NAME

       App::Cmd::Setup - helper for setting up App::Cmd classes

VERSION

       version 0.334

OVERVIEW

       App::Cmd::Setup is a helper library, used to set up base classes that will be used as part
       of an App::Cmd program.  For the most part you should refer to the tutorial for how you
       should use this library.

       This class is useful in three scenarios:

       when writing your App::Cmd subclass
           Instead of writing:

             package MyApp;
             use parent 'App::Cmd';

           ...you can write:

             package MyApp;
             use App::Cmd::Setup -app;

           The benefits of doing this are mostly minor, and relate to sanity-checking your class.
           The significant benefit is that this form allows you to specify plugins, as in:

             package MyApp;
             use App::Cmd::Setup -app => { plugins => [ 'Prompt' ] };

           Plugins are described in App::Cmd::Tutorial and App::Cmd::Plugin.

       when writing abstract base classes for commands
           That is: when you write a subclass of App::Cmd::Command that is intended for other
           commands to use as their base class, you should use App::Cmd::Setup.  For example, if
           you want all the commands in MyApp to inherit from MyApp::Command, you may want to
           write that package like this:

             package MyApp::Command;
             use App::Cmd::Setup -command;

           Do not confuse this with the way you will write specific commands:

             package MyApp::Command::mycmd;
             use MyApp -command;

           Again, this form mostly performs some validation and setup behind the scenes for you.
           You can use "base" if you prefer.

       when writing App::Cmd plugins
           App::Cmd::Plugin is a mechanism that allows an App::Cmd class to inject code into all
           its command classes, providing them with utility routines.

           To write a plugin, you must use App::Cmd::Setup.  As seen above, you must also use
           App::Cmd::Setup to set up your App::Cmd subclass if you wish to consume plugins.

           For more information on writing plugins, see App::Cmd::Manual and App::Cmd::Plugin.

PERL VERSION SUPPORT

       This module has a long-term perl support period.  That means it will not require a version
       of perl released fewer than five years ago.

       Although it may work on older versions of perl, no guarantee is made that the minimum
       required version will not be increased.  The version may be increased for any reason, and
       there is no promise that patches will be accepted to lower the minimum required perl.

AUTHOR

       Ricardo Signes <rjbs@semiotic.systems>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2021 by Ricardo Signes.

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