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>