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


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.

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

perl v5.40.0                      2024-09-01          Module::Install::Base(3)