Class::Adapter::Builder - Generate Class::Adapter classes


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NAME

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Class::Adapter::Builder - Generate Class::Adapter classes

SYNOPSIS

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  package My::Adapter;

  use strict;
  use Class::Adapter::Builder
      ISA     => 'Specific::API',
      METHODS => [ qw{foo bar baz} ],
      method  => 'different_method';

  1;

DESCRIPTION

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Class::Adapter::Builder is another mechanism for letting you create Adapter classes of your own.

It is intended to act as a toolkit for generating the guts of many varied and different types of Adapter classes.

For a simple base class you can inherit from and change a specific method, see Class::Adapter::Clear.

The Pragma Interface

The most common method for defining Adapter classes, as shown in the synopsis, is the pragma interface.

This consists of a set of key/value pairs provided when you load the module.

  # The format for building Adapter classes
  use Class::Adapter::Builder PARAM => VALUE, ...

ISA

The ISA param is provided as either a single value, or a reference to an ARRAY containing is list of classes.

Normally this is just a straight list of classes. However, if the value for ISA is set to '_OBJECT_' the object will identify itself as whatever is contained in it when the ->isa and ->can method are called on it.

NEW

Normally, you need to create your Class::Adapter objects separately:

  # Create the object
  my $query = CGI->new( 'param1', 'param2' );

  # Create the Decorator
  my $object = My::Adapter->new( $query );

If you provide a class name as the NEW param, the Decorator will do this for you, passing on any constructor arguments.

  # Assume we provided the following
  # NEW => 'CGI',

  # We can now do the above in one step
  my $object = My::Adapter->new( 'param1', 'param2' );

AUTOLOAD

By default, a Class::Adapter does not pass on any methods, with the methods to be passed on specified explicitly with the 'METHODS' param.

By setting AUTOLOAD to true, the Adapter will be given the standard AUTOLOAD function to to pass through all unspecified methods to the parent object.

By default the AUTOLOAD will pass through any and all calls, including calls to private methods.

If the AUTOLOAD is specifically set to 'PUBLIC', the AUTOLOAD setting will ONLY apply to public methods, and any private methods will not be passed through.

METHODS

The METHODS param is provided as a reference to an array of all the methods that are to be passed through to the parent object as is.

Any params other than the ones specified above are taken as translated methods.

  # If you provide the following
  # foo => bar

  # It the following are equivalent
  $decorator->foo;
  $decorator->_OBJECT_->bar;

This capability is provided primarily because in Perl one of the main situations in which you hit the limits of Perl's inheritance model is when your class needs to inherit from multiple different classes that containing clashing methods.

For example:

  # If your class is like this
  package Foo;

  use base 'This', 'That';

  1;

If both This->method exists and That->method exists, and both mean different things, then Foo->method becomes ambiguous.

A Class::Adapter could be used to wrap your Foo object, with the Class::Adapter becoming the That sub-class, and passing $decorator->method through to $object->that_method.

METHODS

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Yes, Class::Adapter::Builder has public methods and later on you will be able to access them directly, but for now they are remaining undocumented, so that I can shuffle things around for another few versions.

Just stick to the pragma interface for now.

SUPPORT

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Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Class-Adapter

For other issues, contact the author.

AUTHOR

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Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO

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Class::Adapter, Class::Adapter::Clear

COPYRIGHT

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Class-Adapter documentation Contained in the Class-Adapter distribution.
package Class::Adapter::Builder;

use 5.005;
use strict;
use Carp           ();
use Class::Adapter ();

use vars qw{$VERSION};
BEGIN {
	$VERSION = '1.07';
}





#####################################################################
# Constructor

sub new {
	my $class = ref $_[0] || $_[0];
	return bless {
		target  => $_[1],
		isa     => [ 'Class::Adapter' ],
		modules => {},
		methods => {},
	}, $class;
}

sub import {
	my $class = shift;

	# Must have at least one param
	return 1 unless @_;

	# Create the Builder object
	my $target = caller;
	my $self   = $class->new( $target );
	unless ( $self ) {
		Carp::croak("Failed to create Class::Adapter::Builder object");
	}

	# Process the option pairs
	while ( @_ ) {
		my $key   = shift;
		my $value = shift;
		if ( $key eq 'NEW' ) {
			$self->set_NEW( $value );
		} elsif ( $key eq 'ISA' ) {
			$self->set_ISA( $value );
		} elsif ( $key eq 'AUTOLOAD' ) {
			$self->set_AUTOLOAD( $value );
		} elsif ( $key eq 'METHODS' ) {
			$self->set_METHODS( $value );
		} else {
			$self->set_method( $key, $value );
		}
	}

	# Generate the code
	my $code = $self->make_class or Carp::croak(
		"Failed to generate Class::Adapter::Builder class"
	);

	# Compile the combined code via a temp file so that debugging works
	#require File::Temp;
	#my ($fh, $filename) = File::Temp::tempfile();
	#$fh->print("$code");
	#close $fh;
	#require $filename;
	#print "Loaded '$filename'\n";

	eval "$code";
	$@ and Carp::croak(
		"Error while compiling Class::Adapter::Builder class '$target' ($@)"
	);

	$target;
}





#####################################################################
# Main Methods

sub set_NEW {
	my $self     = shift;
	$self->{new} = shift;

	# We always need Scalar::Util to pass through new
	$self->{modules}->{'Scalar::Util'} = 1;

	# Add a use for the module unless it is already loaded.
	# We test with the can call instead of just blindly require'ing in
	# case we want to NEW to something that doesn't have it's own
	# .pm file. 
	unless ( $self->{new}->can('new') ) {
		$self->{modules}->{ $self->{new} } = 1;
	}

	return 1;
}

sub set_ISA {
	my $self  = shift;
	my $array = ref $_[0] eq 'ARRAY' ? shift : [ @_ ];
	$self->{isa} = $array;
	return 1;
}

sub set_AUTOLOAD {
	my $self = shift;
	if ( $_[0] ) {
		$self->{autoload} = 1;		
		$self->{modules}->{Carp} = 1;
		if ( $_[0] eq 'PUBLIC' ) {
			$self->{autoload_public} = 1;
		}
	} else {
		delete $self->{autoload};
	}
	return 1;
}

sub set_METHODS {
	my $self  = shift;
	my $array = ref $_[0] eq 'ARRAY' ? shift : [ @_ ];
	foreach my $name ( @$array ) {
		$self->set_method( $name, $name ) or return undef;
	}
	return 1;
}

sub set_method {
	my $self = shift;
	if ( @_ == 1 ) {
		$self->{methods}->{$_[0]} = $_[0];
	} elsif ( @_ == 2 ) {
		$self->{methods}->{$_[0]} = $_[1];
	} else {
		return undef;
	}
	return 1;
}





#####################################################################
# Code Generation Functions

sub make_class {
	my $self  = shift;

	# Generate derived lists
	my %seen  = ();
	$self->{load} = [
		grep { $_ !~ /^Class::Adapter(?:::Builder)?$/ }
		sort grep { ! $seen{$_}++ }
		keys %{$self->{modules}}
	];
	$self->{fake} = [
		grep { ! $seen{$_} } grep { $_ ne '_OBJECT_' } @{$self->{isa}}
	];

	# Build up the parts of the class
	my @parts = (
		"package $self->{target};\n\n"
		. "# Generated by Class::Abstract::Builder\n"
	);

	if ( keys %{$self->{modules}} ) {
		push @parts, $self->_make_modules;
	}

	if ( $self->{new} ) {
		push @parts, $self->_make_new( $self->{new} );
	}

	my $methods = $self->{methods};
	foreach my $name ( keys %$methods ) {
		push @parts, $self->_make_method( $name, $methods->{$name} );
	}

	if ( @{$self->{isa}} == 1 ) {
		if ( $self->{isa}->[0] eq '_OBJECT_' ) {
			push @parts, $self->_make_OBJECT;
		} else {
			push @parts, $self->_make_ISA( @{$self->{isa}} );
		}
	}

	if ( $self->{autoload} ) {
		push @parts, $self->_make_AUTOLOAD( $self->{target}, $self->{autoload_public} );
	}

	return join( "\n", @parts, "1;\n" );
}

sub _make_modules {
	my $self  = shift;
	my $pkg   = $self->{target};
	my $load  = join '',
		map { "\nuse $_ ();" }
		@{$self->{load}};

	# Foo->isa('Foo') returns false if the namespace does not exist
	# Use the package command in a scope to create namespaces where needed.
	my $namespaces = join '',
		map { "\n\t$_->isa('$_') or do { package $_ };" }
		@{$self->{fake}};

	return <<"END_MODULES";
use strict;${load}
use Class::Adapter ();

BEGIN {
	\@${pkg}::ISA = 'Class::Adapter';${namespaces}
}
END_MODULES
}

sub _make_new { <<"END_NEW" }
sub new {
	my \$class  = ref \$_[0] ? ref shift : shift;
	my \$object = $_[1]\->new(\@_);
	Scalar::Util::blessed(\$object) or return undef;
	\$class->SUPER::new(\$object);
}
END_NEW



sub _make_method { <<"END_METHOD" }
sub $_[1] { shift->_OBJECT_->$_[2](\@_) }
END_METHOD



sub _make_OBJECT { <<"END_OBJECT" }
sub isa {
	ref(\$_[0])
	? shift->_OBJECT_->isa(\@_)
	: shift->isa(\@_);
}

sub can {
	ref(\$_[0])
	? shift->_OBJECT_->can(\@_)
	: shift->can(\@_);
}
END_OBJECT

sub _make_ISA {
	my $self = shift;
	my @lines = (
		"sub isa {\n",
		( map { "\treturn 1 if \$_[1]->isa('$_');\n" } @_ ),
		"\treturn undef;\n",
		"}\n",
		"\n",
		"sub can {\n",
		# If we are pretending to be a fake ISA, and we get a can call,
		# we should try to require the module (even if it doesn't exist)
		# so that we can provide an accurate answer in the case where
		# we are faking a module that exists.
		( map { "\trequire $_ unless $_->isa('UNIVERSAL');\n" } @{$self->{fake}} ),
		"\treturn 1 if \$_[0]->SUPER::can(\$_[1]);\n",
		( map { "\treturn 1 if $_->can(\$_[1]);\n" } @_ ),
		"\treturn undef;\n",
		"}\n",
	);
	return join '', @lines;
}		



sub _make_AUTOLOAD { my $pub = $_[2] ? 'and substr($method, 0, 1) ne "_"' : ''; return <<"END_AUTOLOAD" }
sub AUTOLOAD {
	my \$self     = shift;
	my (\$method) = \$$_[1]::AUTOLOAD =~ m/^.*::(.*)\\z/s;
	unless ( ref(\$self) $pub) {
		Carp::croak(
			  qq{Can't locate object method "\$method" via package "\$self" }
			. qq{(perhaps you forgot to load "\$self")}
		);
	}
	\$self->_OBJECT_->\$method(\@_);
}

sub DESTROY {
	if ( defined \$_[0]->{OBJECT} and \$_[0]->{OBJECT}->can('DESTROY') ) {
		undef \$_[0]->{OBJECT};
	}
}
END_AUTOLOAD

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