WWW::Mechanize::Plugin::HelloWorld - a sample WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable plugin
-head1 SYNOPSIS
use WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable; # This module is automatically loaded into WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable
This module shows how to mess with the WWW::Mechanize object contained within the WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable object.
WWW::Mechanize
WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable
Further refinements are left to the reader. Note that the fields in the WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable object are also available to the plugins.
my $mech = new WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable; $mech->hello_world; # $mech->content now eq 'hello world'
None known.
Contact the author at mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com.
mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com
Joe McMahon mcmahon@yahoo-inc.com
Copyright 2005 by Joe McMahon and Yahoo!
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable, WWW::Mechanize
This function snags any 'helloworld' key-value pair off the use WWW::Mechanize line and sets the HELLO key to it.
use WWW::Mechanize
HELLO
Currently this uses a global variable in the WW::Mechanize::Pluggable namespace to capture the value. This is icky and should be replaced with something more elegant.
WW::Mechanize::Pluggable
The init() function exports hello_world into the caller's namespace.
init()
hello_world
Just a demonstration function; replaces the current content with 'hello world'. It should be noted that this is not going to pass most tests for "successfully fetched page" because WWW::Mechanize hasn't processed a valid request-response pair.
To install WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install WWW::Mechanize::Pluggable
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.