package FixedSizeQueue; use Minions interface => [qw( push pop size )], construct_with => { max_items => { assert => { positive_int => sub { $_[0] =~ /^\d+$/ && $_[0] > 0 } }, }, }, implementation => 'FixedSizeQueue::Default', ; 1; package FixedSizeQueue::Default; use Minions::Implementation has => { q => { default => sub { [ ] } }, max_size => { init_arg => 'max_items', }, }, ; sub size { my ($self) = @_; scalar @{ $self->{$__q} }; } sub push { my ($self, $val) = @_; log_info($self); push @{ $self->{$__q} }, $val; if ($self->size > $self->{$__max_size}) { $self->pop; } } sub pop { my ($self) = @_; log_info($self); shift @{ $self->{$__q} }; } sub log_info { my ($self) = @_; warn sprintf "[%s] I have %d element(s)\n", scalar(localtime), $self->size; } 1; #### % reply -I lib 0> use FixedSizeQueue 1> my $q = FixedSizeQueue->new(max_items => 3) $res[0] = bless( { '932db126-' => 'FixedSizeQueue::__Private', '932db126-max_size' => 3, '932db126-q' => [] }, 'FixedSizeQueue::__Minions' ) 2> $q->can $res[1] = [ 'pop', 'push', 'size' ] 3> $q->push($_) for 1 .. 3 [Mon Jan 26 12:01:53 2015] I have 0 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:01:53 2015] I have 1 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:01:53 2015] I have 2 element(s) $res[2] = '' 4> $q->pop [Mon Jan 26 12:02:09 2015] I have 3 element(s) $res[3] = 1 5> $q $res[4] = bless( { '932db126-' => 'FixedSizeQueue::__Private', '932db126-max_size' => 3, '932db126-q' => [ 2, 3 ] }, 'FixedSizeQueue::__Minions' ) 6> $q->push($_) for 4 .. 6 [Mon Jan 26 12:02:55 2015] I have 2 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:02:55 2015] I have 3 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:02:55 2015] I have 4 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:02:55 2015] I have 3 element(s) [Mon Jan 26 12:02:55 2015] I have 4 element(s) $res[5] = '' 7> $q $res[6] = bless( { '932db126-' => 'FixedSizeQueue::__Private', '932db126-max_size' => 3, '932db126-q' => [ 4, 5, 6 ] }, 'FixedSizeQueue::__Minions' ) 8> $q->log_info() Can't locate object method "log_info" via package "FixedSizeQueue::__Minions" at reply input line 1. 9>