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NAME

6       Module::Implementation - Loads one of several alternate underlying
7       implementations for a module
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VERSION

10       version 0.09
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SYNOPSIS

13         package Foo::Bar;
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15         use Module::Implementation;
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17         BEGIN {
18             my $loader = Module::Implementation::build_loader_sub(
19                 implementations => [ 'XS',  'PurePerl' ],
20                 symbols         => [ 'run', 'check' ],
21             );
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23             $loader->();
24         }
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26         package Consumer;
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28         # loads the first viable implementation
29         use Foo::Bar;
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DESCRIPTION

32       This module abstracts out the process of choosing one of several
33       underlying implementations for a module. This can be used to provide XS
34       and pure Perl implementations of a module, or it could be used to load
35       an implementation for a given OS or any other case of needing to
36       provide multiple implementations.
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38       This module is only useful when you know all the implementations ahead
39       of time. If you want to load arbitrary implementations then you
40       probably want something like a plugin system, not this module.
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API

43       This module provides two subroutines, neither of which are exported.
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45   Module::Implementation::build_loader_sub(...)
46       This subroutine takes the following arguments.
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48       ·   implementations
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50           This should be an array reference of implementation names. Each
51           name should correspond to a module in the caller's namespace.
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53           In other words, using the example in the "SYNOPSIS", this module
54           will look for the "Foo::Bar::XS" and "Foo::Bar::PurePerl" modules.
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56           This argument is required.
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58       ·   symbols
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60           A list of symbols to copy from the implementation package to the
61           calling package.
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63           These can be prefixed with a variable type: "$", "@", "%", "&", or
64           "*)". If no prefix is given, the symbol is assumed to be a
65           subroutine.
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67           This argument is optional.
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69       This subroutine returns the implementation loader as a sub reference.
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71       It is up to you to call this loader sub in your code.
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73       I recommend that you do not call this loader in an "import()" sub. If a
74       caller explicitly requests no imports, your "import()" sub will not be
75       run at all, which can cause weird breakage.
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77   Module::Implementation::implementation_for($package)
78       Given a package name, this subroutine returns the implementation that
79       was loaded for the package. This is not a full package name, just the
80       suffix that identifies the implementation. For the "SYNOPSIS" example,
81       this subroutine would be called as
82       "Module::Implementation::implementation_for('Foo::Bar')", and it would
83       return "XS" or "PurePerl".
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HOW THE IMPLEMENTATION LOADER WORKS

86       The implementation loader works like this ...
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88       First, it checks for an %ENV var specifying the implementation to load.
89       The env var is based on the package name which loads the
90       implementations. The "::" package separator is replaced with "_", and
91       made entirely upper-case. Finally, we append "_IMPLEMENTATION" to this
92       name.
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94       So in our "SYNOPSIS" example, the corresponding %ENV key would be
95       "FOO_BAR_IMPLEMENTATION".
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97       If this is set, then the loader will only try to load this one
98       implementation.
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100       If the env var requests an implementation which doesn't match one of
101       the implementations specified when the loader was created, an error is
102       thrown.
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104       If this one implementation fails to load then loader throws an error.
105       This is useful for testing. You can request a specific implementation
106       in a test file by writing something like this:
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108         BEGIN { $ENV{FOO_BAR_IMPLEMENTATION} = 'XS' }
109         use Foo::Bar;
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111       If the environment variable is not set, then the loader simply tries
112       the implementations originally passed to "Module::Implementation". The
113       implementations are tried in the order in which they were originally
114       passed.
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116       The loader will use the first implementation that loads without an
117       error. It will copy any requested symbols from this implementation.
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119       If none of the implementations can be loaded, then the loader throws an
120       exception.
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122       The loader returns the name of the package it loaded.
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AUTHOR

125       Dave Rolsky <autarch@urth.org>
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128       This software is Copyright (c) 2014 by Dave Rolsky.
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130       This is free software, licensed under:
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132         The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)
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