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NAME

App::Spec::Run - App::Spec framework to run your app

DESCRIPTION

App::Spec::Run is the framework which runs your app defined by the spec. Your app class should inherit from App::Spec::Run::Cmd.

SYNOPSIS

    sub your_command {
        my ($self, $run) = @_;
        my $options = $run->options;
        $run->out("It works");
    }

METHODS

Constructor

You can create the object yourself like this:

    my $run = App::Spec::Run->new(
        spec => $appspec,
        cmd => App::YourApp->new,
    );

Or you use the runner method of App::Spec, which will create it for you:

    my $run = $appspec->runner(...);

Both methods take optional arguments:

    my $run = App::Spec::Run->new(
        spec => $appspec,
        cmd => App::YourApp->new,

        # Custom array instead of the default ARGV.
        # The contents of this array will be modified
        argv => \@my_arguments,
    );
run
    $run->run;

Actually runs your app. Calls process and finish.

process
    $run->process;

Processes input, validates, runs your command and fills the response object.

Does not print the output and does not exit.

out
    $run->out("Hello world!");

Appends to response output. Adds a newline if not present. You can also pass a data structure:

    $run->out($hashref);

This will be formatted with Data::Dumper.

See also App::Spec::Plugin::Format.

err
    $run->err("Oops, that went wrong");

Appends to response error output. Adds a newline if not present

halt
    $run->halt;

Further processing is halted.

finish
    $run->finish;

Prints the output and exits with the exit code stored in response.

process_input
    $run->process_input(
        option_specs => \%option_specs,
        param_specs => \%param_specs,
    );
process_parameters
    $run->process_parameters(
        parameter_list => $global_parameters,
        param_specs => $param_specs,
    );
run_op
    $run->run_op("yourcommand");
    # shortcut for
    $run->cmd->yourcommand($run);
completion_output
    $run->completion_output(
        param_specs => \%param_specs,
        completion_parameter => $completion_parameter,
    );

Is called when in completion mode

colored

Returns the given text colored, if colors are active for the given output.

    $msg = $run->colored('err', [qw/ error /], "Oops");
    $msg = $run->colored('out', [qw/ green /], "Everything is fine!");
colorize
    my $color_active = $run->colorize('out');
    my $color_error_active = $run->colorize('err');

Returns 1 or 0 if given output color are active. That means, the output is going to a terminal instead of being redirected.

colorize_code
    my $colored = $run->colorize_code('out');
    my $text = $colored->(['green'], "Hurray");
    # or
    my $text = "Hurray";
    $colored->(['green'], $text);

Returns a coderef which you can use for coloring

colorize_error
    my $msg = $run->colorize_error("ouch");

Returns the message in the standard error color (bold red).

error_output
    $run->error_output;

Outputs any errors.

Calls halt

event_globaloptions

Calls any plugin that needs to know

subscribe

A plugin can subscribe for an event:

    $run->subscribe(
        print_output => {
            plugin => $self,
            method => "print_output",
        },

ATTRIBUTES

spec

Your spec, (App::Spec)

options

A hashref with the given options

    {
        verbose => 1,
        foo => 23,
    }
parameters

A hashref with the given parameters

commands

An arrayref containing all subcommands from the commandline

argv_orig

This contains the original contents of argv before processing

argv

This is a reference to the commandline arguments array @ARGV, or the array reference you specified otherwise. When calling your command method, it will contain the rest of the arguments which weren't processed as any subcommand, option or parameter.

validation_errors

Contains errors from option/parameter validation

op

Contains the operation (subroutine) which will be executed to run yor command

cmd

This is an instance of your app class

response

This contains the response of your command (exit code, output, ...)

See App::Spec::Run::Response

subscribers

Contains a hashref

    {
        print_output => {
            module => $plugin,
            method => 'print_output',
        },
    }