NAME

       Aspect::Modular - First generation base class for reusable aspects

SYNOPSIS

         # Subclassing to create a reusable aspect
         package Aspect::Library::ConstructorTracer;

         use strict;
         use base 'Aspect::Modular';
         use Aspect::Advice::After ();

         sub get_advice {
            my $self     = shift;
            my $pointcut = shift;
            return Aspect::Advice::After->new(
                lexical  => $self->lexical,
                pointcut => $pointcut,
                code     => sub {
                    print 'Created object: ' . shift->return_value . "\n";
                },
            );
         }

         # Using the new aspect
         package main;

         use Aspect;

         # Print message when constructing new Person
         aspect ConstructorTracer => call 'Person::new';

DESCRIPTION

       All reusable aspect inherit from this class.

       Such aspects are created in user code, using the "aspect()" sub exported by Aspect. You
       call "aspect()" with the class name of the reusable aspect (it must exist in the package
       "Aspect::Library"), and any parameters (pointcuts, class names, code to run, etc.) the
       specific aspect may require.

       The Wormhole aspect, for example, expects 2 pointcut specs for the wormhole source and
       target, while the Profiler aspect expects a pointcut object, to select the subs to be
       profiled.

       You create a reusable aspect by subclassing this class, and providing one template method:
       "get_advice()". It is called with all the parameters that were sent when user code created
       the aspect, and is expected to return Aspect::Advice object/s, that will be installed
       while the reusable aspect is still in scope. If the "aspect()" sub is called in void
       context, the reusable aspect is installed until class reloading or interpreter shutdown.

       Typical things a reusable aspect may want to do:

       •   Install advice on pointcuts specified by the caller

       •   Push (vs. OOP pull) subs and base classes into classes specified by the caller

AUTHORS

       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

       Marcel Gruenauer <marcel@cpan.org>

       Ran Eilam <eilara@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2001 by Marcel Gruenauer

       Some parts copyright 2009 - 2013 Adam Kennedy.

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