NAME

       File::Find::Rule::Extending - the mini-guide to extending File::Find::Rule

SYNOPSIS

        package File::Find::Rule::Random;
        use strict;

        # take useful things from File::Find::Rule
        use base 'File::Find::Rule';

        # and force our crack into the main namespace
        sub File::Find::Rule::random () {
            my $self = shift()->_force_object;
            $self->exec( sub { rand > 0.5 } );
        }

        1;

DESCRIPTION

       File::Find::Rule went down so well with the buying public that everyone wanted to add
       extra features.  With the 0.07 release this became a possibility, using the following
       conventions.

   Declare your package
        package File::Find::Rule::Random;
        use strict;

   Inherit methods from File::Find::Rule
        # take useful things from File::Find::Rule
        use base 'File::Find::Rule';

       Force your madness into the main package

        # and force our crack into the main namespace
        sub File::Find::Rule::random () {
            my $self = shift()->_force_object;
            $self->exec( sub { rand > 0.5 } );
        }

       Yes, we're being very cavalier here and defining things into the main File::Find::Rule
       namespace.  This is due to lack of imaginiation on my part - I simply can't find a way for
       the functional and oo interface to work without doing this or some kind of inheritance,
       and inheritance stops you using two File::Find::Rule::Foo modules together.

       For this reason try and pick distinct names for your extensions.  If this becomes a
       problem then I may institute a semi-official registry of taken names.

   Taking no arguments.
       Note the null prototype on random.  This is a cheat for the procedural interface to know
       that your sub takes no arguments, and so allows this to happen:

        find( random => in => '.' );

       If you hadn't declared "random" with a null prototype it would have consumed "in" as a
       parameter to it, then got all confused as it doesn't know about a '.' rule.

AUTHOR

       Richard Clamp <richardc@unixbeard.net>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 Richard Clamp.  All Rights Reserved.

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

SEE ALSO

       File::Find::Rule

       File::Find::Rule::MMagic was the first extension module, so maybe check that out.