package MyClass; use Moose; has 'name' => ( is => 'ro', writer => 'set_name', predicate => 'has_name', ); no Moose; __PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable; package Respect; use Moose::Role; use Carp qw( cluck ); sub get_respectful_name{ my ( $self, ) = @_; if( $self->has_name ){ return $self->name . " - San\n"; }else{ cluck "No name is available"; return undef } } no Moose::Role; use Moose::Util qw( with_traits ); use Smart::Comments '###'; my $business_associate = with_traits( 'MyClass', ( 'Respect', ), )->new(); print "Hello " . $business_associate->get_respectful_name . "\n"; $business_associate->set_name( 'Miyagi' ); print "Hello " . $business_associate->get_respectful_name . "\n"; 1;