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

SYNOPSIS
   In your base class:

     package MyApp;
     use MooseX::App qw(Color);

     option 'global_option' => (
         is            => 'rw',
         isa           => 'Bool',
         documentation => q[Enable this to do fancy stuff],
     ); # Global option

     has 'private' => (
         is              => 'rw',
     ); # not exposed

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

     package MyApp::SomeCommand;
     use MooseX::App::Command; # important (also imports Moose)
     extends qw(MyApp); # optional, only if you want to use global options from base class

     # Positional parameter
     parameter 'some_parameter' => (
         is            => 'rw',
         isa           => 'Str',
         required      => 1,
         documentation => q[Some parameter that you need to supply],
     );

     option 'some_option' => (
         is            => 'rw',
         isa           => 'Int',
         required      => 1,
         documentation => q[Very important option!],
     ); # Option

     sub run {
         my ($self) = @_;
         # Do something
     }

   And then you need a simple wrapper script (called eg. myapp):

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

   On the command line:

    bash$ myapp help
    usage:
        myapp <command> [long options...]
        myapp help

    global options:
        --global_option    Enable this to do fancy stuff [Flag]
        --help --usage -?  Prints this usage information. [Flag]

    available commands:
        some_command    Description of some command
        another_command Description of another command
        help            Prints this usage information

   or

    bash$ myapp some_command --help
    usage:
        myapp some_command <SOME_PARAMETER> [long options...]
        myapp help
        myapp some_command --help

    parameters:
        some_parameter     Some parameter that you need to supply [Required]

    options:
        --global_option    Enable this to do fancy stuff [Flag]
        --some_option      Very important option! [Int,Required]
        --help --usage -?  Prints this usage information. [Flag]

DESCRIPTION
   MooseX-App is a highly customisable 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. Options and
   positional parameters can be defined as simple Moose accessors.

   MooseX-App will then

   *   Find, load and initialise the command classes

   *   Create automated help and documentation from modules POD and
       attributes metadata

   *   Read, encode and validate the command line options and positional
       parameters entered by the user from @ARGV

   *   Provide helpful error messages if user input cannot be validated

   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'],   # Load extra metaclass
         cmd_type      => 'option',        # Set attribute type
     );

   Positional parameters are defined with the 'parameter' keyword

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

   This is equivalent to

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

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

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

GLOBAL OPTIONS
 app_base
    app_base 'my_script';

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

 app_namespace
    app_namespace 'MyApp::Commands', 'YourApp::MoreCommands';

   Usually MooseX::App will take the package name of the base class as the
   namespace for commands. This namespace can be changed and you can add
   several other namespaces.

 app_fuzzy
    app_fuzzy(1); # default
    OR
    app_fuzzy(0);

   Enables fuzzy matching of commands and attributes. Is turned on by
   default.

 app_strict
    app_strict(0); # default
    OR
    app_strict(1);

   If strict is enabled the program will terminate with an error message if
   superfluous/unknown positional parameters are supplied. If disabled all
   extra parameters will be copied to the extra_argv attribute.

   The command_strict config in the command classes allows one to set this
   option individually for each command.

 app_command_name
    app_command_name {
        my ($package) = shift;
        # munge package name;
        return $command_name;
    };

   This sub can be used to control how package names should be translated
   to command names.

GLOBAL ATTRIBUTES
   All MooseX::App classes will have two extra attributes/accessors

 extra_argv
   Carries all parameters from @ARGV that were not consumed.

 help_flag
   Help flag that is set when help was requested.

ATTRIBUTE OPTIONS
   *   cmd_tags - Extra tags

   *   cmd_flag - Override option name

   *   cmd_aliases - Alternative option names

   *   cmd_split - Split values

   *   cmd_position - Option/Parameter order

   Refer to MooseX::App::Meta::Role::Attribute::Option for detailed
   documentation.

PLUGINS
   The behaviour of MooseX-App can be customised 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.

   Currently the following plugins are shipped with MooseX::App

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::BashCompletion

       Adds a command that genereates a bash completion script for your
       application

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Color

       Colorful output for your MooseX::App applications

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Config

       Config files for MooseX::App applications

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::ConfigHome

       Config files in users home directory

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Env

       Read options from environment

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Typo

       Handle typos in command names

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Version

       Adds a command to display the version and license of your
       application

   *   MooseX::App::Plugin::Man

       Display full manpage

CAVEATS & KNOWN BUGS
   Startup time may be an issue. If you do not require plugins and ability
   for fine grained customisation then you should probably use
   MooX::Options or MooX::Cmd.

   In some cases - especially when using non-standard class inheritance -
   you may end up with command classes lacking the help attribute. In this
   case you need to include the following line in your base class

    with qw(MooseX::App::Role::Common);

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

   For alternatives you can check out

   MooseX::App::Cmd, MooseX::Getopt, MooX::Options, MooX::Cmd and App::Cmd

SUPPORT
   Please report any bugs or feature requests to
   "[email protected]", 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

CONTRIBUTORS
   In no particular order: Andrew Jones, George Hartzell, Steve Nolte,
   Michael G, Thomas Klausner, Yanick Champoux, Edward Baudrez, David
   Golden, J.R. Mash, Thilo Fester, Gregor Herrmann

COPYRIGHT
   MooseX::App is Copyright (c) 2012-14 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.