Module::Loaded(3pm) Perl Programmers Reference Guide Module::Loaded(3pm)
NAME
Module::Loaded - mark modules as loaded or unloaded
SYNOPSIS
use Module::Loaded;
$bool = mark_as_loaded('Foo'); # Foo.pm is now marked as loaded
$loc = is_loaded('Foo'); # location of Foo.pm set to the
# loaders location
eval "require 'Foo'"; # is now a no-op
$bool = mark_as_unloaded('Foo'); # Foo.pm no longer marked as loaded
eval "require 'Foo'"; # Will try to find Foo.pm in @INC
DESCRIPTION
When testing applications, often you find yourself needing to provide
functionality in your test environment that would usually be provided
by external modules. Rather than munging the %INC by hand to mark these
external modules as loaded, so they are not attempted to be loaded by
perl, this module offers you a very simple way to mark modules as
loaded and/or unloaded.
FUNCTIONS
$bool = mark_as_loaded( PACKAGE );
Marks the package as loaded to perl. "PACKAGE" can be a bareword or
string.
If the module is already loaded, "mark_as_loaded" will carp about this
and tell you from where the "PACKAGE" has been loaded already.
$bool = mark_as_unloaded( PACKAGE );
Marks the package as unloaded to perl, which is the exact opposite of
"mark_as_loaded". "PACKAGE" can be a bareword or string.
If the module is already unloaded, "mark_as_unloaded" will carp about
this and tell you the "PACKAGE" has been unloaded already.
$loc = is_loaded( PACKAGE );
"is_loaded" tells you if "PACKAGE" has been marked as loaded yet.
"PACKAGE" can be a bareword or string.
It returns falls if "PACKAGE" has not been loaded yet and the location
from where it is said to be loaded on success.
BUG REPORTS
Please report bugs or other issues to
<bug-module-loaded@rt.cpan.org<gt>.
AUTHOR
This module by Jos Boumans <kane@cpan.org>.
COPYRIGHT
This library is free software; you may redistribute and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
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