CONTENTS

NAME

Specio::Coercion - A class representing a coercion from one type to another

VERSION

version 0.48

SYNOPSIS

my $coercion = $type->coercion_from_type('Int');

my $new_value = $coercion->coerce_value(42);

if ( $coercion->can_be_inlined() ) {
    my $code = $coercion->inline_coercion('$_[0]');
}

DESCRIPTION

This class represents a coercion from one type to another. Internally, a coercion is a piece of code that takes a value of one type returns a new value of a new type. For example, a coercion from c<Num> to Int might round a number to its nearest integer and return that integer.

Coercions can be implemented either as a simple subroutine reference or as an inline generator subroutine. Using an inline generator is faster but more complicated.

API

This class provides the following methods.

Specio::Coercion->new( ... )

This method creates a new coercion object. It accepts the following named parameters:

$coercion->from(), $coercion->to(), $coercion->declared_at()

These methods are all read-only attribute accessors for the corresponding attribute.

$coercion->description

This returns a string describing the coercion. This includes the names of the to and from type and where the coercion was declared, so you end up with something like 'coercion from Foo to Bar declared in package My::Lib (lib/My/Lib.pm) at line 42'.

$coercion->coerce($value)

Given a value of the right "from" type, returns a new value of the "to" type.

This method does not actually check that the types of given or return values.

$coercion->inline_coercion($var)

Given a variable name like '$_[0]' this returns a string with code for the coercion.

Note that this method will die if the coercion does not have an inline generator.

$coercion->can_be_inlined()

This returns true if the coercion has an inline generator and the constraint it is from can be inlined. This exists primarily for the benefit of the inline_coercion_and_check() method for type constraint object.

$coercion->inline_environment()

This returns a hash defining the variables that need to be closed over when inlining the coercion. The keys are full variable names like '$foo' or '@bar'. The values are references to a variable of the matching type.

$coercion->clone()

Returns a clone of this object.

$coercion->clone_with_new_to($new_to_type)

This returns a clone of the coercion, replacing the "to" type with a new one. This is intended for use when the to type itself is being cloned as part of importing that type. We need to make sure the newly cloned coercion has the newly cloned type as well.

ROLES

This class does the Specio::Role::Inlinable role.

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted at https://github.com/houseabsolute/Specio/issues.

SOURCE

The source code repository for Specio can be found at https://github.com/houseabsolute/Specio.

AUTHOR

Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2012 - 2022 by Dave Rolsky.

This is free software, licensed under:

The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this distribution.