NAME

       Role::Tiny - Roles: a nouvelle cuisine portion size slice of Moose

SYNOPSIS

        package Some::Role;

        use Role::Tiny;

        sub foo { ... }

        sub bar { ... }

        around baz => sub { ... };

        1;

       elsewhere

        package Some::Class;

        use Role::Tiny::With;

        # bar gets imported, but not foo
        with 'Some::Role';

        sub foo { ... }

        # baz is wrapped in the around modifier by Class::Method::Modifiers
        sub baz { ... }

        1;

       If you wanted attributes as well, look at Moo::Role.

DESCRIPTION

       "Role::Tiny" is a minimalist role composition tool.

ROLE COMPOSITION

       Role composition can be thought of as much more clever and meaningful multiple
       inheritance.  The basics of this implementation of roles is:

       · If a method is already defined on a class, that method will not be composed in from the
         role. A method inherited by a class gets overridden by the role's method of the same
         name, though.

       · If a method that the role "requires" to be implemented is not implemented, role
         application will fail loudly.

       Unlike Class::C3, where the last class inherited from "wins," role composition is the
       other way around, where the class wins. If multiple roles are applied in a single call
       (single with statement), then if any of their provided methods clash, an exception is
       raised unless the class provides a method since this conflict indicates a potential
       problem.

IMPORTED SUBROUTINES

   requires
        requires qw(foo bar);

       Declares a list of methods that must be defined to compose role.

   with
        with 'Some::Role1';

        with 'Some::Role1', 'Some::Role2';

       Composes another role into the current role (or class via Role::Tiny::With).

       If you have conflicts and want to resolve them in favour of Some::Role1 you can instead
       write:

        with 'Some::Role1';
        with 'Some::Role2';

       If you have conflicts and want to resolve different conflicts in favour of different
       roles, please refactor your codebase.

   before
        before foo => sub { ... };

       See "before method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

       Note that since you are not required to use method modifiers, Class::Method::Modifiers is
       lazily loaded and we do not declare it as a dependency. If your Role::Tiny role uses
       modifiers you must depend on both Class::Method::Modifiers and Role::Tiny.

   around
        around foo => sub { ... };

       See "around method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

       Note that since you are not required to use method modifiers, Class::Method::Modifiers is
       lazily loaded and we do not declare it as a dependency. If your Role::Tiny role uses
       modifiers you must depend on both Class::Method::Modifiers and Role::Tiny.

   after
        after foo => sub { ... };

       See "after method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for full documentation.

       Note that since you are not required to use method modifiers, Class::Method::Modifiers is
       lazily loaded and we do not declare it as a dependency. If your Role::Tiny role uses
       modifiers you must depend on both Class::Method::Modifiers and Role::Tiny.

   Strict and Warnings
       In addition to importing subroutines, using "Role::Tiny" applies strict and warnings to
       the caller.

SUBROUTINES

   does_role
        if (Role::Tiny::does_role($foo, 'Some::Role')) {
          ...
        }

       Returns true if class has been composed with role.

       This subroutine is also installed as ->does on any class a Role::Tiny is composed into
       unless that class already has an ->does method, so

         if ($foo->does('Some::Role')) {
           ...
         }

       will work for classes but to test a role, one must use ::does_role directly.

       Additionally, Role::Tiny will override the standard Perl "DOES" method for your class.
       However, if "any" class in your class' inheritance hierarchy provides "DOES", then
       Role::Tiny will not override it.

METHODS

   make_role
        Role::Tiny->make_role('Some::Role');

       Makes a package into a role, but does not export any subs into it.

   apply_roles_to_package
        Role::Tiny->apply_roles_to_package(
          'Some::Package', 'Some::Role', 'Some::Other::Role'
        );

       Composes role with package.  See also Role::Tiny::With.

   apply_roles_to_object
        Role::Tiny->apply_roles_to_object($foo, qw(Some::Role1 Some::Role2));

       Composes roles in order into object directly. Object is reblessed into the resulting
       class. Note that the object's methods get overridden by the role's ones with the same
       names.

   create_class_with_roles
        Role::Tiny->create_class_with_roles('Some::Base', qw(Some::Role1 Some::Role2));

       Creates a new class based on base, with the roles composed into it in order.  New class is
       returned.

   is_role
        Role::Tiny->is_role('Some::Role1')

       Returns true if the given package is a role.

CAVEATS

       ·   On perl 5.8.8 and earlier, applying a role to an object won't apply any overloads from
           the role to other copies of the object.

       ·   On perl 5.16 and earlier, applying a role to a class won't apply any overloads from
           the role to any existing instances of the class.

SEE ALSO

       Role::Tiny is the attribute-less subset of Moo::Role; Moo::Role is a meta-protocol-less
       subset of the king of role systems, Moose::Role.

       Ovid's Role::Basic provides roles with a similar scope, but without method modifiers, and
       having some extra usage restrictions.

AUTHOR

       mst - Matt S. Trout (cpan:MSTROUT) <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>

CONTRIBUTORS

       dg - David Leadbeater (cpan:DGL) <dgl@dgl.cx>

       frew - Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt (cpan:FREW) <frioux@gmail.com>

       hobbs - Andrew Rodland (cpan:ARODLAND) <arodland@cpan.org>

       jnap - John Napiorkowski (cpan:JJNAPIORK) <jjn1056@yahoo.com>

       ribasushi - Peter Rabbitson (cpan:RIBASUSHI) <ribasushi@cpan.org>

       chip - Chip Salzenberg (cpan:CHIPS) <chip@pobox.com>

       ajgb - Alex J. G. Burzyński (cpan:AJGB) <ajgb@cpan.org>

       doy - Jesse Luehrs (cpan:DOY) <doy at tozt dot net>

       perigrin - Chris Prather (cpan:PERIGRIN) <chris@prather.org>

       Mithaldu - Christian Walde (cpan:MITHALDU) <walde.christian@googlemail.com>

       ilmari - Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker (cpan:ILMARI) <ilmari@ilmari.org>

       tobyink - Toby Inkster (cpan:TOBYINK) <tobyink@cpan.org>

       haarg - Graham Knop (cpan:HAARG) <haarg@haarg.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2010-2012 the Role::Tiny "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed above.

LICENSE

       This library is free software and may be distributed under the same terms as perl itself.