed as an argument. This behaves much like Class::Data::Accessor where the field can be set in a base class, inherited and changed in subclasses, and inherited and changed for object instances.

set_inherited

Arguments: $field, $new_value

Returns: $new_value

Simple setter for Classes and hash-based objects which sets and then returns the value for the field name passed as an argument. When called on a hash-based object it will set the appropriate hash key value. When called on a class, it will set a class level variable.

Note:: This method will die if you try to set an object variable on a non hash-based object.

get_component_class

Arguments: $field

Returns: $value

Gets the value of the specified component class.

    __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('component_class' => 'result_class');

    $self->result_class->method();

    ## same as
    $self->get_component_class('result_class')->method();

set_component_class

Arguments: $field, $class

Returns: $new_value

Inherited accessor that automatically loads the specified class before setting it. This method will die if the specified class could not be loaded.

    __PACKAGE__->mk_group_accessors('component_class' => 'result_class');
    __PACKAGE__->result_class('MyClass');

    $self->result_class->method();

get_super_paths

Returns a list of 'parent' or 'super' class names that the current class inherited from.

PERFORMANCE

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To provide total flexibility Class::Accessor::Grouped calls methods internally while performing get/set actions, which makes it noticeably slower than similar modules. To compensate, this module will automatically use the insanely fast Class::XSAccessor to generate the simple-group accessors if this module is available on your system.

Benchmark

This is the result of a set/get/set loop benchmark on perl 5.12.1 with thread support, showcasing most popular accessor builders: Moose, Mouse, Moo, CAF, CAF_XS, XSA, and CAF_XSA:

           Rate  CAG moOse  CAF moUse  moo HANDMADE CAF_XS moUse_XS moo_XS CAF_XSA  XSA CAG_XS
 CAG      169/s   --  -21% -24%  -32% -32%     -34%   -59%     -63%   -67%    -67% -67%   -67%
 moOse    215/s  27%    --  -3%  -13% -13%     -15%   -48%     -53%   -58%    -58% -58%   -58%
 CAF      222/s  31%    3%   --  -10% -10%     -13%   -46%     -52%   -57%    -57% -57%   -57%
 moUse    248/s  46%   15%  11%    --  -0%      -3%   -40%     -46%   -52%    -52% -52%   -52%
 moo      248/s  46%   15%  11%    0%   --      -3%   -40%     -46%   -52%    -52% -52%   -52%
 HANDMADE 255/s  50%   18%  14%    3%   3%       --   -38%     -45%   -50%    -51% -51%   -51%
 CAF_XS   411/s 143%   91%  85%   66%  66%      61%     --     -11%   -20%    -20% -21%   -21%
 moUse_XS 461/s 172%  114% 107%   86%  86%      81%    12%       --   -10%    -11% -11%   -11%
 moo_XS   514/s 204%  139% 131%  107% 107%     102%    25%      12%     --     -0%  -1%    -1%
 CAF_XSA  516/s 205%  140% 132%  108% 108%     103%    26%      12%     0%      --  -0%    -0%
 XSA      519/s 206%  141% 133%  109% 109%     104%    26%      13%     1%      0%   --    -0%
 CAG_XS   519/s 206%  141% 133%  109% 109%     104%    26%      13%     1%      0%   0%     --

Benchmark program is available in the root of the repository:

Notes on Class::XSAccessor

You can force (or disable) the use of Class::XSAccessor before creating a particular simple accessor by either manipulating the global variable $Class::Accessor::Grouped::USE_XS to true or false (preferably with localization (local in perlfunc), or you can do so before runtime via the CAG_USE_XS environment variable.

Since Class::XSAccessor has no knowledge of get_simple and set_simple this module does its best to detect if you are overriding one of these methods and will fall back to using the perl version of the accessor in order to maintain consistency. However be aware that if you enable use of Class::XSAccessor (automatically or explicitly), create an object, invoke a simple accessor on that object, and then manipulate the symbol table to install a get/set_simple override - you get to keep all the pieces.

AUTHORS

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Matt S. Trout <mst@shadowcatsystems.co.uk>

Christopher H. Laco <claco@chrislaco.com>

CONTRIBUTORS

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Caelum: Rafael Kitover <rkitover@cpan.org>

frew: Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt <frioux@gmail.com>

groditi: Guillermo Roditi <groditi@cpan.org>

Jason Plum <jason.plum@bmmsi.com>

ribasushi: Peter Rabbitson <ribasushi@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

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Class-Accessor-Grouped documentation Contained in the Class-Accessor-Grouped distribution.
package Class::Accessor::Grouped;
use strict;
use warnings;
use Carp ();
use Scalar::Util ();

BEGIN {
  if ($] < 5.009_005) {
    require MRO::Compat;
  }
  else {
    require mro;
  }
}

our $VERSION = '0.10003';
$VERSION = eval $VERSION if $VERSION =~ /_/; # numify for warning-free dev releases

# when changing minimum version don't forget to adjust L</PERFORMANCE> and
# the Makefile.PL as well
our $__minimum_xsa_version;
BEGIN {
    $__minimum_xsa_version = '1.11';
}

our $USE_XS;
# the unless defined is here so that we can override the value
# before require/use, *regardless* of the state of $ENV{CAG_USE_XS}
$USE_XS = $ENV{CAG_USE_XS}
    unless defined $USE_XS;

# Yes this method is undocumented
# Yes it should be a private coderef like all the rest at the end of this file
# No we can't do that (yet) because the DBIC-CDBI compat layer overrides it
# %$*@!?&!&#*$!!!
sub _mk_group_accessors {
    my($self, $maker, $group, @fields) = @_;
    my $class = Scalar::Util::blessed $self || $self;

    no strict 'refs';
    no warnings 'redefine';

    # So we don't have to do lots of lookups inside the loop.
    $maker = $self->can($maker) unless ref $maker;

    foreach (@fields) {
        if( $_ eq 'DESTROY' ) {
            Carp::carp("Having a data accessor named DESTROY in ".
                       "'$class' is unwise.");
        }

        my ($name, $field) = (ref $_)
            ? (@$_)
            : ($_, $_)
        ;

        my $alias = "_${name}_accessor";

        for my $meth ($name, $alias) {

            # the maker may elect to not return anything, meaning it already
            # installed the coderef for us (e.g. lack of Sub::Name)
            my $cref = $self->$maker($group, $field, $meth)
                or next;

            my $fq_meth = "${class}::${meth}";

            *$fq_meth = Sub::Name::subname($fq_meth, $cref);
                #unless defined &{$class."\:\:$field"}
        }
    }
};

# coderef is setup at the end for clarity
my $gen_accessor;

sub mk_group_accessors {
    my ($self, $group, @fields) = @_;

    $self->_mk_group_accessors('make_group_accessor', $group, @fields);
    return;
}

sub mk_group_ro_accessors {
    my($self, $group, @fields) = @_;

    $self->_mk_group_accessors('make_group_ro_accessor', $group, @fields);
}

sub mk_group_wo_accessors {
    my($self, $group, @fields) = @_;

    $self->_mk_group_accessors('make_group_wo_accessor', $group, @fields);
}

sub make_group_accessor { $gen_accessor->('rw', @_) }

sub make_group_ro_accessor { $gen_accessor->('ro', @_) }

sub make_group_wo_accessor { $gen_accessor->('wo', @_) }

sub get_simple {
    return $_[0]->{$_[1]};
}

sub set_simple {
    return $_[0]->{$_[1]} = $_[2];
}


sub get_inherited {
    my $class;

    if ( defined( $class = Scalar::Util::blessed $_[0] ) ) {
        if (Scalar::Util::reftype $_[0] eq 'HASH') {
          return $_[0]->{$_[1]} if exists $_[0]->{$_[1]};
        }
        else {
          Carp::croak('Cannot get inherited value on an object instance that is not hash-based');
        }
    }
    else {
        $class = $_[0];
    }

    no strict 'refs';
    no warnings 'uninitialized';

    my $cag_slot = '::__cag_'. $_[1];
    return ${$class.$cag_slot} if defined(${$class.$cag_slot});

    # we need to be smarter about recalculation, as @ISA (thus supers) can very well change in-flight
    my $cur_gen = mro::get_pkg_gen ($class);
    if ( $cur_gen != ${$class.'::__cag_pkg_gen__'} ) {
        @{$class.'::__cag_supers__'} = $_[0]->get_super_paths;
        ${$class.'::__cag_pkg_gen__'} = $cur_gen;
    }

    for (@{$class.'::__cag_supers__'}) {
        return ${$_.$cag_slot} if defined(${$_.$cag_slot});
    };

    return undef;
}

sub set_inherited {
    if (defined Scalar::Util::blessed $_[0]) {
        if (Scalar::Util::reftype $_[0] eq 'HASH') {
            return $_[0]->{$_[1]} = $_[2];
        } else {
            Carp::croak('Cannot set inherited value on an object instance that is not hash-based');
        };
    } else {
        no strict 'refs';

        return ${$_[0].'::__cag_'.$_[1]} = $_[2];
    };
}

sub get_component_class {
    return $_[0]->get_inherited($_[1]);
};

sub set_component_class {
    if ($_[2]) {
        local $^W = 0;
        require Class::Inspector;
        if (Class::Inspector->installed($_[2]) && !Class::Inspector->loaded($_[2])) {
            eval "require $_[2]";

            Carp::croak("Could not load $_[1] '$_[2]': ", $@) if $@;
        };
    };

    return $_[0]->set_inherited($_[1], $_[2]);
};

sub get_super_paths {
    return @{mro::get_linear_isa( ref($_[0]) || $_[0] )};
};

########################################################################
########################################################################
########################################################################
#
# Here be many angry dragons
# (all code is in private coderefs since everything inherits CAG)
#
########################################################################
########################################################################

BEGIN {

  die "Huh?! No minimum C::XSA version?!\n"
    unless $__minimum_xsa_version;

  local $@;
  my $err;


  $err = eval { require Sub::Name; 1; } ? undef : do {
    delete $INC{'Sub/Name.pm'};   # because older perls suck
    $@;
  };
  *__CAG_NO_SUBNAME = $err
    ? sub () { $err }
    : sub () { 0 }
  ;


  $err = eval {
    require Class::XSAccessor;
    Class::XSAccessor->VERSION($__minimum_xsa_version);
    require Sub::Name;
    1;
  } ? undef : do {
    delete $INC{'Sub/Name.pm'};   # because older perls suck
    delete $INC{'Class/XSAccessor.pm'};
    $@;
  };
  *__CAG_NO_CXSA = $err
    ? sub () { $err }
    : sub () { 0 }
  ;


  *__CAG_BROKEN_GOTO = ($] < '5.008009')
    ? sub () { 1 }
    : sub () { 0 }
  ;


  *__CAG_UNSTABLE_DOLLARAT = ($] < '5.013002')
    ? sub () { 1 }
    : sub () { 0 }
  ;


  *__CAG_TRACK_UNDEFER_FAIL = (
    $INC{'Test/Builder.pm'} || $INC{'Test/Builder2.pm'}
      and
    $0 =~ m|^ x?t / .+ \.t $|x
  ) ? sub () { 1 }
    : sub () { 0 }
  ;
}

# Autodetect unless flag supplied
my $xsa_autodetected;
if (! defined $USE_XS) {
  $USE_XS = __CAG_NO_CXSA ? 0 : 1;
  $xsa_autodetected++;
}

my $maker_templates = {
  rw => {
    xs_call => 'accessors',
    pp_code => sub {
      my $set = "set_$_[0]";
      my $get = "get_$_[0]";
      my $field = $_[1];
      $field =~ s/'/\\'/g;

      "
                \@_ != 1
                    ? shift->$set('$field', \@_)
                    : shift->$get('$field')
            "
    },
  },
  ro => {
    xs_call => 'getters',
    pp_code => sub {
      my $get = "get_$_[0]";
      my $field = $_[1];
      $field =~ s/'/\\'/g;

      "
                \@_ == 1
                    ? shift->$get('$field')
                    : do {
                        my \$caller = caller;
                        my \$class = ref \$_[0] || \$_[0];
                        Carp::croak(\"'\$caller' cannot alter the value of '$field' \".
                                                \"(read-only attributes of class '\$class')\");
                    }
            "
    },
  },
  wo => {
    xs_call => 'setters',
    pp_code => sub {
      my $set = "set_$_[0]";
      my $field = $_[1];
      $field =~ s/'/\\'/g;

      "
                \@_ != 1
                    ? shift->$set('$field', \@_)
                    : do {
                        my \$caller = caller;
                        my \$class = ref \$_[0] || \$_[0];
                        Carp::croak(\"'\$caller' cannot access the value of '$field' \".
                                                \"(write-only attributes of class '\$class')\");
                    }
            "
    },
  },
};


my ($accessor_maker_cache, $no_xsa_warned_classes);

# can't use pkg_gen to track this stuff, as it doesn't
# detect superclass mucking
my $original_simple_getter = __PACKAGE__->can ('get_simple');
my $original_simple_setter = __PACKAGE__->can ('set_simple');

# Note!!! Unusual signature
$gen_accessor = sub {
  my ($type, $class, $group, $field, $methname) = @_;
  if (my $c = Scalar::Util::blessed( $class )) {
    $class = $c;
  }

  # When installing an XSA simple accessor, we need to make sure we are not
  # short-circuiting a (compile or runtime) get_simple/set_simple override.
  # What we do here is install a lazy first-access check, which will decide
  # the ultimate coderef being placed in the accessor slot
  #
  # Also note that the *original* class will always retain this shim, as
  # different branches inheriting from it may have different overrides.
  # Thus the final method (properly labeled and all) is installed in the
  # calling-package's namespace
  if ($USE_XS and $group eq 'simple') {
    die sprintf( "Class::XSAccessor requested but not available:\n%s\n", __CAG_NO_CXSA )
      if __CAG_NO_CXSA;

    my ($expected_cref, $cached_implementation);
    my $ret = $expected_cref = sub {
      my $current_class = Scalar::Util::blessed( $_[0] ) || $_[0];

      # $cached_implementation will be set only if the shim got
      # 'around'ed, in which case it is handy to avoid re-running
      # this block over and over again
      my $resolved_implementation = $cached_implementation->{$current_class} || do {
        if (
          $current_class->can('get_simple') == $original_simple_getter
            &&
          $current_class->can('set_simple') == $original_simple_setter
        ) {
          # nothing has changed, might as well use the XS crefs
          #
          # note that by the time this code executes, we already have
          # *objects* (since XSA works on 'simple' only by definition).
          # If someone is mucking with the symbol table *after* there
          # are some objects already - look! many, shiny pieces! :)
          #
          # The weird breeder thingy is because XSA does not have an
          # interface returning *just* a coderef, without installing it
          # anywhere :(
          Class::XSAccessor->import(
            replace => 1,
            class => '__CAG__XSA__BREEDER__',
            $maker_templates->{$type}{xs_call} => {
              $methname => $field,
            },
          );
          __CAG__XSA__BREEDER__->can($methname);
        }
        else {
          if (! $xsa_autodetected and ! $no_xsa_warned_classes->{$current_class}++) {
            # not using Carp since the line where this happens doesn't mean much
            warn 'Explicitly requested use of Class::XSAccessor disabled for objects of class '
              . "'$current_class' inheriting from '$class' due to an overriden get_simple and/or "
              . "set_simple\n";
          }

          do {
            # that's faster than local
            $USE_XS = 0;
            my $c = $gen_accessor->($type, $class, 'simple', $field, $methname);
            $USE_XS = 1;
            $c;
          };
        }
      };

      # if after this shim was created someone wrapped it with an 'around',
      # we can not blindly reinstall the method slot - we will destroy the
      # wrapper. Silently chain execution further...
      if ( !$expected_cref or $expected_cref != $current_class->can($methname) ) {

        # there is no point in re-determining it on every subsequent call,
        # just store for future reference
        $cached_implementation->{$current_class} ||= $resolved_implementation;

        # older perls segfault if the cref behind the goto throws
        # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35878
        return $resolved_implementation->(@_) if __CAG_BROKEN_GOTO;

        goto $resolved_implementation;
      }

      if (__CAG_TRACK_UNDEFER_FAIL) {
        my $deferred_calls_seen = do {
          no strict 'refs';
          \%{"${current_class}::__cag_deferred_xs_shim_invocations"}
        };
        my @cframe = caller(0);
        if (my $already_seen = $deferred_calls_seen->{$cframe[3]}) {
          Carp::carp (
            "Deferred version of method $cframe[3] invoked more than once (originally "
          . "invoked at $already_seen). This is a strong indication your code has "
          . 'cached the original ->can derived method coderef, and is using it instead '
          . 'of the proper method re-lookup, causing performance regressions'
          );
        }
        else {
          $deferred_calls_seen->{$cframe[3]} = "$cframe[1] line $cframe[2]";
        }
      }

      # install the resolved implementation into the code slot so we do not
      # come here anymore (hopefully)
      # since XSAccessor was available - so is Sub::Name
      {
        no strict 'refs';
        no warnings 'redefine';

        my $fq_name = "${current_class}::${methname}";
        *$fq_name = Sub::Name::subname($fq_name, $resolved_implementation);

        # need to update what the shim expects too *in case* its
        # ->can was cached for some moronic reason
        $expected_cref = $resolved_implementation;
        Scalar::Util::weaken($expected_cref);
      }

      # older perls segfault if the cref behind the goto throws
      # http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Public/Bug/Display.html?id=35878
      return $resolved_implementation->(@_) if __CAG_BROKEN_GOTO;

      goto $resolved_implementation;
    };

    Scalar::Util::weaken($expected_cref); # to break the self-reference
    $ret;
  }

  # no Sub::Name - just install the coderefs directly (compiling every time)
  elsif (__CAG_NO_SUBNAME) {
    my $src = $accessor_maker_cache->{source}{$type}{$group}{$field} ||=
      $maker_templates->{$type}{pp_code}->($group, $field);

    no warnings 'redefine';
    local $@ if __CAG_UNSTABLE_DOLLARAT;
    eval "sub ${class}::${methname} { $src }";

    undef;  # so that no further attempt will be made to install anything
  }

  # a coderef generator with a variable pad (returns a fresh cref on every invocation)
  else {
    ($accessor_maker_cache->{pp}{$type}{$group}{$field} ||= do {
      my $src = $accessor_maker_cache->{source}{$type}{$group}{$field} ||=
        $maker_templates->{$type}{pp_code}->($group, $field);

      local $@ if __CAG_UNSTABLE_DOLLARAT;
      eval "sub { my \$dummy; sub { \$dummy if 0; $src } }" or die $@;
    })->()
  }
};

1;