NAME

DDG::Meta - Main meta layer implementation factory... dark side of the moon...

VERSION

version 1017

SYNOPSIS

  DDG::Meta->apply_base_to_package("DDG::Goodie::MyGoodie");
  DDG::Meta->apply_goodie_keywords("DDG::Goodie::MyGoodie");

DESCRIPTION

This package gathers all the functions to apply the meta layers used in DuckDuckGo. We try to apply easy keywords for the package developer, so that its most easy for the beginners to generate good plugins. This on the other side makes it right now hard to see what magic happens behind the curtains. DDG::Meta functions shows up what is required to be some specific plugin on the DuckDuckGo module system.

METHODS

apply_base_to_package

This function applies to the given target classname Moo and Data::Printer as if they were used directly inside the given classname. This is achieved with Import::Into in combination with MooX.

apply_goodie_keywords

This function applies a huge amount of keywords of other meta classes into the package of the given target classname. Please see:

DDG::Meta::ZeroClickInfo, DDG::Meta::ShareDir, DDG::Meta::Block, DDG::Meta::Attribution, DDG::Meta::Helper, DDG::Meta::Helper, DDG::Meta::RequestHandler

The goodie request handler is supposed to give back an array of DDG::ZeroClickInfo objects or an empty array for nothing.

apply_spice_keywords

This function applies a huge amount of keywords of other meta classes into the package of the given target classname. Please see:

DDG::Meta::ZeroClickInfoSpice, DDG::Meta::ShareDir, DDG::Meta::Block, DDG::Meta::Attribution, DDG::Meta::Helper, DDG::Meta::Helper, DDG::Meta::RequestHandler

The spice request handler is supposed to give back an array of DDG::ZeroClickInfo::Spice objects or an empty array for nothing.

apply_fathead_keywords

apply_longtail_keywords

AUTHOR

DuckDuckGo <open@duckduckgo.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2013 by DuckDuckGo, Inc. https://duckduckgo.com/.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004