---
name: "MooseX::Clone::Meta::Attribute::Trait::Clone"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmoosex-clone-perl"
version: "0.06-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MooseX::Clone::Meta::Attribute::Trait::Clone"
---

# MooseX::Clone::Meta::Attribute::Trait::Clone(3pm)

The attribute trait for deeply cloning attributes

## NAME

MooseX::Clone::Meta::Attribute::Trait::Clone - The attribute trait for deeply cloning attributes

## VERSION

version 0.06

## SYNOPSIS

```
    # see MooseX::Clone
    has foo => (
        traits => [qw(Clone)],
        isa => "Something",
    );
    $object->clone; # will recursively call $object->foo->clone and set the value properly
```

## DESCRIPTION

This meta attribute trait provides a `"clone_value"` method, in the spirit of `"get_value"` and `"set_value"`. This allows clone methods such as the one in MooseX::Clone to make use of this per-attribute cloning behavior.

## DERIVATION

Deriving this role for your own cloning purposes is encouraged.

This will allow your fine grained cloning semantics to interact with MooseX::Clone in the RightX way.

## ATTRIBUTES

- clone\_only\_objects

  Whether or not Data::Visitor should be used to clone arbitrary structures. Objects found in these structures will be cloned using clone\_object\_value.

  If true then non object values will be copied over in shallow cloning semantics (shared reference).

  Defaults to false (all reference will be cloned).

- clone\_visitor\_config

  A hash ref used to construct `"clone_visitor"`. Defaults to the empty ref.

  This can be used to alter the cloning behavior for non object values.

- clone\_visitor

  The Data::Visitor::Callback object that will be used to clone.

  It has an `"object"` handler that delegates to `"clone_object_value"` and sets `"tied_as_objects"` to true in order to deeply clone tied structures while retaining magic.

  Only used if `"clone_only_objects"` is false and the value of the attribute is not an object.

## METHODS

- clone\_value $target, $proto, %args

  Clones the value the attribute encapsulates from `$proto` into `$target`.

- clone\_value\_data $value, %args

  Does the actual cloning of the value data by delegating to a `"clone"` method on the object if any.

  If the object does not support a `"clone"` method an error is thrown.

  If the value is not an object then it will not be cloned.

  In the future support for deep cloning of simple refs will be added too.

- clone\_object\_value $object, %args

  This is the actual workhorse of `"clone_value_data"`.

- clone\_any\_value $value, %args

  Uses `"clone_visitor"` to clone all non object values.

  Called from `"clone_value_data"` if the value is not an object and `"clone_only_objects"` is false.

## AUTHOR

XXXX XXX'XX (Yuval Kogman) \<nothingmuch@woobling.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2008 by XXXX XXX'XX (Yuval Kogman).

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