Mojolicious::Plugins(3)

NAME
Mojolicious::Plugins - Plugin manager

SYNOPSIS
  use Mojolicious::Plugins;

  my $plugins = Mojolicious::Plugins->new;
  push @{$plugins->namespaces}, 'MyApp::Plugin';

DESCRIPTION
Mojolicious::Plugins is the plugin manager of Mojolicious.

PLUGINS
The following plugins are included in the Mojolicious distribution as examples.

Mojolicious::Plugin::Config
    Perl-ish configuration files.

Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers
    General purpose helper collection, loaded automatically.

Mojolicious::Plugin::EPLRenderer
    Renderer for plain embedded Perl templates, loaded automatically.

Mojolicious::Plugin::EPRenderer
    Renderer for more sophisticated embedded Perl templates, loaded automatically.

Mojolicious::Plugin::HeaderCondition
    Route condition for all kinds of headers, loaded automatically.

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig
    JSON configuration files.

Mojolicious::Plugin::Mount
    Mount whole Mojolicious applications.

Mojolicious::Plugin::PODRenderer
    Renderer for turning POD into HTML and documentation browser for Mojolicious::Guides.

Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers
    Template specific helper collection, loaded automatically.

EVENTS
Mojolicious::Plugins inherits all events from Mojo::EventEmitter.

ATTRIBUTES
Mojolicious::Plugins implements the following attributes.

  namespaces
  my $namespaces = $plugins->namespaces;
  $plugins       = $plugins->namespaces(['Mojolicious::Plugin']);

Namespaces to load plugins from, defaults to Mojolicious::Plugin.

  # Add another namespace to load plugins from
  push @{$plugins->namespaces}, 'MyApp::Plugin';

METHODS
Mojolicious::Plugins inherits all methods from Mojo::EventEmitter and implements the following new ones.

  emit_chain
  $plugins->emit_chain('foo');
  $plugins->emit_chain(foo => 123);

Emit events as chained hooks.

  emit_hook
  $plugins = $plugins->emit_hook('foo');
  $plugins = $plugins->emit_hook(foo => 123);

Emit events as hooks.

  emit_hook_reverse
  $plugins = $plugins->emit_hook_reverse('foo');
  $plugins = $plugins->emit_hook_reverse(foo => 123);

Emit events as hooks in reverse order.

  load_plugin
  my $plugin = $plugins->load_plugin('some_thing');
  my $plugin = $plugins->load_plugin('SomeThing');
  my $plugin = $plugins->load_plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing');

Load a plugin from the configured namespaces or by full module name.

  register_plugin
  $plugins->register_plugin('some_thing', Mojolicious->new);
  $plugins->register_plugin('some_thing', Mojolicious->new, foo => 23);
  $plugins->register_plugin('some_thing', Mojolicious->new, {foo => 23});
  $plugins->register_plugin('SomeThing', Mojolicious->new);
  $plugins->register_plugin('SomeThing', Mojolicious->new, foo => 23);
  $plugins->register_plugin('SomeThing', Mojolicious->new, {foo => 23});
  $plugins->register_plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', Mojolicious->new);
  $plugins->register_plugin(
    'MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', Mojolicious->new, foo => 23);
  $plugins->register_plugin(
    'MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', Mojolicious->new, {foo => 23});

Load a plugin from the configured namespaces or by full module name and run "register", optional arguments are passed through.

SEE ALSO
Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, <http://mojolicious.org>.