I've started using Moose for implementing abstract classes. Here is a demo, starting with your Foo module:

package Foo;

use Moose::Role;

requires 'table_name';

has 'name' => (is => 'rw');

1;
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and then a class that implements the abstract method:

package Abc;

use Moose;

with 'Foo';

sub table_name { 'ABC_TABLE' }

1;
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and one that should but doesn't:

package NoTableName;

use Moose;

with 'Foo';

1;
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Then a script to test Abc:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Abc;

my $obj = Abc->new(name => 'Steve');
printf "My name is %s\n", $obj->name;
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(running it)

C:\Users\arun>perl abc.t
My name is Steve
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and one to test NoTableName

use strict;
use warnings;
use NoTableName;

my $obj = NoTableName->new(name => 'Bob');
printf "My name is %s\n", $obj->name;
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(just compiling it)

C:\Users\arun>perl -c notablename.t
'Foo' requires the method 'table_name' to be implemented by 'NoTableNa
+me' at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose/Meta/Role/Application.pm line 59
    Moose::Meta::Role::Application::apply('Moose::Meta::Role::Applicat
+ion::ToClass=HASH(0x23ea6a4)', 'Moose::Meta::Role=HASH(0x379d674)', '
+Moose::Meta::Class=HASH(0x368b944)') called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose
+/Meta/Role/Application/ToClass.pm line 18
    Moose::Meta::Role::Application::ToClass::apply('Moose::Meta::Role:
+:Application::ToClass=HASH(0x23ea6a4)', 'Moose::Meta::Role=HASH(0x379
+d674)', 'Moose::Meta::Class=HASH(0x368b944)') called at C:/Perl/site/
+lib/Moose/Meta/Role.pm line 448
    Moose::Meta::Role::apply('Moose::Meta::Role=HASH(0x379d674)', 'Moo
+se::Meta::Class=HASH(0x368b944)') called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose/Ut
+il.pm line 94
    Moose::Util::apply_all_roles('Moose::Meta::Class=HASH(0x368b944)',
+ 'Foo') called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose.pm line 77
    Moose::with('NoTableName', 'Foo') called at C:/Perl/site/lib/Moose
+/Exporter.pm line 201
    Moose::with('Foo') called at NoTableName.pm line 5
    require NoTableName.pm called at notablename.t line 3
    main::BEGIN() called at NoTableName.pm line 0
    eval {...} called at NoTableName.pm line 0
Compilation failed in require at notablename.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at notablename.t line 3.
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