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Object::Pad::MOP::Slot(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Object::Pad::MOP::Slot(3pm)

"Object::Pad::MOP::Slot" - meta-object representation of data slot of a "Object::Pad" class

Instances of this class represent a data slot of a class implemented by Object::Pad. Accessors provide information about the slot. The special "value" method allows access to the value of the given slot on instances of its class, letting the meta-object be used as a proxy to it.

This API should be considered experimental even within the overall context in which "Object::Pad" is expermental.

   $name = $metaslot->name

Returns the name of the slot, as a plain string including the leading sigil character.

   $metaclass = $metaslot->class

Returns the Object::Pad::MOP::Class instance representing the class of which this slot is a member.

   $current = $metaslot->value( $instance )
   @current = $metaslot->value( $instance )
   %current = $metaslot->value( $instance )

An accessor method which returns the current value of the slot from an object instance.

   $metaslot->value( $instance ) = $new

On scalar slots, this method can also act as an lvalue mutator allowing a new value to be set.

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>

2021-02-20 perl v5.32.1