Class::...ccessor(3)

💖 NAME 💖

Class::MOP::Method::Accessor — it's the Method Meta Object for accessors, and yes bestie, that's literally the whole title. This is the Class::...ccessor(3) page you're reading rn 🫶

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✨ VERSION ✨

version 2.4000 — that's the one, no cap 📌

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

Okay so this is how you actually use it:

use Class::MOP::Method::Accessor;

my $reader = Class::MOP::Method::Accessor->new(
    attribute     => $attribute,
    is_inline     => 1,
    accessor_type => 'reader',
);

$reader->body->execute($instance); # call the reader method

And that last line? That's you calling the reader method. Main character energy fr 💅

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🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So listen 👑 — this is a subclass of Class::MOP::Method, and Class::MOP::Attribute uses it to generate accessor code. It's the one handling the generation of readers, writers, predicates and clearers.

And here's the tea: for each type of method, it can either create a subroutine reference, or actually inline code by generating a string and eval'ing it. Two paths, one icon ✨

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🎀 METHODS 🎀

Class::MOP::Method::Accessor->new(%options)

This returns a new Class::MOP::Method::Accessor based on the %options you handed over. The options, one by one:

• attribute — this is the Class::MOP::Attribute for which accessors are being generated. Required, so don't skip it 🙈
• accessor_type — a string, and it should be one of reader, writer, accessor, predicate, or clearer. This is the type of method being generated. Also required.
• is_inline — tells you whether or not the accessor should be inlined. Defaults to false.
• name — the method name (no package name attached, just the name). Required.
• package_name — the package name for the method. Required.

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$metamethod->accessor_type

Returns the accessor type which was passed to new. Simple as that 💜

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$metamethod->is_inline

Returns a boolean indicating whether or not the accessor is inlined. True or false, that's it ⭐

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$metamethod->associated_attribute

This returns the Class::MOP::Attribute object which was passed to new. Your original attribute, back in your arms 🫶

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$metamethod->body

The method itself is generated when the accessor object is constructed. Like, it shows up already built — construction time is when it happens 🔥

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🌈 AUTHORS 🌈

Shoutout to the whole crew, every single one of them:

• 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>

Icons, all of them, periodt 👑

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💜 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. Free is free bestie, go wild 🌸

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And that's the whole page! This little number was brought to you by perl v5.42.0 and it was dated 2025-07-25 — talk about a glow up 💖✨ bye bestie, go write some accessors 🎀