NAME

       MooseX::NonMoose - easy subclassing of non-Moose classes

VERSION

       version 0.24

SYNOPSIS

         package Term::VT102::NBased;
         use Moose;
         use MooseX::NonMoose;
         extends 'Term::VT102';

         has [qw/x_base y_base/] => (
             is      => 'ro',
             isa     => 'Int',
             default => 1,
         );

         around x => sub {
             my $orig = shift;
             my $self = shift;
             $self->$orig(@_) + $self->x_base - 1;
         };

         # ... (wrap other methods)

         no Moose;
         # no need to fiddle with inline_constructor here
         __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable;

         my $vt = Term::VT102::NBased->new(x_base => 0, y_base => 0);

DESCRIPTION

       "MooseX::NonMoose" allows for easily subclassing non-Moose classes with Moose, taking care
       of the annoying details connected with doing this, such as setting up proper inheritance
       from Moose::Object and installing (and inlining, at "make_immutable" time) a constructor
       that makes sure things like "BUILD" methods are called. It tries to be as non-intrusive as
       possible - when this module is used, inheriting from non-Moose classes and inheriting from
       Moose classes should work identically, aside from the few caveats mentioned below.  One of
       the goals of this module is that including it in a Moose::Exporter-based package used
       across an entire application should be possible, without interfering with classes that
       only inherit from Moose modules, or even classes that don't inherit from anything at all.

       There are several ways to use this module. The most straightforward is to just "use
       MooseX::NonMoose;" in your class; this should set up everything necessary for extending
       non-Moose modules. MooseX::NonMoose::Meta::Role::Class and
       MooseX::NonMoose::Meta::Role::Constructor can also be applied to your metaclasses
       manually, either by passing a "-traits" option to your "use Moose;" line, or by applying
       them using Moose::Util::MetaRole in a Moose::Exporter-based package.
       MooseX::NonMoose::Meta::Role::Class is the part that provides the main functionality of
       this module; if you don't care about inlining, this is all you need to worry about.
       Applying MooseX::NonMoose::Meta::Role::Constructor as well will provide an inlined
       constructor when you immutabilize your class.

       "MooseX::NonMoose" allows you to manipulate the argument list that gets passed to the
       superclass constructor by defining a "FOREIGNBUILDARGS" method. This is called with the
       same argument list as the "BUILDARGS" method, but should return a list of arguments to
       pass to the superclass constructor. This allows "MooseX::NonMoose" to support superclasses
       whose constructors would get confused by the extra arguments that Moose requires (for
       attributes, etc.)

       Not all non-Moose classes use "new" as the name of their constructor. This module allows
       you to extend these classes by explicitly stating which method is the constructor, during
       the call to "extends". The syntax looks like this:

         extends 'Foo' => { -constructor_name => 'create' };

       similar to how you can already pass "-version" in the "extends" call in a similar way.

BUGS/CAVEATS

       •   The reference that the non-Moose class uses as its instance type must match the
           instance type that Moose is using. Moose's default instance type is a hashref, but
           other modules exist to make Moose use other instance types. MooseX::InsideOut is the
           most general solution - it should work with any class. For globref-based classes in
           particular, MooseX::GlobRef will also allow Moose to work. For more information, see
           the "032-moosex-insideout" and "033-moosex-globref" tests bundled with this dist.

       •   Modifying your class' @ISA after an initial "extends" call will potentially cause
           problems if any of those new entries in the @ISA override the constructor.
           "MooseX::NonMoose" wraps the nearest "new()" method at the time "extends" is called
           and will not see any other "new()" methods in the @ISA hierarchy.

       •   Completely overriding the constructor in a class using "MooseX::NonMoose" (i.e. using
           "sub new { ... }") currently doesn't work, although using method modifiers on the
           constructor should work identically to normal Moose classes.

       Please report any bugs to GitHub Issues at
       <https://github.com/doy/moosex-nonmoose/issues>.

SEE ALSO

       •   "How do I make non-Moose constructors work with Moose?" in Moose::Manual::FAQ

       •   MooseX::Alien

           serves the same purpose, but with a radically different (and far more hackish)
           implementation.

SUPPORT

       You can find this documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

           perldoc MooseX::NonMoose

       You can also look for information at:

       •   MetaCPAN

           <https://metacpan.org/release/MooseX-NonMoose>

       •   Github

           <https://github.com/doy/moosex-nonmoose>

       •   RT: CPAN's request tracker

           <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=MooseX-NonMoose>

       •   CPAN Ratings

           <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/MooseX-NonMoose>

AUTHOR

       Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2013 by Jesse Luehrs.

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