devel/p5-Class-Method-Modifiers 2.15nb4 NetBSD

Method modifiers are a powerful feature from the CLOS (Common Lisp Object System) world.

In its most basic form, a method modifier is just a method that calls $self->SUPER::foo(@_). I for one have trouble remembering that exact invocation, so my classes seldom re-dispatch to their base classes. Very bad!

Class::Method::Modifiers provides three modifiers: before, around, and after. before and after are run just before and after the method they modify, but can not really affect that original method. around is run in place of the original method, with a hook to easily call that original method. See the MODIFIERS section for more details on how the particular modifiers work.