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¶
- new(%args)
- Constructor -- need to preserve at least _top
- AUTOLOAD
- The main dispatcher - copy extensions if missing
- _top()
- Returns the top-level Module::Install object.
- admin()
- 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.
- is_admin()
- 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.
2021-08-09 | perl v5.32.1 |