---
name: "Class::MOP::Method"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-moose"
version: "2.4001-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Class::MOP::Method"
---

# Class::MOP::Method(3pm)

Method Meta Object

## NAME

Class::MOP::Method - Method Meta Object

## VERSION

version 2.4001

## DESCRIPTION

The Method Protocol is very small, since methods in Perl 5 are just subroutines in a specific package. We provide a very basic introspection interface.

## METHODS

- **Class::MOP::Method-\>wrap($code, %options)**

  This is the constructor. It accepts a method body in the form of either a code reference or a Class::MOP::Method instance, followed by a hash of options.

  The options are:

  - •

    name

    The method name (without a package name). This is required if `$code` is a coderef.

  - •

    package\_name

    The package name for the method. This is required if `$code` is a coderef.

  - •

    associated\_metaclass

    An optional Class::MOP::Class object. This is the metaclass for the method's class.

- **$metamethod-\>clone(%params)**

  This makes a shallow clone of the method object. In particular, subroutine reference itself is shared between all clones of a given method.

  When a method is cloned, the original method object will be available by calling `"original_method"` on the clone.

- **$metamethod-\>body**

  This returns a reference to the method's subroutine.

- **$metamethod-\>name**

  This returns the method's name.

- **$metamethod-\>package\_name**

  This returns the method's package name.

- **$metamethod-\>fully\_qualified\_name**

  This returns the method's fully qualified name (package name and method name).

- **$metamethod-\>associated\_metaclass**

  This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method, if one exists.

- **$metamethod-\>original\_method**

  If this method object was created as a clone of some other method object, this returns the object that was cloned.

- **$metamethod-\>original\_name**

  This returns the method's original name, wherever it was first defined.

  If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the name from the *first* method in the chain of clones.

- **$metamethod-\>original\_package\_name**

  This returns the method's original package name, wherever it was first defined.

  If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the package name from the *first* method in the chain of clones.

- **$metamethod-\>original\_fully\_qualified\_name**

  This returns the method's original fully qualified name, wherever it was first defined.

  If this method is a clone of a clone (of a clone, etc.), this method returns the fully qualified name from the *first* method in the chain of clones.

- **$metamethod-\>is\_stub**

  Returns true if the method is just a stub:

  ```
    sub foo;
  ```

- **$metamethod-\>attach\_to\_class($metaclass)**

  Given a Class::MOP::Class object, this method sets the associated metaclass for the method. This will overwrite any existing associated metaclass.

- **$metamethod-\>detach\_from\_class**

  Removes any associated metaclass object for the method.

- **$metamethod-\>execute(...)**

  This executes the method. Any arguments provided will be passed on to the method itself.

- **Class::MOP::Method-\>meta**

  This will return a Class::MOP::Class instance for this class.

  It should also be noted that Class::MOP will actually bootstrap this module by installing a number of attribute meta-objects into its metaclass.

## AUTHORS

- •

  Stevan Little \<stevan@cpan.org\>

- •

  Dave Rolsky \<autarch@urth.org\>

- •

  Jesse Luehrs \<doy@cpan.org\>

- •

  Shawn M Moore \<sartak@cpan.org\>

- •

  יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) \<nothingmuch@woobling.org\>

- •

  Karen Etheridge \<ether@cpan.org\>

- •

  Florian Ragwitz \<rafl@debian.org\>

- •

  Hans Dieter Pearcey \<hdp@cpan.org\>

- •

  Chris Prather \<chris@prather.org\>

- •

  Matt S Trout \<mstrout@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

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