Module::Pluggable - automatically give your module the ability to have plugins
Simple use Module::Pluggable -
package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable;
and then later ...
use MyClass; my $mc = MyClass->new(); # returns the names of all plugins installed under MyClass::Plugin::* my @plugins = $mc->plugins();
Provides a simple but, hopefully, extensible way of having 'plugins' for your module. Obviously this isn't going to be the be all and end all of solutions but it works for me.
Essentially all it does is export a method into your namespace that looks through a search path for .pm files and turn those into class names.
Optionally it instantiates those classes for you.
Alternatively, if you don't want to use 'plugins' as the method ...
package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable (sub_name => 'foo');
my @plugins = $mc->foo();
Or if you want to look in another namespace
package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable (search_path => ['Acme::MyClass::Plugin', 'MyClass::Extend']);
or directory
use Module::Pluggable (search_dirs => ['mylibs/Foo']);
Or if you want to instantiate each plugin rather than just return the name
package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable (instantiate => 'new');
and then
# whatever is passed to 'plugins' will be passed # to 'new' for each plugin my @plugins = $mc->plugins(@options);
alternatively you can just require the module without instantiating it
package MyClass; use Module::Pluggable (require => 1);
You can pass a hash of options when importing this module.
The options can be ...
The name of the subroutine to create in your namespace.
By default this is 'plugins'
An array ref of namespaces to look in.
An array ref of directorys to look in before @INC.
Call this method on the class. In general this will probably be 'new' but it can be whatever you want. Whatever arguments are passed to 'plugins' will be passed to the method.
The default is 'undef' i.e just return the class name.
Just require the class, don't instantiate (overrides 'instantiate');
Takes an array ref containing the names of the only plugins to return. Whilst this may seem perverse ... well, it is. But it also makes sense. Trust me.
Similar to only it takes an array ref of plugins to exclude from returning. This is slightly less perverse.
only
This does everything I need and I can't really think fo any other features I want to add. Finding multiple packages in one .pm file is probably too hard and AFAICS it should 'just work'[tm] with PAR.
However suggestions (and patches) are welcome.
Simon Wistow <simon@thegestalt.org>
Copyright, 2003 Simon Wistow
Distributed under the same terms as Perl itself.
None known.
File::Spec, File::Find::Rule, File::Basename, Class::Factory::Util
To install Module::Pluggable, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Module::Pluggable
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Module::Pluggable
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.