NAME

MooseX::Types::Path::Class::MoreCoercions - More powerful coercion than MooseX::Types::Path::Class

VERSION

version 0.003

SYNOPSIS

  ### specification of type constraint with coercion

  package Foo;

  use Moose;
  use MooseX::Types::Path::Class::MoreCoercions qw/File AbsDir/;

  has filename => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => File,
    coerce => 1,
  );

  has directory => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => AbsDir,
    coerce => 1,
  );

  ### usage in code

  my $tmp = File::Temp->new;

  Foo->new( filename => $tmp ); # coerced to Path::Class::File
  Foo->new( directory => '.' ); # coerced to dir('.')->absolute

DESCRIPTION

This module extends MooseX::Types::Path::Class with more powerful coercions, including:

  • coercing objects with overloaded stringification

  • coercing to absolute paths

SUBTYPES

This module uses MooseX::Types to define the following subtypes.

Dir

Dir is a subtype of MooseX::Types::Path::Class::Dir. Objects with overloaded stringification are coerced as strings if coercion is enabled.

AbsDir

AbsDir is a subtype of Dir (above). Objects are also coerced to an absolute path.

File

File is a subtype of MooseX::Types::Path::Class::File. Objects with overloaded stringification are coerced as strings if coercion is enabled.

AbsFile

AbsFile is a subtype of File (above). Objects are also coerced to an absolute path.

CAVEATS

Usage with File::Temp

Because an argument is stringified and then coerced into a Path::Class object, no reference to the original File::Temp argument is held. Be sure to hold an external reference to it to avoid immediate cleanup of the object at the end of the enclosing scope.

SEE ALSO

SUPPORT

Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=MooseX-Types-Path-Class-MoreCoercions. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

Source Code

This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

https://github.com/dagolden/moosex-types-path-class-morecoercions

  git clone git://github.com/dagolden/moosex-types-path-class-morecoercions.git

AUTHOR

David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004