On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Sir Robert Burbridge
<rburb...@cisco.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I've read through the Moose::Manual::Types, Moose::Util::TypeConstraints,
> and other things I could find. I don't quite see how I am supposed to
> create a property that holds "a derivative of class X". For example, I
> would like to do:
>
> package A;
> use Moose;
> 1;
>
> package B;
> use Moose;
> extends A;
> 1;
>
> package C;
> use Moose;
> has a => (isa=>'A', is=>'rw');
> 1;
>
> ### Create "B" which extends "A"
> my $b = B->new();
>
> ### Create C with property "a" of value $b. $b is an "A" derivative,
> ### so I'd like it to be ok with that.
> my $c = C->new(a=>$b);
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> -Sir
Did you try your example?
use 5.10.0;
package A;
use Moose;
package B;
use Moose;
extends qw(A);
package C;
use Moose;
has attr => ( isa => 'A', is => 'ro' );
package main;
my $o = C->new( attr => B->new );
say $o->dump;
__END__
$VAR1 = bless( {
'attr' => bless( {}, 'B' )
}, 'C' );
