Class::MOP - A Meta Object Protocol for Perl 5


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Class::MOP - A Meta Object Protocol for Perl 5

DESCRIPTION

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This module is a fully functioning meta object protocol for the Perl 5 object system. It makes no attempt to change the behavior or characteristics of the Perl 5 object system, only to create a protocol for its manipulation and introspection.

That said, it does attempt to create the tools for building a rich set of extensions to the Perl 5 object system. Every attempt has been made to abide by the spirit of the Perl 5 object system that we all know and love.

This documentation is sparse on conceptual details. We suggest looking at the items listed in the SEE ALSO section for more information. In particular the book "The Art of the Meta Object Protocol" was very influential in the development of this system.

What is a Meta Object Protocol?

A meta object protocol is an API to an object system.

To be more specific, it abstracts the components of an object system (classes, object, methods, object attributes, etc.). These abstractions can then be used to inspect and manipulate the object system which they describe.

It can be said that there are two MOPs for any object system; the implicit MOP and the explicit MOP. The implicit MOP handles things like method dispatch or inheritance, which happen automatically as part of how the object system works. The explicit MOP typically handles the introspection/reflection features of the object system.

All object systems have implicit MOPs. Without one, they would not work. Explicit MOPs are much less common, and depending on the language can vary from restrictive (Reflection in Java or C#) to wide open (CLOS is a perfect example).

Yet Another Class Builder! Why?

This is not a class builder so much as a class builder builder. The intent is that an end user will not use this module directly, but instead this module is used by module authors to build extensions and features onto the Perl 5 object system.

This system is used by Moose, which supplies a powerful class builder system built entirely on top of Class::MOP.

Who is this module for?

This module is for anyone who has ever created or wanted to create a module for the Class:: namespace. The tools which this module provides make doing complex Perl 5 wizardry simpler, by removing such barriers as the need to hack symbol tables, or understand the fine details of method dispatch.

What changes do I have to make to use this module?

This module was designed to be as unintrusive as possible. Many of its features are accessible without any change to your existing code. It is meant to be a compliment to your existing code and not an intrusion on your code base. Unlike many other Class:: modules, this module does not require you subclass it, or even that you use it in within your module's package.

The only features which requires additions to your code are the attribute handling and instance construction features, and these are both completely optional features. The only reason for this is because Perl 5's object system does not actually have these features built in. More information about this feature can be found below.

About Performance

It is a common misconception that explicit MOPs are a performance hit. This is not a universal truth, it is a side-effect of some specific implementations. For instance, using Java reflection is slow because the JVM cannot take advantage of any compiler optimizations, and the JVM has to deal with much more runtime type information as well.

Reflection in C# is marginally better as it was designed into the language and runtime (the CLR). In contrast, CLOS (the Common Lisp Object System) was built to support an explicit MOP, and so performance is tuned for it.

This library in particular does its absolute best to avoid putting any drain at all upon your code's performance. In fact, by itself it does nothing to affect your existing code. So you only pay for what you actually use.

About Metaclass compatibility

This module makes sure that all metaclasses created are both upwards and downwards compatible. The topic of metaclass compatibility is highly esoteric and is something only encountered when doing deep and involved metaclass hacking. There are two basic kinds of metaclass incompatibility; upwards and downwards.

Upwards metaclass compatibility means that the metaclass of a given class is either the same as (or a subclass of) all of the class's ancestors.

Downward metaclass compatibility means that the metaclasses of a given class's ancestors are all either the same as (or a subclass of) that metaclass.

Here is a diagram showing a set of two classes (A and B) and two metaclasses (Meta::A and Meta::B) which have correct metaclass compatibility both upwards and downwards.

    +---------+     +---------+
    | Meta::A |<----| Meta::B |      <....... (instance of  )
    +---------+     +---------+      <------- (inherits from)
         ^               ^
         :               :
    +---------+     +---------+
    |    A    |<----|    B    |
    +---------+     +---------+

In actuality, all of a class's metaclasses must be compatible, not just the class metaclass. That includes the instance, attribute, and method metaclasses, as well as the constructor and destructor classes.

Class::MOP will attempt to fix some simple types of incompatibilities. If all the metaclasses for the parent class are subclasses of the child's metaclasses then we can simply replace the child's metaclasses with the parent's. In addition, if the child is missing a metaclass that the parent has, we can also just make the child use the parent's metaclass.

As I said this is a highly esoteric topic and one you will only run into if you do a lot of subclassing of Class::MOP::Class. If you are interested in why this is an issue see the paper Uniform and safe metaclass composition linked to in the SEE ALSO section of this document.

Using custom metaclasses

Always use the metaclass pragma when using a custom metaclass, this will ensure the proper initialization order and not accidentally create an incorrect type of metaclass for you. This is a very rare problem, and one which can only occur if you are doing deep metaclass programming. So in other words, don't worry about it.

Note that if you're using Moose we encourage you to not use metaclass pragma, and instead use Moose::Util::MetaRole to apply roles to a class's metaclasses. This topic is covered at length in various Moose::Cookbook recipes.

PROTOCOLS

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The meta-object protocol is divided into 4 main sub-protocols:

The Class protocol

This provides a means of manipulating and introspecting a Perl 5 class. It handles symbol table hacking for you, and provides a rich set of methods that go beyond simple package introspection.

See Class::MOP::Class for more details.

The Attribute protocol

This provides a consistent representation for an attribute of a Perl 5 class. Since there are so many ways to create and handle attributes in Perl 5 OO, the Attribute protocol provide as much of a unified approach as possible. Of course, you are always free to extend this protocol by subclassing the appropriate classes.

See Class::MOP::Attribute for more details.

The Method protocol

This provides a means of manipulating and introspecting methods in the Perl 5 object system. As with attributes, there are many ways to approach this topic, so we try to keep it pretty basic, while still making it possible to extend the system in many ways.

See Class::MOP::Method for more details.

The Instance protocol

This provides a layer of abstraction for creating object instances. Since the other layers use this protocol, it is relatively easy to change the type of your instances from the default hash reference to some other type of reference. Several examples are provided in the examples/ directory included in this distribution.

See Class::MOP::Instance for more details.

FUNCTIONS

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Note that this module does not export any constants or functions.

Constants

Class::MOP::IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10

We set this constant depending on what version perl we are on, this allows us to take advantage of new 5.10 features and stay backwards compatible.

Utility functions

Note that these are all called as functions, not methods.

Class::MOP::load_class($class_name, \%options?)

This will load the specified $class_name, if it is not already loaded (as reported by is_class_loaded). This function can be used in place of tricks like eval "use $module" or using require unconditionally.

If the module cannot be loaded, an exception is thrown.

You can pass a hash reference with options as second argument. The only option currently recognised is -version, which will ensure that the loaded class has at least the required version.

See also Class Loading Options.

For historical reasons, this function explicitly returns a true value.

Class::MOP::is_class_loaded($class_name, \%options?)

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not $class_name has been loaded.

This does a basic check of the symbol table to try and determine as best it can if the $class_name is loaded, it is probably correct about 99% of the time, but it can be fooled into reporting false positives. In particular, loading any of the core IO modules will cause most of the rest of the core IO modules to falsely report having been loaded, due to the way the base IO module works.

You can pass a hash reference with options as second argument. The only option currently recognised is -version, which will ensure that the loaded class has at least the required version.

See also Class Loading Options.

Class::MOP::get_code_info($code)

This function returns two values, the name of the package the $code is from and the name of the $code itself. This is used by several elements of the MOP to determine where a given $code reference is from.

Class::MOP::class_of($instance_or_class_name)

This will return the metaclass of the given instance or class name. If the class lacks a metaclass, no metaclass will be initialized, and undef will be returned.

Class::MOP::check_package_cache_flag($pkg)

NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION, IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY!

This will return an integer that is managed by Class::MOP::Class to determine if a module's symbol table has been altered.

In Perl 5.10 or greater, this flag is package specific. However in versions prior to 5.10, this will use the PL_sub_generation variable which is not package specific.

Class::MOP::load_first_existing_class(@class_names)
Class::MOP::load_first_existing_class($classA, \%optionsA?, $classB, ...)

NOTE: DO NOT USE THIS FUNCTION, IT IS FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY!

Given a list of class names, this function will attempt to load each one in turn.

If it finds a class it can load, it will return that class' name. If none of the classes can be loaded, it will throw an exception.

Additionally, you can pass a hash reference with options after each class name. Currently, only -version is recognised and will ensure that the loaded class has at least the required version. If the class version is not sufficient, an exception will be raised.

See also Class Loading Options.

Metaclass cache functions

Class::MOP holds a cache of metaclasses. The following are functions (not methods) which can be used to access that cache. It is not recommended that you mess with these. Bad things could happen, but if you are brave and willing to risk it: go for it!

Class::MOP::get_all_metaclasses

This will return a hash of all the metaclass instances that have been cached by Class::MOP::Class, keyed by the package name.

Class::MOP::get_all_metaclass_instances

This will return a list of all the metaclass instances that have been cached by Class::MOP::Class.

Class::MOP::get_all_metaclass_names

This will return a list of all the metaclass names that have been cached by Class::MOP::Class.

Class::MOP::get_metaclass_by_name($name)

This will return a cached Class::MOP::Class instance, or nothing if no metaclass exists with that $name.

Class::MOP::store_metaclass_by_name($name, $meta)

This will store a metaclass in the cache at the supplied $key.

Class::MOP::weaken_metaclass($name)

In rare cases (e.g. anonymous metaclasses) it is desirable to store a weakened reference in the metaclass cache. This function will weaken the reference to the metaclass stored in $name.

Class::MOP::metaclass_is_weak($name)

Returns true if the metaclass for $name has been weakened (via weaken_metaclass).

Class::MOP::does_metaclass_exist($name)

This will return true of there exists a metaclass stored in the $name key, and return false otherwise.

Class::MOP::remove_metaclass_by_name($name)

This will remove the metaclass stored in the $name key.

Class Loading Options

-version

Can be used to pass a minimum required version that will be checked against the class version after it was loaded.

SEE ALSO

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Books

There are very few books out on Meta Object Protocols and Metaclasses because it is such an esoteric topic. The following books are really the only ones I have found. If you know of any more, please email me and let me know, I would love to hear about them.

The Art of the Meta Object Protocol
Advances in Object-Oriented Metalevel Architecture and Reflection
Putting MetaClasses to Work
Smalltalk: The Language

Papers

"Uniform and safe metaclass composition"

An excellent paper by the people who brought us the original Traits paper. This paper is on how Traits can be used to do safe metaclass composition, and offers an excellent introduction section which delves into the topic of metaclass compatibility.

http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~scg/Archive/Papers/Duca05ySafeMetaclassTrait.pdf

"Safe Metaclass Programming"

This paper seems to precede the above paper, and propose a mix-in based approach as opposed to the Traits based approach. Both papers have similar information on the metaclass compatibility problem space.

http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/37617.html

Prior Art

The Perl 6 MetaModel work in the Pugs project

http://svn.openfoundry.org/pugs/misc/Perl-MetaModel/
http://github.com/perl6/p5-modules/tree/master/Perl6-ObjectSpace/

Articles

CPAN Module Review of Class::MOP

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2006/06/cpan_module_review_classmop.html

SIMILAR MODULES

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As I have said above, this module is a class-builder-builder, so it is not the same thing as modules like Class::Accessor and Class::MethodMaker. That being said there are very few modules on CPAN with similar goals to this module. The one I have found which is most like this module is Class::Meta, although it's philosophy and the MOP it creates are very different from this modules.

BUGS

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All complex software has bugs lurking in it, and this module is no exception.

Please report any bugs to bug-class-mop@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.

You can also discuss feature requests or possible bugs on the Moose mailing list (moose@perl.org) or on IRC at irc://irc.perl.org/#moose.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Rob Kinyon

Thanks to Rob for actually getting the development of this module kick-started.

AUTHORS

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Stevan Little <stevan@iinteractive.com>

with contributions from:

Brandon (blblack) Black

Florian (rafl) Ragwitz

Guillermo (groditi) Roditi

Dave (autarch) Rolsky

Matt (mst) Trout

Rob (robkinyon) Kinyon

Yuval (nothingmuch) Kogman

Scott (konobi) McWhirter

Dylan Hardison

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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Class-MOP documentation Contained in the Class-MOP distribution.

package Class::MOP;

use strict;
use warnings;

use 5.008;

use MRO::Compat;

use Carp          'confess';
use Scalar::Util  'weaken', 'isweak', 'reftype', 'blessed';
use Data::OptList;
use Try::Tiny;

use Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore;
use Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes;
use Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods;
use Class::MOP::Class;
use Class::MOP::Attribute;
use Class::MOP::Method;

BEGIN {
    *IS_RUNNING_ON_5_10 = ($] < 5.009_005)
        ? sub () { 0 }
        : sub () { 1 };

    # this is either part of core or set up appropriately by MRO::Compat
    *check_package_cache_flag = \&mro::get_pkg_gen;
}

our $VERSION   = '1.12';
our $XS_VERSION = $VERSION;
$VERSION = eval $VERSION;
our $AUTHORITY = 'cpan:STEVAN';

require XSLoader;
XSLoader::load( __PACKAGE__, $XS_VERSION );

{
    # Metaclasses are singletons, so we cache them here.
    # there is no need to worry about destruction though
    # because they should die only when the program dies.
    # After all, do package definitions even get reaped?
    # Anonymous classes manage their own destruction.
    my %METAS;

    sub get_all_metaclasses         {        %METAS         }
    sub get_all_metaclass_instances { values %METAS         }
    sub get_all_metaclass_names     { keys   %METAS         }
    sub get_metaclass_by_name       { $METAS{$_[0]}         }
    sub store_metaclass_by_name     { $METAS{$_[0]} = $_[1] }
    sub weaken_metaclass            { weaken($METAS{$_[0]}) }
    sub metaclass_is_weak           { isweak($METAS{$_[0]}) }
    sub does_metaclass_exist        { exists $METAS{$_[0]} && defined $METAS{$_[0]} }
    sub remove_metaclass_by_name    { delete $METAS{$_[0]}; return }

    # This handles instances as well as class names
    sub class_of {
        return unless defined $_[0];
        my $class = blessed($_[0]) || $_[0];
        return $METAS{$class};
    }

    # NOTE:
    # We only cache metaclasses, meaning instances of
    # Class::MOP::Class. We do not cache instance of
    # Class::MOP::Package or Class::MOP::Module. Mostly
    # because I don't yet see a good reason to do so.
}

sub _class_to_pmfile {
    my $class = shift;

    my $file = $class . '.pm';
    $file =~ s{::}{/}g;

    return $file;
}

sub load_first_existing_class {
    my $classes = Data::OptList::mkopt(\@_)
      or return;

    foreach my $class (@{ $classes }) {
        my $name = $class->[0];
        unless ( _is_valid_class_name($name) ) {
            my $display = defined($name) ? $name : 'undef';
            confess "Invalid class name ($display)";
        }
    }

    my $found;
    my %exceptions;

    for my $class (@{ $classes }) {
        my ($name, $options) = @{ $class };

        if ($options) {
            return $name if is_class_loaded($name, $options);
            if (is_class_loaded($name)) {
                # we already know it's loaded and too old, but we call
                # ->VERSION anyway to generate the exception for us
                $name->VERSION($options->{-version});
            }
        }
        else {
            return $name if is_class_loaded($name);
        }

        my $file = _class_to_pmfile($name);
        return $name if try {
            local $SIG{__DIE__};
            require $file;
            $name->VERSION($options->{-version})
                if defined $options->{-version};
            return 1;
        }
        catch {
            unless (/^Can't locate \Q$file\E in \@INC/) {
                confess "Couldn't load class ($name) because: $_";
            }

            return;
        };
    }

    if ( @{ $classes } > 1 ) {
        my @list = map { $_->[0] } @{ $classes };
        confess "Can't locate any of @list in \@INC (\@INC contains: @INC).";
    } else {
        confess "Can't locate " . _class_to_pmfile($classes->[0]->[0]) . " in \@INC (\@INC contains: @INC).";
    }
}

sub load_class {
    load_first_existing_class($_[0], ref $_[1] ? $_[1] : ());

    # This is done to avoid breaking code which checked the return value. Said
    # code is dumb. The return value was _always_ true, since it dies on
    # failure!
    return 1;
}

sub _is_valid_class_name {
    my $class = shift;

    return 0 if ref($class);
    return 0 unless defined($class);
    return 0 unless length($class);

    return 1 if $class =~ /^\w+(?:::\w+)*$/;

    return 0;
}

## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Setting up our environment ...
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP needs to have a few things in the global perl environment so
## that it can operate effectively. Those things are done here.
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# ... nothing yet actually ;)

## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## Bootstrapping
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
## The code below here is to bootstrap our MOP with itself. This is also
## sometimes called "tying the knot". By doing this, we make it much easier
## to extend the MOP through subclassing and such since now you can use the
## MOP itself to extend itself.
##
## Yes, I know, thats weird and insane, but it's a good thing, trust me :)
## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# We need to add in the meta-attributes here so that
# any subclass of Class::MOP::* will be able to
# inherit them using _construct_instance

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods

Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('_methods' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            '_full_method_map' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods::_full_method_map
        },
        default => sub { {} }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('method_metaclass' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'method_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods::method_metaclass
        },
        default  => 'Class::MOP::Method',
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('wrapped_method_metaclass' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'wrapped_method_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods::wrapped_method_metaclass
        },
        default  => 'Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped',
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods

Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('attributes' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE: we need to do this in order
            # for the instance meta-object to
            # not fall into meta-circular death
            #
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            '_attribute_map' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes::_attribute_map
        },
        default  => sub { {} }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('attribute_metaclass' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'attribute_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes::attribute_metaclass
        },
        default  => 'Class::MOP::Attribute',
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Package

Class::MOP::Package->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('package' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE: we need to do this in order
            # for the instance meta-object to
            # not fall into meta-circular death
            #
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'name' => \&Class::MOP::Package::name
        },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Package->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('namespace' => (
        reader => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'namespace' => \&Class::MOP::Package::namespace
        },
        init_arg => undef,
        default  => sub { \undef }
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Module

# NOTE:
# yeah this is kind of stretching things a bit,
# but truthfully the version should be an attribute
# of the Module, the weirdness comes from having to
# stick to Perl 5 convention and store it in the
# $VERSION package variable. Basically if you just
# squint at it, it will look how you want it to look.
# Either as a package variable, or as a attribute of
# the metaclass, isn't abstraction great :)

Class::MOP::Module->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('version' => (
        reader => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'version' => \&Class::MOP::Module::version
        },
        init_arg => undef,
        default  => sub { \undef }
    ))
);

# NOTE:
# By following the same conventions as version here,
# we are opening up the possibility that people can
# use the $AUTHORITY in non-Class::MOP modules as
# well.

Class::MOP::Module->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('authority' => (
        reader => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'authority' => \&Class::MOP::Module::authority
        },
        init_arg => undef,
        default  => sub { \undef }
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Class

Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('superclasses' => (
        accessor => {
            # NOTE:
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'superclasses' => \&Class::MOP::Class::superclasses
        },
        init_arg => undef,
        default  => sub { \undef }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('instance_metaclass' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE: we need to do this in order
            # for the instance meta-object to
            # not fall into meta-circular death
            #
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'instance_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Class::instance_metaclass
        },
        default  => 'Class::MOP::Instance',
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('immutable_trait' => (
        reader   => {
            'immutable_trait' => \&Class::MOP::Class::immutable_trait
        },
        default => "Class::MOP::Class::Immutable::Trait",
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('constructor_name' => (
        reader   => {
            'constructor_name' => \&Class::MOP::Class::constructor_name,
        },
        default => "new",
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('constructor_class' => (
        reader   => {
            'constructor_class' => \&Class::MOP::Class::constructor_class,
        },
        default => "Class::MOP::Method::Constructor",
    ))
);


Class::MOP::Class->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('destructor_class' => (
        reader   => {
            'destructor_class' => \&Class::MOP::Class::destructor_class,
        },
    ))
);

# NOTE:
# we don't actually need to tie the knot with
# Class::MOP::Class here, it is actually handled
# within Class::MOP::Class itself in the
# _construct_class_instance method.

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore
Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('name' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE: we need to do this in order
            # for the instance meta-object to
            # not fall into meta-circular death
            #
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'name' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::name
        }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('accessor' => (
        reader    => { 'accessor'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::accessor     },
        predicate => { 'has_accessor' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_accessor },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('reader' => (
        reader    => { 'reader'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::reader     },
        predicate => { 'has_reader' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_reader },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('initializer' => (
        reader    => { 'initializer'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::initializer     },
        predicate => { 'has_initializer' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_initializer },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('definition_context' => (
        reader    => { 'definition_context'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::definition_context     },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('writer' => (
        reader    => { 'writer'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::writer     },
        predicate => { 'has_writer' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_writer },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('predicate' => (
        reader    => { 'predicate'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::predicate     },
        predicate => { 'has_predicate' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_predicate },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('clearer' => (
        reader    => { 'clearer'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::clearer     },
        predicate => { 'has_clearer' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_clearer },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('builder' => (
        reader    => { 'builder'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::builder     },
        predicate => { 'has_builder' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_builder },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('init_arg' => (
        reader    => { 'init_arg'     => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::init_arg     },
        predicate => { 'has_init_arg' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_init_arg },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('default' => (
        # default has a custom 'reader' method ...
        predicate => { 'has_default' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_default },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('insertion_order' => (
        reader      => { 'insertion_order' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::insertion_order },
        writer      => { '_set_insertion_order' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::_set_insertion_order },
        predicate   => { 'has_insertion_order' => \&Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore::has_insertion_order },
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Attribute
Class::MOP::Attribute->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('associated_class' => (
        reader   => {
            # NOTE: we need to do this in order
            # for the instance meta-object to
            # not fall into meta-circular death
            #
            # we just alias the original method
            # rather than re-produce it here
            'associated_class' => \&Class::MOP::Attribute::associated_class
        }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Attribute->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('associated_methods' => (
        reader   => { 'associated_methods' => \&Class::MOP::Attribute::associated_methods },
        default  => sub { [] }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Attribute->meta->add_method('clone' => sub {
    my $self  = shift;
    $self->meta->clone_object($self, @_);
});

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method
Class::MOP::Method->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('body' => (
        reader   => { 'body' => \&Class::MOP::Method::body },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('associated_metaclass' => (
        reader   => { 'associated_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Method::associated_metaclass },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('package_name' => (
        reader   => { 'package_name' => \&Class::MOP::Method::package_name },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('name' => (
        reader   => { 'name' => \&Class::MOP::Method::name },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('original_method' => (
        reader   => { 'original_method'      => \&Class::MOP::Method::original_method },
        writer   => { '_set_original_method' => \&Class::MOP::Method::_set_original_method },
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped

# NOTE:
# the way this item is initialized, this
# really does not follow the standard
# practices of attributes, but we put
# it here for completeness
Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('modifier_table')
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method::Generated

Class::MOP::Method::Generated->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('is_inline' => (
        reader   => { 'is_inline' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Generated::is_inline },
        default  => 0, 
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method::Generated->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('definition_context' => (
        reader   => { 'definition_context' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Generated::definition_context },
    ))
);


## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method::Inlined

Class::MOP::Method::Inlined->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('_expected_method_class' => (
        reader   => { '_expected_method_class' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Inlined::_expected_method_class },
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method::Accessor

Class::MOP::Method::Accessor->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('attribute' => (
        reader   => {
            'associated_attribute' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Accessor::associated_attribute
        },
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method::Accessor->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('accessor_type' => (
        reader   => { 'accessor_type' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Accessor::accessor_type },
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Method::Constructor

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('options' => (
        reader   => {
            'options' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Constructor::options
        },
        default  => sub { +{} }
    ))
);

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('associated_metaclass' => (
        init_arg => "metaclass", # FIXME alias and rename
        reader   => {
            'associated_metaclass' => \&Class::MOP::Method::Constructor::associated_metaclass
        },
    ))
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Instance

# NOTE:
# these don't yet do much of anything, but are just
# included for completeness

Class::MOP::Instance->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('associated_metaclass',
        reader   => { associated_metaclass => \&Class::MOP::Instance::associated_metaclass },
    ),
);

Class::MOP::Instance->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('_class_name',
        init_arg => undef,
        reader   => { _class_name => \&Class::MOP::Instance::_class_name },
        #lazy     => 1, # not yet supported by Class::MOP but out our version does it anyway
        #default  => sub { $_[0]->associated_metaclass->name },
    ),
);

Class::MOP::Instance->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('attributes',
        reader   => { attributes => \&Class::MOP::Instance::get_all_attributes },
    ),
);

Class::MOP::Instance->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('slots',
        reader   => { slots => \&Class::MOP::Instance::slots },
    ),
);

Class::MOP::Instance->meta->add_attribute(
    Class::MOP::Attribute->new('slot_hash',
        reader   => { slot_hash => \&Class::MOP::Instance::slot_hash },
    ),
);

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Object

# need to replace the meta method there with a real meta method object
Class::MOP::Object->meta->_add_meta_method('meta');

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Class::MOP::Mixin

# need to replace the meta method there with a real meta method object
Class::MOP::Mixin->meta->_add_meta_method('meta');

require Class::MOP::Deprecated unless our $no_deprecated;

# we need the meta instance of the meta instance to be created now, in order
# for the constructor to be able to use it
Class::MOP::Instance->meta->get_meta_instance;

# pretend the add_method never happenned. it hasn't yet affected anything
undef Class::MOP::Instance->meta->{_package_cache_flag};

## --------------------------------------------------------
## Now close all the Class::MOP::* classes

# NOTE: we don't need to inline the the accessors this only lengthens
# the compile time of the MOP, and gives us no actual benefits.

$_->meta->make_immutable(
    inline_constructor  => 0,
    constructor_name    => "_new",
    inline_accessors => 0,
) for qw/
    Class::MOP::Package
    Class::MOP::Module
    Class::MOP::Class

    Class::MOP::Attribute
    Class::MOP::Method
    Class::MOP::Instance

    Class::MOP::Object

    Class::MOP::Method::Generated
    Class::MOP::Method::Inlined

    Class::MOP::Method::Accessor
    Class::MOP::Method::Constructor
    Class::MOP::Method::Wrapped

    Class::MOP::Method::Meta
/;

$_->meta->make_immutable(
    inline_constructor  => 0,
    constructor_name    => undef,
    inline_accessors => 0,
) for qw/
    Class::MOP::Mixin
    Class::MOP::Mixin::AttributeCore
    Class::MOP::Mixin::HasAttributes
    Class::MOP::Mixin::HasMethods
/;

1;

__END__