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NAME
    MooseX::App - Write user-friendly command line apps with even less
    suffering

SYNOPSIS
    In your base class:

      package MyApp;
      use MooseX::App qw(Config Color);
 
      option 'global_option' => (
          is            => 'rw',
          isa           => 'Bool',
          documentation => q[Enable this to do fancy stuff],
      );
  
      has 'private' => ( 
          is              => 'rw',
      ); # not exposed

    Write multiple command classes (If you have only a single command class
    you might use MooseX-App-Simple instead)

      package MyApp::SomeCommand;
      use MooseX::App::Command; # important
      extends qw(MyApp); # purely optional
  
      option 'some_option' => (
          is            => 'rw',
          isa           => 'Str',
          documentation => q[Very important option!],
      );
  
      sub run {
          my ($self) = @_;
          # Do something
      }

    And then in some simple wrapper script:

     #!/usr/bin/env perl
     use MyApp;
     MyApp->new_with_command->run;

DESCRIPTION
    MooseX-App is a highly customizeable helper to write user-friendly
    command-line applications without having to worry about most of the
    annoying things usually involved. Just take any existing Moose class,
    add a single line ("use MooseX-App qw(PluginA PluginB ...)") and create
    one class for each command in an underlying namespace.

    MooseX-App will then take care of

    *   Finding, loading and initializing the command classes

    *   Creating automated doucumentation from pod and attributes

    *   Reading and validating the command line options entered by the user

    Commandline options are defined using the 'option' keyword which accepts
    the same attributes as Moose' 'has' keyword.

      option 'some_option' => (
          is            => 'rw',
          isa           => 'Str',
      );

    This is equivalent to

      has 'some_option' => (
          is            => 'rw',
          isa           => 'Str',
          traits        => ['AppOption'],
      );

    Read the Tutorial for getting started with a simple MooseX::App command
    line application.

METHODS
  new_with_command
     my $myapp_command = MyApp->new_with_command();

    This method reads the command line arguments from the user and tries to
    create a command object. If it fails it retuns a
    MooseX::App::Message::Envelope object holding an error message.

    You can pass a hash of default params to new_with_command

     MyApp->new_with_command( %default );

  initialize_command
     my $myapp_command = MyApp->initialize_command($command_name,%default);

    Helper method to initialize the command class for the given command.

OPTIONS
  app_base
     app_base 'my_script';

    Usually MooseX::App will take the name of the calling wrapper script to
    construct the programm name in various help messages. This name can be
    changed via the app_base function.

  app_namespace
     app_namespace 'MyApp::Commands';

    Usually MooseX::App will take the package name of the base class as the
    namespace for commands. This namespace can be changed.

PLUGINS
    The behaviour of MooseX-App can be customized with plugins. To load a
    plugin just pass a list of plugin names after the "use MooseX-App"
    statement.

     use MooseX::App qw(PluginA PluginB);

    Read the Writing MooseX-App Plugins documentation on how to create your
    own plugins.

SEE ALSO
    Read the Tutorial for getting started with a simple MooseX::App command
    line application.

    MooseX::App::Cmd, MooseX::Getopt and App::Cmd

SUPPORT
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to
    "bug-moosex-app@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=MooseX-App>. I will be
    notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your
    report as I make changes.

AUTHOR
        Maroš Kollár
        CPAN ID: MAROS
        maros [at] k-1.com
    
        http://www.k-1.com

COPYRIGHT
    MooseX::App is Copyright (c) 2012 Maroš Kollár.

    This library is free software and may be distributed under the same
    terms as perl itself. The full text of the licence can be found in the
    LICENCE file included with this module.

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