Subroutine My::Tool::method redefined at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MooseX/Method/Signatures.pm line 38. Argument cannot be 'type' at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.0/MooseX/Types/TypeDecorator.pm line 81 MooseX::Types::TypeDecorator::new('MooseX::Types::TypeDecorator=HASH(0xa3f6fe8)', 'type', 'mass', 'from', 'kg', 'to', 'g') called at /home/surikov/lib/My/Tool.pm line 12 My::Tool::__ANON__('My::Tool=HASH(0x93cf9e0)', 'HASH(0x93cf760)') called at t.pl line 56 #### package My::Types; use strict; use warnings; use MooseX::Types -declare => [qw(Measure MeasureType MeasureUnit some other types)]; use MooseX::Types::Moose qw(Num Int Str); use MooseX::Types::Structured qw(Dict); use List::MoreUtils qw(any); my @measure_types = qw(some data here); my @measure_units = qw(and here); subtype MeasureType, as Str, where { my $measure_type = $_; any { $measure_type eq lc } @measure_types }, message { 'Unknown measure type' }; subtype MeasureUnit, as Str, where { my $measure_unit = $_; any { $measure_unit eq lc } @measure_units }, message { 'Unknown measure unit' }; subtype Measure, as Dict[ type => MeasureType, from => MeasureUnit, to => MeasureUnit, amount => Num, ], message { 'Invalid Measure struct' }; # more subtypes goes here #### class My::Tool { # ... multi method convert(Measure $measure) { my $converter = My::Tool->new( type => $measure->{type}, from => $measure->{from}, to => $measure->{to}, ); $converter->calculate($measure->{amount}) } # more 'convert' methods omitted }