Module::Load::Conditional(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide #

Module::Load::Conditional(3p) Perl Programmers Reference Guide

NNAAMMEE #

 Module::Load::Conditional - Looking up module information / loading at
 runtime

SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS #

     use Module::Load::Conditional qw[can_load check_install requires];


     my $use_list = {

CPANPLUS => 0.05, #

LWP => 5.60, #

             'Test::More'    => undef,
     };

     print can_load( modules => $use_list )
             ? 'all modules loaded successfully'
             : 'failed to load required modules';


     my $rv = check_install( module => 'LWP', version => 5.60 )
                 or print 'LWP is not installed!';

     print 'LWP up to date' if $rv->{uptodate};
     print "LWP version is $rv->{version}\n";
     print "LWP is installed as file $rv->{file}\n";


     print "LWP requires the following modules to be installed:\n";
     print join "\n", requires('LWP');

     ### allow M::L::C to peek in your %INC rather than just
     ### scanning @INC
     $Module::Load::Conditional::CHECK_INC_HASH = 1;

     ### reset the 'can_load' cache
     undef $Module::Load::Conditional::CACHE;

     ### don't have Module::Load::Conditional issue warnings --
     ### default is '1'
     $Module::Load::Conditional::VERBOSE = 0;

     ### The last error that happened during a call to 'can_load'
     my $err = $Module::Load::Conditional::ERROR;

DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN #

 Module::Load::Conditional provides simple ways to query and possibly load
 any of the modules you have installed on your system during runtime.

 It is able to load multiple modules at once or none at all if one of them
 was not able to load. It also takes care of any error checking and so
 forth.

MMeetthhooddss $$hhrreeff == cchheecckk__iinnssttaallll(( mmoodduullee ==>> NNAAMMEE [[,, vveerrssiioonn ==>> VVEERRSSIIOONN,, vveerrbboossee ==>>

BBOOOOLL ]] ));; #

 "check_install" allows you to verify if a certain module is installed or
 not. You may call it with the following arguments:

 module
     The name of the module you wish to verify -- this is a required key

 version
     The version this module needs to be -- this is optional

 verbose
     Whether or not to be verbose about what it is doing -- it will
     default to $Module::Load::Conditional::VERBOSE

 It will return undef if it was not able to find where the module was
 installed, or a hash reference with the following keys if it was able to
 find the file:

 file
     Full path to the file that contains the module

 dir Directory, or more exact the @INC entry, where the module was loaded
     from.

 version
     The version number of the installed module - this will be "undef" if
     the module had no (or unparsable) version number, or if the variable
     $Module::Load::Conditional::FIND_VERSION was set to true.  (See the
     "GLOBAL VARIABLES" section below for details)

 uptodate
     A boolean value indicating whether or not the module was found to be
     at least the version you specified. If you did not specify a version,
     uptodate will always be true if the module was found.  If no parsable
     version was found in the module, uptodate will also be true, since
     "check_install" had no way to verify clearly.

     See also $Module::Load::Conditional::DEPRECATED, which affects the
     outcome of this value.

$$bbooooll == ccaann__llooaadd(( mmoodduulleess ==>> {{ NNAAMMEE ==>> VVEERRSSIIOONN [[,,NNAAMMEE ==>> VVEERRSSIIOONN]] }},, [[vveerrbboossee ==>> BBOOOOLL,, nnooccaacchhee ==>> BBOOOOLL,, aauuttoollooaadd ==>> BBOOOOLL]] )) “can_load” will take a list of modules, optionally with version numbers and determine if it is able to load them. If it can load ALL of them, it will. If one or more are unloadable, none will be loaded.

 This is particularly useful if you have More Than One Way (tm) to solve a
 problem in a program, and only wish to continue down a path if all
 modules could be loaded, and not load them if they couldn't.

 This function uses the "load" function or the "autoload_remote" function
 from Module::Load under the hood.

 "can_load" takes the following arguments:

 modules
     This is a hashref of module/version pairs. The version indicates the
     minimum version to load. If no version is provided, any version is
     assumed to be good enough.

 verbose
     This controls whether warnings should be printed if a module failed
     to load.  The default is to use the value of
     $Module::Load::Conditional::VERBOSE.

 nocache
     "can_load" keeps its results in a cache, so it will not load the same
     module twice, nor will it attempt to load a module that has already
     failed to load before. By default, "can_load" will check its cache,
     but you can override that by setting "nocache" to true.

 autoload
     This controls whether imports the functions of a loaded modules to
     the caller package. The default is no importing any functions.

     See the "autoload" function and the "autoload_remote" function from
     Module::Load for details.

@@lliisstt == rreeqquuiirreess(( MMOODDUULLEE ));; “requires” can tell you what other modules a particular module requires. This is particularly useful when you’re intending to write a module for public release and are listing its prerequisites.

 "requires" takes but one argument: the name of a module.  It will then
 first check if it can actually load this module, and return undef if it
 can't.  Otherwise, it will return a list of modules and pragmas that
 would have been loaded on the module's behalf.

 Note: The list "require" returns has originated from your current perl
 and your current install.

GGlloobbaall VVaarriiaabblleess The behaviour of Module::Load::Conditional can be altered by changing the following global variables:

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::VVEERRBBOOSSEE This controls whether Module::Load::Conditional will issue warnings and explanations as to why certain things may have failed. If you set it to 0, Module::Load::Conditional will not output any warnings. The default is 0;

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::FFIINNDD__VVEERRSSIIOONN This controls whether Module::Load::Conditional will try to parse (and eval) the version from the module you’re trying to load.

 If you don't wish to do this, set this variable to "false". Understand
 then that version comparisons are not possible, and
 Module::Load::Conditional can not tell you what module version you have
 installed.  This may be desirable from a security or performance point of
 view.  Note that $FIND_VERSION code runs safely under "taint mode".

 The default is 1;

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::CCHHEECCKK__IINNCC__HHAASSHH This controls whether “Module::Load::Conditional” checks your %INC hash to see if a module is available. By default, only @INC is scanned to see if a module is physically on your filesystem, or available via an “@INC-hook”. Setting this variable to “true” will trust any entries in %INC and return them for you.

 The default is 0;

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::FFOORRCCEE__SSAAFFEE__IINNCC This controls whether “Module::Load::Conditional” sanitises @INC by removing “”."". The current default setting is 0, but this may change in a future release.

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::CCAACCHHEE This holds the cache of the “can_load” function. If you explicitly want to remove the current cache, you can set this variable to “undef”

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::EERRRROORR This holds a string of the last error that happened during a call to “can_load”. It is useful to inspect this when “can_load” returns “undef”.

$$MMoodduullee::::LLooaadd::::CCoonnddiittiioonnaall::::DDEEPPRREECCAATTEEDD This controls whether “Module::Load::Conditional” checks if a dual-life core module has been deprecated. If this is set to true “check_install” will return false to “uptodate”, if a dual-life module is found to be loaded from $Config{privlibexp}

 The default is 0;

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BBUUGG RREEPPOORRTTSS #

 Please report bugs or other issues to
 <bug-module-load-conditional@rt.cpan.org>.

AAUUTTHHOORR #

 This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.

CCOOPPYYRRIIGGHHTT #

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

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