Class::MOP::Object(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Class::MOP::Object(3)

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

This class is a very minimal base class for metaclasses.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

This class provides a few methods which are useful in all metaclasses.

## [Class::MOP::???->meta](#Class::MOP::???)

This returns a Class::MOP::Class object.

## [$metaobject->dump($max\_depth)](#$metaobject)

This method uses Data::Dumper to dump the object. You can pass an optional maximum depth, which will set $Data::Dumper::Maxdepth. The default maximum depth is 1.

## [$metaclass->throw\_error($message)](#$metaclass)

This method calls "\_throw\_exception" in Class::MOP::Mixin internally, with an object of class Moose::Exception::Legacy.

2026-10-01 perl v5.44.0

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