---
name: "Class::MOP::Method::Constructor"
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::Constructor"
---

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

Method Meta Object for constructors

## NAME

Class::MOP::Method::Constructor - Method Meta Object for constructors

## VERSION

version 2.4001

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use Class::MOP::Method::Constructor;
  my $constructor = Class::MOP::Method::Constructor->new(
      metaclass => $metaclass,
      options   => {
          debug => 1, # this is all for now
      },
  );
  # calling the constructor ...
  $constructor->body->execute($metaclass->name, %params);
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a subclass of Class::MOP::Method which generates constructor methods.

## METHODS

- **Class::MOP::Method::Constructor-\>new(%options)**

  This creates a new constructor object. It accepts a hash reference of options.

  - •

    metaclass

    This should be a Class::MOP::Class object. It is required.

  - •

    name

    The method name (without a package name). This is required.

  - •

    package\_name

    The package name for the method. This is required.

  - •

    is\_inline

    This indicates whether or not the constructor should be inlined. This defaults to false.

- **$metamethod-\>is\_inline**

  Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the constructor is inlined.

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

  This returns the Class::MOP::Class object for the method.

## 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.