NAME

Dist::Zilla::Role::FileFinderUser - something that uses FileFinder plugins

VERSION

version 6.005

DESCRIPTION

This role enables you to search for files in the dist. This makes it easy to find specific files and have the code factored out to common methods.

Here's an example of a finder: ( taken from AutoPrereqs )

  with 'Dist::Zilla::Role::FileFinderUser' => {
      default_finders  => [ ':InstallModules', ':ExecFiles' ],
  };

Then you use it in your code like this:

  foreach my $file ( @{ $self->found_files }) {
    # $file is an object! Look at L<Dist::Zilla::Role::File>
  }

ATTRIBUTES

finder_arg_names

Define the name of the attribute which will hold this finder. Be sure to specify different names if you have multiple finders!

This is an ArrayRef.

Default: [ qw( finder ) ]

default_finders

This attribute is an arrayref of plugin names for the default plugins the consuming plugin will use as finders.

Example: [ qw( :InstallModules :ExecFiles ) ]

The default finders are:

:InstallModules

Searches your lib/ directory for pm/pod files

:IncModules

Searches your inc/ directory for pm files

:MainModule

Finds the main_module of your dist

:TestFiles

Searches your t/ directory and lists the files in it.

:ExtraTestFiles

Searches your xt/ directory and lists the files in it.

:ExecFiles

Searches your distribution for executable files. Hint: Use the Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ExecDir plugin to mark those files as executables.

:PerlExecFiles

A subset of :ExecFiles limited just to perl scripts (those ending with .pl, or with a recognizable perl shebang).

:ShareFiles

Searches your ShareDir directory and lists the files in it. Hint: Use the Dist::Zilla::Plugin::ShareDir plugin to set up the sharedir.

:AllFiles

Returns all files in the distribution.

:NoFiles

Returns nothing.

method

This will be the name of the subroutine installed in your package for this finder. Be sure to specify different names if you have multiple finders!

Default: found_files

AUTHOR

Ricardo SIGNES 😏 <rjbs@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Ricardo SIGNES.

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