Type::Tie(3)

NAME
Type::Tie - tie a variable to a type constraint

SYNOPSIS
Type::Tie is a response to this sort of problem...

   use strict;
   use warnings;

   {
      package Local::Testing;
      use Moose;
      has numbers => ( is => "ro", isa => "ArrayRef[Num]" );
   }

   # Nice list of numbers.
   my @N = ( 1, 2, 3, 3.14159 );

   # Create an object with a reference to that list.
   my $object = Local::Testing->new(numbers => \@N);

   # Everything OK so far...

   # Now watch this!
   push @N, "Monkey!";
   print $object->dump;

   # Houston, we have a problem!

Just declare @N like this:

   use Type::Tie;
   use Types::Standard qw( Num );

   ttie my @N, Num, ( 1, 2, 3, 3.14159 );

Now any attempt to add a non-numeric value to @N will die.

DESCRIPTION
This module exports a single function: "ttie". "ttie" ties a variable to a type constraint, ensuring that whatever values stored in the variable will conform to the type constraint. If the type constraint has coercions, these will be used if necessary to ensure values assigned to the variable conform.

   use Type::Tie;
   use Types::Standard qw( Int Num );

   ttie my $count, Int->plus_coercions(Num, 'int $_'), 0;

   print tied($count)->type, "\n";   # 'Int'

   $count++;            # ok
   $count = 2;          # ok
   $count = 3.14159;    # ok, coerced to 3
   $count = "Monkey!";  # dies

While the examples in documentation (and the test suite) show type constraints from Types::Standard, any type constraint objects supporting the Type::API interfaces should work. This includes:

•   Moose::Meta::TypeConstraint / MooseX::Types

•   Mouse::Meta::TypeConstraint / MouseX::Types

•   Specio

•   Type::Tiny

However, with Type::Tiny, you don't even need to "use Type::Tie".

   use Types::Standard qw( Int Num );

   tie my $count, Int->plus_coercions(Num, 'int $_'), 0;

   print tied($count)->type, "\n";   # 'Int'

   $count++;            # ok
   $count = 2;          # ok
   $count = 3.14159;    # ok, coerced to 3
   $count = "Monkey!";  # dies

  Cloning tied variables
If you clone tied variables with "dclone" from Storable, the clone will also be tied. The Clone module is also able to successfully clone tied variables. With other cloning techniques, your level of success may vary.

BUGS
Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=Type-Tiny>.

SEE ALSO
Type::API, Type::Tiny, Type::Utils, Moose::Manual::Types, MooseX::Lexical::Types.

AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2013-2014, 2018-2019, 2022-2025 by Toby Inkster.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.