NAME

       Moose::Cookbook::Roles::ApplicationToInstance - Applying a role to an object instance

VERSION

       version 2.1005

SYNOPSIS

         package MyApp::Role::Job::Manager;

         use List::Util qw( first );

         use Moose::Role;

         has 'employees' => (
             is  => 'rw',
             isa => 'ArrayRef[Employee]',
         );

         sub assign_work {
             my $self = shift;
             my $work = shift;

             my $employee = first { !$_->has_work } @{ $self->employees };

             die 'All my employees have work to do!' unless $employee;

             $employee->work($work);
         }

         package main;

         my $lisa = Employee->new( name => 'Lisa' );
         MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta->apply($lisa);

         my $homer = Employee->new( name => 'Homer' );
         my $bart  = Employee->new( name => 'Bart' );
         my $marge = Employee->new( name => 'Marge' );

         $lisa->employees( [ $homer, $bart, $marge ] );
         $lisa->assign_work('mow the lawn');

DESCRIPTION

       In this recipe, we show how a role can be applied to an object. In this specific case, we
       are giving an employee managerial responsibilities.

       Applying a role to an object is simple. The Moose::Meta::Role object provides an "apply"
       method. This method will do the right thing when given an object instance.

         MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta->apply($lisa);

       We could also use the "apply_all_roles" function from Moose::Util.

         apply_all_roles( $person, MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta );

       The main advantage of using "apply_all_roles" is that it can be used to apply more than
       one role at a time.

       We could also pass parameters to the role we're applying:

         MyApp::Role::Job::Manager->meta->apply(
             $lisa,
             -alias => { assign_work => 'get_off_your_lazy_behind' },
         );

       We saw examples of how method exclusion and alias working in
       Moose::Cookbook::Roles::Restartable_AdvancedComposition.

CONCLUSION

       Applying a role to an object instance is a useful tool for adding behavior to existing
       objects. In our example, it is effective used to model a promotion.

       It can also be useful as a sort of controlled monkey-patching for existing code,
       particularly non-Moose code. For example, you could create a debugging role and apply it
       to an object at runtime.

AUTHOR

       Moose is maintained by the Moose Cabal, along with the help of many contributors. See
       "CABAL" in Moose and "CONTRIBUTORS" in Moose for details.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Infinity Interactive, Inc..

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

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