---
name: "MooseX::Types::Stringlike"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmoosex-types-stringlike-perl"
version: "0.003-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MooseX::Types::Stringlike"
---

# MooseX::Types::Stringlike(3pm)

Moose type constraints for strings or string-like objects

## NAME

MooseX::Types::Stringlike - Moose type constraints for strings or string-like objects

## VERSION

version 0.003

## SYNOPSIS

```
  package Foo;
  use Moose;
  use MooseX::Types::Stringlike qw/Stringlike Stringable ArrayRefOfStringlike ArrayRefOfStringable/;
  has path => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => Stringlike,
    coerce => 1
  );
  has stringable_object => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => Stringable,
  );
  has paths => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => ArrayRefOfStringlike,
    coerce => 1
  );
  has stringable_objects => (
    is => 'ro',
    isa => ArrayRefOfStringable,
  );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This module provides a more general version of the `"Str"` type.  If coercions are enabled, it will accepts objects that overload stringification and coerces them into strings.

## SUBTYPES

This module uses MooseX::Types to define the following subtypes.

### Stringlike

`"Stringlike"` is a subtype of `"Str"`.  It can coerce `"Stringable"` objects into a string.

### Stringable

`"Stringable"` is a subtype of `"Object"` where the object has overloaded stringification.

### ArrayRefOfStringlike

`"ArrayRefStringlike"` is a subtype of `"ArrayRef[Str]"`.  It can coerce `"ArrayRefOfStringable"` objects into an arrayref of strings.

### ArrayRefOfStringable

`"ArrayRefOfStringable"` is a subtype of `"ArrayRef[Object]"` where the objects have overloaded stringification.

## SEE ALSO

- •

  Moose::Manual::Types

- •

  MooseX::Types

- •

  MooseX::Types::Moose

## ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thank you to Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker for the idea on IRC that led to this module.

## SUPPORT

### Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at \<https://github.com/dagolden/MooseX-Types-Stringlike/issues\>. You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

### Source Code

This is open source software.  The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

\<https://github.com/dagolden/MooseX-Types-Stringlike\>

```
  git clone https://github.com/dagolden/MooseX-Types-Stringlike.git
```

## AUTHOR

David Golden \<dagolden@cpan.org\>

## CONTRIBUTOR

Karen Etheridge \<ether@cpan.org\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2012 by David Golden.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
```