Sub::HandlesVia::Manual::WithMite(3pm)

Usage

 package MyApp::Kitchen {
   use MyApp::Mite;
   
   has food => (
     is          => 'ro',
     isa         => 'ArrayRef[Str]',
     handles_via => 'Array',
     default     => sub { [] },
     handles     => {
       'add_food'    => 'push',
       'find_food'   => 'grep',
     },
   );
 }

Manual

Sub::HandlesVia allows you to delegate methods from your class to the values of your objects' attributes.

Conceptually, it allows you to define "$object->push_number($n)" to be a shortcut for "$object->numbers->push($n)" except that "$object->numbers" is an arrayref, so doesn't have methods you can call on it like "push".

Mite 0.009000 and above have built-in "handles_via" support. Mite will co-operate with Sub::HandlesVia to implement "handles_via" and avoid your project having a Sub::HandlesVia dependency!

Which Methods Can Be Delegated To?

The "handles_via" option indicates which library of methods should be available. Valid values include Array, Blessed, Bool, Code, Counter, Enum, Hash, Number, Scalar, and String.

An arrayref can be provided for "handles_via", though many of the options are conceptually contradictory.

 handles_via => [ 'Number', 'Scalar' ]

"use Sub::HandlesVia"

Mite goes to a lot of effort to avoid you needing to "use Sub::HandlesVia" directly in your classes and roles, and thus avoid you needing to add it as a dependency.

However, there are edge cases that it might not handle. In these cases, you should be able to "use SubHandlesVia" in your code after your "use MyApp::Mite" and Sub::HandlesVia will intervene and make things work. This adds a dependency on Sub::HandlesVia though.

 package MyApp::Kitchen {
   use MyApp::Mite;
   use Sub::HandlesVia;
   
   has food => (
     is          => 'ro',
     isa         => 'ArrayRef[Str]',
     handles_via => 'Array',
     default     => sub { [] },
     handles     => {
       'add_food'    => 'push',
       'find_food'   => 'grep',
     },
   );
 }

Now Mite will no longer generate "add_food" and "find_food" methods in your Kitchen.pm.mite.pm file when you run "mite compile". Instead, Sub::HandlesVia will generate them at run-time when your application runs.

Copyright and licence

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

Disclaimer of warranties

THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

Releases

3 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 2 times.