NAME
Mrequire - require on Perl extensions at run time
SYNOPSIS
require Mrequire;
my $class = ('Foo::Bar', 'Bar::Baz')[int(rand + .5)];
Mrequire::mrequire($class);
&Mrequire::new($class, $arg1, $arg2, ...);
use Mrequire qw(mrequire);
mrequire(...)
DESCRIPTION
Mrequire can be used to dynamically load Perl extensions at run time.
This becomes necessary if the decision of what kind of module you want
to use (or is available at all) is made at run time.
In addition you can call constructor-like functions (which assume the
package name as their first argument, see pertoot(1) for details) of
dynamically loaded modules via Mrequire.
METHODS
mrequire($class)
Does a "require" on package $class. If a respective library file
cannot be loaded the process dies.
&Mrequire::constructor($class, $arg1, $arg2, ...)
Calls function "constructor" in package $class. It is assumed that
"constructor" expects the package name as a first argument.
BUGS
Yes. Please let me know!
SEE ALSO
perl(1), perltoot(1).
AUTHOR
Norbert Gövert <goevert@ls6.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2003 Norbert Gövert. All rights reserved. This program is
free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
terms as Perl itself.