NAME MooseX::PrivateSetters - Names your accessors foo() and _set_foo() SYNOPSIS use Moose; use MooseX::PrivateSetters; # make some attributes has 'foo' => ( is => 'rw' ); ... package main; sub bar { $self = shift; $self->_set_foo(1) unless $self->foo } DESCRIPTION This module does not provide any methods. Simply loading it changes the default naming policy for the loading class so that accessors are separated into get and set methods. The get methods have the same name as the accessor, while set methods are prefixed with "_set_". If you declare an attribute with a leading underscore, then the set method will start with "_set" (i.e. "has '_foo'" will get a setter called "_set_foo". Note that if you have attributes "foo" and "_foo", they will both get a setter called "_set_foo", so don't do that. If you explicitly set a "reader" or "writer" name when creating an attribute, then that attribute's naming scheme is left unchanged. Load order of this module is important. It must be "use"d after Moose. SEE ALSO There are a number of similar modules on the CPAN. Moose The original. A single mutator method is generated with the same name as the attribute itself. MooseX::Accessors::ReadWritePrivate Changes the parsing of the "is" clause, making new options available. For example, has baz => ( is => 'rpwp', # private reader, private writer gets you "_get_baz()" and "_set_baz". MooseX::FollowPBP Names accessors in the style recommended by *Perl Best Practices*: "get_size" and "set_size". MooseX::SemiAffordanceAccessor Has separate methods for getting and setting. The getter has the same name as the attribute, and the setter is prefixed with "set_". AUTHOR brian greenfield "" BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-moosex-privatesetters@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2010 brian greenfield This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.