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Module::Install::Base(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Module::Install::Base(3)

NAME

Module::Install::Base - Base class for Module::Install extensions

SYNOPSIS

In a Module::Install extension:

    use Module::Install::Base ();
    @ISA = qw(Module::Install::Base);

DESCRIPTION

This module provide essential methods for all Module::Install extensions, in particular the common constructor "new" and method dispatcher "AUTOLOAD".

METHODS

Constructor -- need to preserve at least _top
The main dispatcher - copy extensions if missing
_top()
Returns the top-level Module::Install object.
Returns the "_top" object's associated Module::Install::Admin object on the first run (i.e. when there was no inc/ when the program started); on subsequent (user-side) runs, returns a fake admin object with an empty "AUTOLOAD" method that does nothing at all.
Tells whether this is the first run of the installer (on author's side). That is when there was no inc/ at program start. True if that's the case. False, otherwise.

SEE ALSO

Module::Install

AUTHORS

Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2003, 2004 by Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.

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

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

2012-03-01 perl v5.16.3