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NAME

Module::Collect - Collect sub-modules in directories

SYNOPSIS

my $collect = Module::Collect->new(
path => '/foo/bar/plugins',
prefix => 'MyApp::Plugin', # optional
pattern => '*.pm', # optional
multiple => 1, # optional, see t/06_multiple.t
);
my @modules = @{ $collect->modules };
for my $module (@modules) {
print $module->path; # package fuke oatg
print $module->package; # package name
$module->require; # require package
my $obj = $module->new; # aliae for $module->package->new
}

DESCRIPTION

Module::Collect finds sub-modules, or plugins in directories.

The following directory composition

$ ls -R t/plugins
t/plugins:
empty.pm foo foo.pm pod.pm withcomment.pm withpod.pm
t/plugins/foo:
bar.pm baz.plugin

The following code is executed

use strict;
my $c = Module::Collect->new( path => 't/plugins' );
for my $module (@{ $c->modules }) {
say $module->package . ', ', $module->path;
$module->require;
}

results

MyApp::Foo, t/plugins/foo.pm
With::Comment, t/plugins/withcomment.pm
With::Pod, t/plugins/withpod.pm
MyApp::Foo::Bar, t/plugins/foo/bar.pm

AUTHOR

Kazuhiro Osawa <ko@yappo.ne.jp>

lopnor

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mattn

INSPIRED BY

Plagger, Module::Pluggable

SEE ALSO

Module::Collect::Package

REPOSITORY

Module::Collect is git repository is hosted at http://github.com/yappo/p5-Module-Collect. patches and collaborators are welcome.

LICENSE

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