Mojolicious::Command

(source, CPAN)

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
ATTRIBUTES
- app
- description
- quiet
- template
- usage
METHODS
SEE ALSO

#NAME

Mojolicious::Command - Command base class

#SYNOPSIS

# Lowercase command name
package Mojolicious::Command::mycommand;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Command', -signatures;

# Short description
has description => 'My first Mojo command';

# Usage message from SYNOPSIS
has usage => sub ($self) { $self->extract_usage };

sub run ($self, @args) {

  # Magic here! :)
}

=head1 SYNOPSIS

  Usage: APPLICATION mycommand [OPTIONS]

  Options:
    -s, --something   Does something

=cut

#DESCRIPTION

Mojolicious::Command is an abstract base class for Mojolicious commands.

See "COMMANDS" in Mojolicious::Commands for a list of commands that are available by default.

#ATTRIBUTES

Mojolicious::Command implements the following attributes.

#app

my $app  = $command->app;
$command = $command->app(Mojolicious->new);

Application for command, defaults to a Mojo::HelloWorld object. Note that this attribute is weakened.

# Introspect
say "Template path: $_" for @{$command->app->renderer->paths};

#description

my $description = $command->description;
$command        = $command->description('Foo');

Short description of command, used for the command list.

#quiet

my $bool = $command->quiet;
$command = $command->quiet($bool);

Limited command output.

#template

my $template = $command->template;
$command     = $command->template({vars => 1});

Attribute values passed to Mojo::Template objects used to render templates with "render_data", defaults to activating vars.

#usage

my $usage = $command->usage;
$command  = $command->usage('Foo');

Usage information for command, used for the help screen.

#METHODS

Mojolicious::Command inherits all methods from Mojo::Base and implements the following new ones.

#chmod_file

$command = $command->chmod_file('/home/sri/foo.txt', 0644);

Change mode of a file.

#chmod_rel_file

$command = $command->chmod_rel_file('foo/foo.txt', 0644);

Portably change mode of a file relative to the current working directory.

#create_dir

$command = $command->create_dir('/home/sri/foo/bar');

Create a directory if it does not exist already.

#create_rel_dir

$command = $command->create_rel_dir('foo/bar/baz');

Portably create a directory relative to the current working directory if it does not exist already.

#extract_usage

my $usage = $command->extract_usage;

Extract usage message from the SYNOPSIS section of the file this method was called from with "extract_usage" in Mojo::Util.

#help

$command->help;

Print usage information for command.

#rel_file

my $path = $command->rel_file('foo/bar.txt');

Return a Mojo::File object relative to the current working directory.

#render_data

my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar');
my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar', @args);
my $data = $command->render_data('foo_bar', {foo => 'bar'});

Render a template from the DATA section of the command class with Mojo::Loader and Mojo::Template. The template can be configured with "template".

#render_to_file

$command = $command->render_to_file('foo_bar', '/home/sri/foo.txt');
$command = $command->render_to_file('foo_bar', '/home/sri/foo.txt', @args);
$command = $command->render_to_file(
  'foo_bar', '/home/sri/foo.txt', {foo => 'bar'});

Render a template with "render_data" to a file if it does not exist already, and create the directory if necessary.

#render_to_rel_file

$command = $command->render_to_rel_file('foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt');
$command = $command->render_to_rel_file('foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt', @args);
$command = $command->render_to_rel_file(
  'foo_bar', 'foo/bar.txt', {foo => 'bar'});

Portably render a template with "render_data" to a file relative to the current working directory if it does not exist already, and create the directory if necessary.

#run

$command->run;
$command->run(@ARGV);

Run command. Meant to be overloaded in a subclass.

#write_file

$command = $command->write_file('/home/sri/foo.txt', 'Hello World!');

Write text to a file if it does not exist already, and create the directory if necessary.

#write_rel_file

$command = $command->write_rel_file('foo/bar.txt', 'Hello World!');

Portably write text to a file relative to the current working directory if it does not exist already, and create the directory if necessary.

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