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NAME

Footprintless::App::Action - A base class for actions

VERSION

version 1.29

FUNCTIONS

abstract($self_or_class)

Returns the abstract for the action. By default it will pull it from the ABSTRACT section of the pod. This function should be called using method invokation.

description($self_or_class)

Returns the description for the action. By default it will pull it from the DESCRIPTION section of the pod. This function should be called using method invokation.

opt_spec()

Returns an options specificatino for this action according to Getopt::Long::Descriptive.

prepare($class, $app, $footprintless, $coordinate, @args)

Processes @args to parse off the options, then generates a new instance of the action implementation and returns the 3-tuple: action, options, remaining args. See App::Cmd::Command::prepare for inspiration.

METHODS

execute($opts, $args)

Executes the action.

usage()

Returns the usage object from Getopt::Long::Descriptive for the action.

usage_error($message, $coordinate)

Die's with a generated message based on $message and $coordinate.

usage_desc()

Returns the top level usage line. See App::Cmd::Command::usage_desc for inspiration.

validate_args($opts, $args)

Performs additional validation on $opts and $args. Calls "usage_error($message, $coordinate)" if there is a problem.

AUTHOR

Lucas Theisen <lucastheisen@pastdev.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2016 by Lucas Theisen.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

SEE ALSO

Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this module.