NAME

Parrot::Configure - Conducts the execution of Configuration Steps

SYNOPSIS

    use Parrot::Configure;

    my $conf = Parrot::Configure->new;
    my $data = $conf->data;
    my $options = $conf->options;
    my @steps = $conf->steps;
    $conf->add_steps(@steps);
    $conf->runsteps;

DESCRIPTION

This module provides provides a mean for registering, executing, and coordinating one or more Configuration steps. Please see docs/configuration.pod for further details about the configuration framework.

USAGE

Import Parameters

This module accepts no arguments to it's import method and exports no symbols.

Methods

Constructors

• new()

  Basic constructor.

  Accepts no arguments and returns a Parrot::Configure object.

Object Methods

• data()

  Provides access to a Parrot::Configure::Data object intended to contain initial and discovered configuration data.

  Accepts no arguments and returns a Parrot::Configure::Data object.

• options()

  Provides access to a Parrot::Configure::Data object intended to contain CLI option data.

  Accepts no arguments and returns a Parrot::Configure::Data object.

• steps()

  Provides a list of registered steps.

  Accepts no arguments and returns a list in list context or an arrayref in scalar context.

• add_steps()

  Registers a new step to be run at the end of the execution queue.

  Accepts a list and returns a Parrot::Configure object.

• runsteps()

  Sequentially executes step in the order they were registered. The invoking Parrot::Configure object is passed as the first argument to each steps runstep() method.

  Accepts no arguments and returns a Parrot::Configure::Data object.

CREDITS

The "runsteps()" method is largely based on code written by Brent Royal-Gordon brent@brentdax.com.

AUTHOR

Joshua Hoblitt jhoblitt@cpan.org

SEE ALSO

docs/configuration.pod, Parrot::Configure::Data, Parrot::Configure::Step, Parrot::Configure::Step::Base