use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; package My::Base; use Moose; has 'attr' => (is => 'ro', isa => 'Str', required => 1, reader => '_attr'); sub attr { my $self = shift; return "The value of attr is '".$self->_attr."'" }; package My::Derived; use Moose; extends 'My::Base'; has '+attr' => (required => 0, lazy_build => 1); sub _build_attr { return "default value"; } package main; use Test::More tests => 6; use Test::Exception; throws_ok {My::Base->new()} qr/Attribute \(attr\) is required/, q/base requires 'attr' at construction/; my $base = new_ok('My::Base' => [attr => 'constructor value']); cmp_ok($base->attr, 'eq', "The value of attr is 'constructor value'", 'base is correct'); lives_ok {My::Derived->new()} q/derived doesn't require 'attr' at construction/; my $der = new_ok('My::Derived'); cmp_ok($der->attr, 'eq', "The value of attr is 'default value'", 'derived is correct');