NAME

Moose::Meta::Attribute::Native::Trait::Counter - Helper trait for Int attributes which represent counters

VERSION

version 2.2012

SYNOPSIS

  package MyHomePage;
  use Moose;
  has 'counter' => (
      traits  => ['Counter'],
      is      => 'ro',
      isa     => 'Num',
      default => 0,
      handles => {
          inc_counter   => 'inc',
          dec_counter   => 'dec',
          reset_counter => 'reset',
      },
  );
  my $page = MyHomePage->new();
  $page->inc_counter;    # same as $page->counter( $page->counter + 1 );
  $page->dec_counter;    # same as $page->counter( $page->counter - 1 );
  my $count_by_twos = 2;
  $page->inc_counter($count_by_twos);

DESCRIPTION

This trait provides native delegation methods for counters. A counter can be any sort of number (integer or not). The delegation methods allow you to increment, decrement, or reset the value.

DEFAULT TYPE

If you don't provide an "isa" value for your attribute, it will default to "Num".

PROVIDED METHODS

set($value)
Sets the counter to the specified value and returns the new value.

This method requires a single argument.
inc
inc($arg)
Increases the attribute value by the amount of the argument, or by 1 if no argument is given. This method returns the new value.

This method accepts a single argument.
dec
dec($arg)
Decreases the attribute value by the amount of the argument, or by 1 if no argument is given. This method returns the new value.

This method accepts a single argument.
reset
Resets the value stored in this slot to its default value, and returns the new value.

BUGS

See "BUGS" in Moose for details on reporting bugs.

AUTHORS

Stevan Little <stevan.little@iinteractive.com>
Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
Jesse Luehrs <doy@tozt.net>
Shawn M Moore <code@sartak.org>
יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@weftsoar.net>
Chris Prather <chris@prather.org>
Matt S Trout <mst@shadowcat.co.uk>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.