NAME
   Moo - Minimalist Object Orientation (with Moose compatiblity)

SYNOPSIS
    package Cat::Food;

    use Moo;
    use Sub::Quote;

    sub feed_lion {
      my $self = shift;
      my $amount = shift || 1;

      $self->pounds( $self->pounds - $amount );
    }

    has taste => (
      is => 'ro',
    );

    has brand => (
      is  => 'ro',
      isa => sub {
        die "Only SWEET-TREATZ supported!" unless $_[0] eq 'SWEET-TREATZ'
      },
   );

    has pounds => (
      is  => 'rw',
      isa => quote_sub q{ die "$_[0] is too much cat food!" unless $_[0] < 15 },
    );

    1;

   and else where

    my $full = Cat::Food->new(
       taste  => 'DELICIOUS.',
       brand  => 'SWEET-TREATZ',
       pounds => 10,
    );

    $full->feed_lion;

    say $full->pounds;

DESCRIPTION
   This module is an extremely light-weight, high-performance Moose
   replacement. It also avoids depending on any XS modules to allow simple
   deployments. The name "Moo" is based on the idea that it provides almost
   -but not quite- two thirds of Moose.

   Unlike "Mouse" this module does not aim at full Moose compatibility. See
   "INCOMPATIBILITIES" for more details.

WHY MOO EXISTS
   If you want a full object system with a rich Metaprotocol, Moose is
   already wonderful.

   I've tried several times to use Mouse but it's 3x the size of Moo and
   takes longer to load than most of my Moo based CGI scripts take to run.

   If you don't want Moose, you don't want "less metaprotocol" like Mouse,
   you want "as little as possible" - which means "no metaprotocol", which
   is what Moo provides.

   By Moo 1.0 I intend to have Moo's equivalent of Any::Moose built in - if
   Moose gets loaded, any Moo class or role will act as a Moose equivalent
   if treated as such.

   Hence - Moo exists as its name - Minimal Object Orientation - with a
   pledge to make it smooth to upgrade to Moose when you need more than
   minimal features.

IMPORTED METHODS
 new
    Foo::Bar->new( attr1 => 3 );

   or

    Foo::Bar->new({ attr1 => 3 });

 BUILDARGS
    around BUILDARGS => sub {
      my $orig = shift;
      my ( $class, @args ) = @_;

      unshift @args, "attr1" if @args % 2 == 1;

      return $class->$orig(@args);
    };

    Foo::Bar->new( 3 );

   The default implementation of this method accepts a hash or hash
   reference of named parameters. If it receives a single argument that
   isn't a hash reference it throws an error.

   You can override this method in your class to handle other types of
   options passed to the constructor.

   This method should always return a hash reference of named options.

 BUILDALL
   Don't override (or probably even call) this method. Instead, you can
   define a "BUILD" method on your class and the constructor will
   automatically call the "BUILD" method from parent down to child after
   the object has been instantiated. Typically this is used for object
   validation or possibly logging.

 DESTROY
   If you have a "DEMOLISH" method anywhere in your inheritance hierarchy,
   a "DESTROY" method is created on first object construction which will
   call "$instance->DEMOLISH($in_global_destruction)" for each "DEMOLISH"
   method from child upwards to parents.

   Note that the "DESTROY" method is created on first construction of an
   object of your class in order to not add overhead to classes without
   "DEMOLISH" methods; this may prove slightly surprising if you try and
   define your own.

 does
    if ($foo->does('Some::Role1')) {
      ...
    }

   Returns true if the object composes in the passed role.

IMPORTED SUBROUTINES
 extends
    extends 'Parent::Class';

   Declares base class. Multiple superclasses can be passed for multiple
   inheritance (but please use roles instead).

   Calling extends more than once will REPLACE your superclasses, not add
   to them like 'use base' would.

 with
    with 'Some::Role1';
    with 'Some::Role2';

   Composes a Role::Tiny into current class. Only one role may be composed
   in at a time to allow the code to remain as simple as possible.

 has
    has attr => (
      is => 'ro',
    );

   Declares an attribute for the class.

   The options for "has" are as follows:

   * is

     required, must be "ro" or "rw". Unsurprisingly, "ro" generates an
     accessor that will not respond to arguments; to be clear: a getter
     only. "rw" will create a perlish getter/setter.

   * isa

     Takes a coderef which is meant to validate the attribute. Unlike Moose
     Moo does not include a basic type system, so instead of doing "isa =>
     'Num'", one should do

      isa => quote_sub q{
        die "$_[0] is not a number!" unless looks_like_number $_[0]
      },

     Sub::Quote aware

   * coerce

     Takes a coderef which is meant to coerce the attribute. The basic idea
     is to do something like the following:

      coerce => quote_sub q{
        $_[0] + 1 unless $_[0] % 2
      },

     Coerce does not require "isa" to be defined.

     Sub::Quote aware

   * trigger

     Takes a coderef which will get called any time the attribute is set.
     Coderef will be invoked against the object with the new value as an
     argument.

     Note that Moose also passes the old value, if any; this feature is not
     yet supported.

     Sub::Quote aware

   * default

     Takes a coderef which will get called with $self as its only argument
     to populate an attribute if no value is supplied to the constructor -
     or if the attribute is lazy, when the attribute is first retrieved if
     no value has yet been provided.

     Note that if your default is fired during new() there is no guarantee
     that other attributes have been populated yet so you should not rely
     on their existence.

     Sub::Quote aware

   * predicate

     Takes a method name which will return true if an attribute has a
     value.

     A common example of this would be to call it "has_$foo", implying that
     the object has a $foo set.

   * builder

     Takes a method name which will be called to create the attribute -
     functions exactly like default except that instead of calling

       $default->($self);

     Moo will call

       $self->$builder;

   * clearer

     Takes a method name which will clear the attribute.

   * lazy

     Boolean. Set this if you want values for the attribute to be grabbed
     lazily. This is usually a good idea if you have a "builder" which
     requires another attribute to be set.

   * required

     Boolean. Set this if the attribute must be passed on instantiation.

   * reader

     The value of this attribute will be the name of the method to get the
     value of the attribute. If you like Java style methods, you might set
     this to "get_foo"

   * writer

     The value of this attribute will be the name of the method to set the
     value of the attribute. If you like Java style methods, you might set
     this to "set_foo"

   * weak_ref

     Boolean. Set this if you want the reference that the attribute
     contains to be weakened; use this when circular references are
     possible, which will cause leaks.

   * init_arg

     Takes the name of the key to look for at instantiation time of the
     object. A common use of this is to make an underscored attribute have
     a non-underscored initialization name. "undef" means that passing the
     value in on instantiation

 before
    before foo => sub { ... };

   See "before method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for
   full documentation.

 around
    around foo => sub { ... };

   See "around method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for
   full documentation.

 after
    after foo => sub { ... };

   See "after method(s) => sub { ... }" in Class::Method::Modifiers for
   full documentation.

SUB QUOTE AWARE
   "quote_sub" in Sub::Quote allows us to create coderefs that are
   "inlineable," giving us a handy, XS-free speed boost. Any option that is
   Sub::Quote aware can take advantage of this.

INCOMPATIBILITIES WITH MOOSE
   You can only compose one role at a time. If your application is large or
   complex enough to warrant complex composition, you wanted Moose.

   There is no complex type system. "isa" is verified with a coderef, if
   you need complex types, just make a library of coderefs, or better yet,
   functions that return quoted subs.

   "initializer" is not supported in core since the author considers it to
   be a bad idea but may be supported by an extension in future.

   There is no meta object. If you need this level of complexity you wanted
   Moose - Moo succeeds at being small because it explicitly does not
   provide a metaprotocol.

   No support for "super", "override", "inner", or "augment" - override can
   be handled by around albeit with a little more typing, and the author
   considers augment to be a bad idea.

   "default" only supports coderefs, because doing otherwise is usually a
   mistake anyway.

   "lazy_build" is not supported per se, but of course it will work if you
   manually set all the options it implies.

   "auto_deref" is not supported since the author considers it a bad idea.

   "documentation" is not supported since it's a very poor replacement for
   POD.

AUTHOR
   mst - Matt S. Trout (cpan:MSTROUT) <[email protected]>

CONTRIBUTORS
   dg - David Leadbeater (cpan:DGL) <[email protected]>

   frew - Arthur Axel "fREW" Schmidt (cpan:FREW) <[email protected]>

   hobbs - Andrew Rodland (cpan:ARODLAND) <[email protected]>

   jnap - John Napiorkowski (cpan:JJNAPIORK) <[email protected]>

   ribasushi - Peter Rabbitson (cpan:RIBASUSHI) <[email protected]>

   chip - Chip Salzenberg (cpan:CHIPS) <[email protected]>

   ajgb - Alex J. G. BurzyƄski (cpan:AJGB) <[email protected]>

COPYRIGHT
   Copyright (c) 2010-2011 the Moo "AUTHOR" and "CONTRIBUTORS" as listed
   above.

LICENSE
   This library is free software and may be distributed under the same
   terms as perl itself.