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perlmroapi(1)


NAME

   perlmroapi - Perl method resolution plugin interface

DESCRIPTION

   As of Perl 5.10.1 there is a new interface for plugging and using
   method resolution orders other than the default (linear depth first
   search).  The C3 method resolution order added in 5.10.0 has been re-
   implemented as a plugin, without changing its Perl-space interface.

   Each plugin should register itself by providing the following structure

       struct mro_alg {
           AV *(*resolve)(pTHX_ HV *stash, U32 level);
           const char *name;
           U16 length;
           U16 kflags;
           U32 hash;
       };

   and calling "Perl_mro_register":

       Perl_mro_register(aTHX_ &my_mro_alg);

   resolve
       Pointer to the linearisation function, described below.

   name
       Name of the MRO, either in ISO-8859-1 or UTF-8.

   length
       Length of the name.

   kflags
       If the name is given in UTF-8, set this to "HVhek_UTF8". The value
       is passed direct as the parameter kflags to "hv_common()".

   hash
       A precomputed hash value for the MRO's name, or 0.

Callbacks

   The "resolve" function is called to generate a linearised ISA for the
   given stash, using this MRO. It is called with a pointer to the stash,
   and a level of 0. The core always sets level to 0 when it calls your
   function - the parameter is provided to allow your implementation to
   track depth if it needs to recurse.

   The function should return a reference to an array containing the
   parent classes in order. The names of the classes should be the result
   of calling "HvENAME()" on the stash. In those cases where "HvENAME()"
   returns null, "HvNAME()" should be used instead.

   The caller is responsible for incrementing the reference count of the
   array returned if it wants to keep the structure. Hence, if you have
   created a temporary value that you keep no pointer to, "sv_2mortal()"
   to ensure that it is disposed of correctly. If you have cached your
   return value, then return a pointer to it without changing the
   reference count.

Caching

   Computing MROs can be expensive. The implementation provides a cache,
   in which you can store a single "SV *", or anything that can be cast to
   "SV *", such as "AV *". To read your private value, use the macro
   "MRO_GET_PRIVATE_DATA()", passing it the "mro_meta" structure from the
   stash, and a pointer to your "mro_alg" structure:

       meta = HvMROMETA(stash);
       private_sv = MRO_GET_PRIVATE_DATA(meta, &my_mro_alg);

   To set your private value, call "Perl_mro_set_private_data()":

       Perl_mro_set_private_data(aTHX_ meta, &c3_alg, private_sv);

   The private data cache will take ownership of a reference to
   private_sv, much the same way that "hv_store()" takes ownership of a
   reference to the value that you pass it.

Examples

   For examples of MRO implementations, see "S_mro_get_linear_isa_c3()"
   and the "BOOT:" section of ext/mro/mro.xs, and
   "S_mro_get_linear_isa_dfs()" in mro_core.c

AUTHORS

   The implementation of the C3 MRO and switchable MROs within the perl
   core was written by Brandon L Black. Nicholas Clark created the
   pluggable interface, refactored Brandon's implementation to work with
   it, and wrote this document.



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