#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; { package Array::Apply; use Moose::Role; before install_accessors => sub { my $class = shift; my $name = $class->name; my $method = "apply_to_$name"; $class->associated_class->add_method( $method => sub { my ($self, $code) = @_; $_ = $code->($_) for @{ $self->$name }; } ); }; } { package My; use Moose; has list => ( is => 'rw', isa => 'ArrayRef[Str]', default => sub { [] }, traits => [qw[ Array Array::Apply ]], handles => { add_to_list => 'push', list_elements => 'elements', }, ); __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable; } my $obj = My->new; $obj->add_to_list(qw( a b c )); $obj->apply_to_list(sub { uc }); say for $obj->list_elements;