NAME

       Mojo::Loader - Load all kinds of things

SYNOPSIS

         use Mojo::Loader qw(data_section find_modules load_class);

         # Find modules in a namespace
         for my $module (find_modules 'Some::Namespace') {

           # Load them safely
           my $e = load_class $module;
           warn qq{Loading "$module" failed: $e} and next if ref $e;

           # And extract files from the DATA section
           say data_section($module, 'some_file.txt');
         }

DESCRIPTION

       Mojo::Loader is a class loader and plugin framework. Aside from finding modules and
       loading classes, it allows multiple files to be stored in the "DATA" section of a class,
       which can then be accessed individually.

         package Foo;

         1;
         __DATA__

         @@ test.txt
         This is the first file.

         @@ test2.html (base64)
         VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgc2Vjb25kIGZpbGUu

         @@ test
         This is the
         third file.

       Each file has a header starting with "@@", followed by the file name and optional
       instructions for decoding its content. Currently only the Base64 encoding is supported,
       which can be quite convenient for the storage of binary data.

FUNCTIONS

       Mojo::Loader implements the following functions, which can be imported individually.

   data_section
         my $all   = data_section 'Foo::Bar';
         my $index = data_section 'Foo::Bar', 'index.html';

       Extract embedded file from the "DATA" section of a class, all files will be cached once
       they have been accessed for the first time.

         # List embedded files
         say for keys %{data_section 'Foo::Bar'};

   file_is_binary
         my $bool = file_is_binary 'Foo::Bar', 'test.png';

       Check if embedded file from the "DATA" section of a class was Base64 encoded.

   find_packages
         my @pkgs = find_packages 'MyApp::Namespace';

       Search for packages in a namespace non-recursively.

   find_modules
         my @modules = find_modules 'MyApp::Namespace';
         my @modules = find_modules 'MyApp::Namespace', {recursive => 1};

       Search for modules in a namespace.

       These options are currently available:

       recursive
           recursive => 1

         Search namespace recursively.

   load_class
         my $e = load_class 'Foo::Bar';

       Load a class and catch exceptions, returns a false value if loading was successful, a true
       value if the class was not found, or a Mojo::Exception object if loading failed. Note that
       classes are checked for a "new" method to see if they are already loaded, so trying to
       load the same class multiple times may yield different results.

         # Handle exceptions
         if (my $e = load_class 'Foo::Bar') {
           die ref $e ? "Exception: $e" : 'Not found!';
         }

   load_classes
         my @classes = load_classes 'Foo::Bar';

       Load all classes in a namespace recursively.

SEE ALSO

       Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <https://mojolicious.org>.