MooseX::MakeImmutable - A convenient way to make many Moosen immutable (or mutable) in one shot

Version 0.02

    package MyPackage;

    use Moose;
    use MooseX::MakeImmutable;

    ...

    MooseX::MakeImmutable->lock_down;
    # MyPackage and any subdordinate Moose classes are made immutable
    # Use MooseX::MakeImmutable->open_up to do the opposite

You can also make classes im/mutable with fine-grained control:

    use MooseX::MakeImmutable;

    ...

    my $manifest = <<_MANIFEST_;

        My::Moose::Hierarchy::Alpha
        My::Moose::Hierarchy::Bravo
        My::Moose::Hierarchy::Charlie

         # Comments (lines leading with a pound) and blank lines are ignored by the finder
        My::Moose::Hierarchy::Delta::*
            # Not strict about leading/trailing whitespace either
         My::Moose::Hierarchy::Epsilon::+

    _MANIFEST_

    MooseX::MakeImmutable->make_immutable($manifest);

    # The above code has the following effects:
    #
    # ::Alpha, ::Bravo, and ::Charlie are now immutable (if they exist)
    #
    # Every Moose::Object under the Delta:: namespace is now immutable
    #   (although ::Delta, if a Moose::Object, IS still mutable)
    #
    # Every Moose::Object under the Epsilon:: namespace, including
    #   ::Epsilon is now mutable

    # You can also use MooseX::MakeImmutable to make something mutable again:
    MooseX::MakeImmutable->make_mutable("My::Moose::Hierarchy::Epsilon::+")

MooseX::MakeImmutable is a tool for loading every Moose::Object within a hierarchy and making each immutable/mutable. It uses Module::Pluggable for searching and will load both inner and .pm packages.

In a nutshell, if you add a Moose-based package to your object hierarchy, then MooseX::MakeImmutable, given a proper manifest, will pick it up and mark it im/mutable (without you having to manually write-out the new package).

NOTE: The name "MakeImmutable" is a bit of a misnomer, since this package can both make_immutable AND make_mutable. However, 90% of the time, you'll probably be using ->make_immutable

A manifest consists of one package per line

For each line, leading and trailing whitespace is stripped

Lines that are blank or begin with a pound (#) are skipped

A package with a trailing ::* IS NOT made im/mutable, but every package under that namespace is

A package with a trailing ::+ or :: IS made im/mutable, along with every package under that namespace

Make everything immutable from <package> on downward

If <package> is not specified, then the package will be gotten from caller. This means you can do something like:

    package MyPackage;

    use Moose;
    use MooseX::MakeImmutable;

    ...

    MooseX::MakeImmutable->lock_down;
    # Effectively the same as MooseX::MakeImmutable->make_immutable('MyPackage::+');

Any remaining arguments will be passed through to ->make_immutable

Make everything mutable from <package> on downward

If <package> is not specified, then the package will be gotten from caller. This means you can do something like:

    package MyPackage;

    use Moose;
    use MooseX::MakeImmutable;

    ...

    MooseX::MakeImmutable->open_up;
    # Effectively the same as MooseX::MakeImmutable->make_mutable('MyPackage::+');

Any remaining arguments will be passed through to ->make_mutable

Create a finder from <manifest> and make each found Moose::Object immutable

Any extra passed-in options will be forwarded to ->meta->make_immutable(...) excepting include_inner and exclude, which are used to configure the finder.

freeze is an alias for make_immutable

Create a finder from <manifest> and make each found Moose::Object mutable

Any extra passed-in options will be forwarded to ->meta->make_mutable(...) excepting include_inner and exclude, which are used to configure the finder.

thaw is an alias for make_mutable

Create and return a MooseX::MakeImmutable::Finder object

The returned object uses Module::Pluggable to scan the specified namespace(s) for potential Moose objects. It accepts the following options:

    manifest            The finder manifest, described above

    include_inner       If true, then the finder will "find" inner Moose packages. On by default

    exclude             A list where each item is one of:

                        * A package name to be excluded (string)
                        * A regular expression that matches if a package should be excluded 
                        * A CODE block returning true if a package should be excluded (the package name is passed in as the first argument)

Moose

Robert Krimen, <rkrimen at cpan.org>

You can contribute or fork this project via GitHub:

http://github.com/robertkrimen/moosex-makeimmutable/tree/master

    git clone git://github.com/robertkrimen/moosex-makeimmutable.git MooseX-MakeImmutable

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-moosex-mutate at rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=MooseX-MakeImmutable. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc MooseX::MakeImmutable

You can also look for information at:

* RT: CPAN's request tracker

http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MooseX-MakeImmutable

* AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

http://annocpan.org/dist/MooseX-MakeImmutable

* CPAN Ratings

http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/MooseX-MakeImmutable

* Search CPAN

http://search.cpan.org/dist/MooseX-MakeImmutable

Copyright 2008 Robert Krimen, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.