On 09/04/2010, at 4:57 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote:
> I think that there is a space for a framework that provided that sort of "load
> everything" model, and which allowed you to call "method X on all plugins",
> and "method X until a plugin returns a true value", since that covers the vast
> majority of needs.
>
> It also makes it easy to hook in more abstract negotiation mechanisms: call
> the "register" method in all plugins, passing a reference to your external
> negotiator, and use that to map back to them.
>
> Daniel
>
> Well, it would solve my problem, which is the same as "generic need", right?
Well, yes, but something generic like 'run method register on all plugins' is
as simple as (untested):
package MyApp;
use Moose;
has 'plugins' => (
traits => ['Array'],
is => 'ro',
isa => 'ArrayRef[MyApp::Plugin]',
default => sub { [] },
handles => {
map_plugins => 'map',
},
);
sub register_all_plugins {
shift->map_plugins( sub { $_->register(@_) } );
}
... so perhaps we just need a generic framework for loading objects into their
respective attribute baskets?
Tom
