NAME

Footprintless::ResourceManager - A manager for finding and retrieving resources

VERSION

version 1.17

SYNOPSIS

  use Footprintless;

  my $footprintless = Footprintless->new();
  my $resource_manager = footprintless->resource_manager();

  # Find a resource
  my $resource = $resource_manager->resource('/foo/bar');
  # Download it
  my $file = $resource->download();

  # Download a maven resource (without resolving first)
  my $file = $resource_manager->download('com.pastdev:foo:1.0.0');

  # Download a resource to a specific location
  $resource_manager->download(
      'http://pastdev.com/resources/baz', 
      to => '/foo/baz');

DESCRIPTION

Manages finding and retrieving resources.

CONSTRUCTORS

new(@providers)

Constructs a Footprintless::ResourceManager that will locate resources using the supplied providers. Each provider will by queried, in order, with a call to supports($spec). The first to respond with a truthy value will be used.

METHODS

download($resource, %options)

Downloads $resource, and returns the path that it was downloaded to. The supported options are:

to

The path to download to. If the path points to an existing directory, then the resource will be downloaded into that directory and maintain its name part from the URL. Otherwise, the path will be used for the file.

resource($spec)

Returns the Footprintless::Resource indicated by $spec.

AUTHOR

Lucas Theisen <lucastheisen@pastdev.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Lucas Theisen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

SEE ALSO

Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.

• Footprintless

• Footprintless

• Footprintless::Resource

• Footprintless::Resource::Provider