NAME
    MooseX::Prototype - use an existing object as the template for a class

SYNOPSIS
     {
       package Person;
       use Moose;
       has name     => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Str');
       has employer => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Str');
     }
 
     package main;
 
     use MooseX::Prototype qw(use_as_prototype);
 
     my $template     = Person->new(employer => 'Government');
     my $CivilServant = use_as_prototype($template);
 
     my $bob = $CivilServant->new(name => 'Bob');
     say $bob->name;       # Bob
     say $bob->employer;   # Government

DESCRIPTION
  "use_as_prototype($object)"
    Given a blessed object (must be from a Moose-based class), the
    "use_as_prototype" function generates a new class such that:

    *   the new class is a subclass of the class the original object was
        blessed into.

    *   all methods available on the original object will be available to
        instances of the new class.

    *   all attributes available on the original object will be available to
        instances of the new class, and the defaults for those attributes
        will reflect the values those attributes had on the original object.

    In short, it acts like a "clone" method might, but rather than returning
    a single cloned object, returns a class of clones.

    The class name used is not necessarily very nice - it will be along the
    lines of "MooseX::Prototype::__ANON__::0007". You can provide your own
    class name as a second parameter:

     my $template = Person->new(employer => 'Government');
     use_as_prototype($template, 'CivilServant');
 
     my $bob = CivilServant->new(name => 'Bob');

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

SEE ALSO
    Object::Prototype, MooseX::Prototype::Role::UseAsPrototype.

AUTHOR
    Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
    This software is copyright (c) 2012 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.