Module::Install::Base(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				  Module::Install::Base(3)

NAME

       Module::Install::Base - Base class for Module::Install extensions

SYNOPSIS

       In a Module::Install extension:

	   use Module::Install::Base ();
	   @ISA = qw(Module::Install::Base);

DESCRIPTION

       This module provide essential methods for all Module::Install extensions, in particular the common constructor "new" and method dispatcher
       "AUTOLOAD".

METHODS

       new(%args)
	   Constructor -- need to preserve at least _top

       AUTOLOAD
	   The main dispatcher - copy extensions if missing

       _top()
	   Returns the top-level Module::Install object.

       admin()
	   Returns the "_top" object's associated Module::Install::Admin object on the first run (i.e. when there was no inc/ when the program
	   started); on subsequent (user-side) runs, returns a fake admin object with an empty "AUTOLOAD" method that does nothing at all.

       is_admin()
	   Tells whether this is the first run of the installer (on author's side). That is when there was no inc/ at program start. True if
	   that's the case. False, otherwise.

SEE ALSO

       Module::Install

AUTHORS

       Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2003, 2004 by Audrey Tang <autrijus@autrijus.org>.

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

       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>

perl v5.16.3							    2012-03-01						  Module::Install::Base(3)