NAME

       "Commandable::Finder" - an interface for discovery of Commandable::Commands

SYNOPSIS

          use Commandable::Finder::...;

          my $finder = Commandable::Finder::...->new(
             ...
          );

          $finder->find_and_invoke( Commandable::Invocation->new( $text ) );

DESCRIPTION

       This base class is common to the various finder subclasses:

       •   Commandable::Finder::SubAttributes

       •   Commandable::Finder::MethodAttributes

       •   Commandable::Finder::Packages

METHODS

   configure
          $finder = $finder->configure( %conf )

       Sets configuration options on the finder instance. Returns the finder instance itself, to
       permit easy chaining.

       The following configuration options are recognised:

       allow_multiple_commands

       If enabled, the "find_and_invoke" method will permit multiple command invocations within a
       single call.

       require_order

       If enabled, stop processing options when the first non-option argument is seen.

       bundling

       If enabled, short (single-letter) options of simple boolean type can be combined into a
       single "-abc..." argument. Incrementable options can be specified multiple times (as
       common with things like "-vvv" for "--verbose 3").

   find_commands
          @commands = $finder->find_commands

       Returns a list of command instances, in no particular order. Each will be an instance of
       Commandable::Command.

   find_command
          $command = $finder->find_command( $cmdname )

       Returns a command instance of the given name as an instance of Commandable::Command, or
       "undef" if there is none.

   find_and_invoke
          $result = $finder->find_and_invoke( $cinv )

       A convenient wrapper around the common steps of finding a command named after the initial
       token in a Commandable::Invocation, parsing arguments from it, and invoking the underlying
       implementation function.

       If the "allow_multiple_commands" configuration option is set, it will repeatedly attempt
       to parse a command name followed by arguments and options while the invocation string is
       non-empty.

   find_and_invoke_list
          $result = $finder->find_and_invoke_list( @tokens )

       A further convenience around creating a Commandable::Invocation from the given list of
       values and using that to invoke a command.

   find_and_invoke_ARGV
          $result = $finder->find_and_invoke_ARGV()

       A further convenience around creating a Commandable::Invocation from the @ARGV array and
       using that to invoke a command. Often this allows an entire wrapper script to be created
       in a single line of code:

          exit Commandable::Finder::SOMESUBCLASS->new( ... )
             ->find_and_invoke_ARGV();

BUILTIN COMMANDS

       The following built-in commands are automatically provided.

   help
          help

          help $commandname

       With no arguments, prints a summary table of known command names and their descriptive
       text.

       With a command name argument, prints more descriptive text about that command,
       additionally detailing the arguments.

AUTHOR

       Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>