webgui/lib/WebGUI/Pluggable.pm
2008-01-23 23:48:35 +00:00

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Perl

package WebGUI::Pluggable;
=head1 LEGAL
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WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2008 Plain Black Corporation.
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Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
(docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
this software.
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http://www.plainblack.com info@plainblack.com
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=cut
use strict;
use Carp qw(croak);
# Carps should always bypass this package in error reporting
$Carp::Internal{ __PACKAGE__ }++;
=head1 NAME
Package WebGUI::Pluggable
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This package provides a standard way of quickly and safely dynamically loading plugins.
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use WebGUI::Pluggable;
eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::load($module) };
my $object = eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::instanciate($module, $method, \@params) };
my $output = eval { WebGUI::Pluggable::run($module, $function, \@params) };
=head1 FUNCTIONS
These functions are available from this package:
=cut
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 instanciate ( module, method, params )
Dynamically ensures that a plugin module is loaded into memory. Then instanciates a new object from the module. Croaks on failure.
=head3 module
The name of the module you'd like to load like "WebGUI::Asset::Snippet";
=cut
sub instanciate {
my ($module, $sub, $params) = @_;
if ( ! eval { load($module); 1 } ) {
croak "Could not instanciate object using $sub on $module: $@";
}
# Module loaded properly
unless ($module->can($sub)) {
croak "Could not instanciate object using $sub on $module because $sub is not a valid method.";
}
my $object;
if (! eval{$object = $module->$sub(@{$params}); 1}) {
croak "Could not instanciate object using $sub on $module because $@";
}
if (defined $object) {
return $object;
}
croak "Could not instanciate object using $sub on $module. The result is undefined.";
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 load ( module )
Dynamically ensures that a plugin module is loaded into memory. Croaks on failure.
=head3 module
The name of the module you'd like to load like "WebGUI::Asset::Snippet";
=cut
# Cache results of failures. Modules with compile errors will pass a require check if done a second time.
my %moduleError;
sub load {
my $module = shift;
if ($moduleError{$module}) {
croak "Could not load $module because $moduleError{$module}";
}
my $modulePath = $module . ".pm";
$modulePath =~ s{::|'}{/}g;
if (eval { require $modulePath; 1 }) {
return 1;
}
else {
$moduleError{$module} = $@;
croak "Could not load $module because $@";
}
}
#-------------------------------------------------------------------
=head2 run ( module, sub, params )
Dynamically ensures that a plugin module is loaded into memory. Then executes a function in that new module. Croaks on failure.
=head3 module
The name of the module you'd like to load like "WebGUI::Asset::Snippet";
=head3 sub
The name of a subroutine to execute.
=head3 params
An array reference of parameters to pass in to the sub routine.
=cut
sub run {
my ($module, $sub, $params) = @_;
if (! eval { load($module); 1 }) {
croak "Unable to run $sub on $module: $@";
}
elsif (my $sub = $module->can($sub)) {
# Let any other errors propagate
return $sub->(@$params);
}
else {
croak "Could not run $sub on $module because it does not exist";
}
}
1;