NAME Tie::MooseObject - a tied hash interface to Moose object attributes VERSION version 0.0001 SYNOPSIS package Point; has 'x' => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'Int', predicate => 'has_x', reader => 'get_x', writer => 'set_x' ); has 'y' => ( isa => 'Int', is => 'rw' ); my $p = new Point( x => 1, y => 20 ); my %point; tie %point, 'Tie::MooseObject', { object => $p }; $point{set_x} = 4; $point{y} = 20; print $p->get_x, "\n", $p->y, "\n"; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper( \%point ); DESCRIPTION This module is BETA software. It seems to work so far, but it is not well tested. USE AT YOUR OWN RISK . NOTE: This documentation assumes you already have knowledge of Moose and Moose attributes. Tie::MooseObject allows you to tie a hash to a Moose object. The tied hash uses the object's attributes accessor methods as keys. The "reader" accessor method is the key for fetching from the tied hash, the "writer" method is the key for assigning. This module does not support "handles". "handles" is used to delegate methods to the object stored in the attribute. There is no way to know if the delegation is for an attribute accessor or to perform some task. In the future this may be supported through explicit options. ATTRIBUTES "is" Expects a string of either "ro" or "rw", If set to "ro", Tie::MooseObject will not allow access to the "writer" attribute methods. This means that "STORE" will fatal. "write_loop" This tells Tie::MooseObject to use the "writer" method names as the keys when you call "each()" or "keys()" "object" The object to "tie()" to. Required. METHODS "TIEHASH" When using "tie()", you should pass in a hash or hash reference of arguments as the last argument. These arguments are the same style as a standard Moose constructor. See "ATTRIBUTES" for a list of possible and required arguments. "STORE" Assignment to a key in the hash will call the "writer" method by the same name as the key. If you attempt to call this method on a read-only hash, Tie::MooseObject will throw an error. Also, If you attempt to add a new value to the tied hash a error will be thrown. "FETCH" When fetching a value from the tied hash, the key should be the name of the "reader" attribute method. If you pass in a key which does not exist, an error will be thrown. "FIRSTKEY" "NEXTKEY" When looping, by default, the key will be the name of attributes "reader" method. If you specify "write_loop" when constructing the tied hash, the key will be the "writer" method instead. "SCALAR" In scalar context, by default, the number of "reader" attribute methods are returned. If you specified "write_loop" when "tie()"ing the hash, the number of "writer" attribute methods will be returned. "EXISTS" If the key is the name of the attributes "predicate" method, the value returned by a call to this method is returned. If the key is the name of a "reader" method, true is returned. If the hash is "rw" and the key is the names of a "writer" method, this returns true. "DELETE" "CLEAR" These method are not implemented so do not attempt to call them. AUTHOR Scott A. Beck COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Scott A. Beck . This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.