Re: loading modules at runtime

I presume the module name is in a variable.
I also presume you have no need to import symbols.

my $plugin = ...;

my $pm = $plugin;
$pm =~ s{::}{/}g;
$pm .= '.pm';
eval { require $pm }
   or die("Unable to load plugin $plugin: $@\n");

# Example static method call.
$plugin->method();

# Example function call.
my $func = do { no strict 'refs'; *{"${plugin}::func"}{CODE} }
   or die("Undefined function func in plugin $plugin\n");
$func->();
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Re^2: loading modules at runtime by blazar (Canon) on Oct 14, 2006 at 21:52 UTC
`$pm =~ s{::}{/}g; $pm .= '.pm'; eval { require $pm } or die("Unable to load plugin $plugin: $@\n");` [download] Just one question, I'm all against string eval most of the time, but in this case would it be much different to avoid the self-made `$plugin` "conversion" and do `eval qq{ require $plugin } or die("Unable to load plugin $plugin: $@\n");` [download] instead?	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: loading modules at runtime by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 15, 2006 at 01:23 UTC
Your call. My method is documented in `require` (see below) and used by core module if. If EXPR is a bareword, the require assumes a ".pm" extension and replaces "::" with "/" in the filename for you, to make it easy to load standard modules	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: loading modules at runtime by phaylon (Curate) on Oct 16, 2006 at 13:05 UTC
Nowadays I like to use Class-Inspector: use Class::Inspector; my $module = 'Foo::Bar'; require Class::Inspector->filename($module); Ordinary morality is for ordinary people. -- Aleister Crowley	[reply]
Re^2: loading modules at runtime by zer (Deacon) on Oct 17, 2006 at 00:20 UTC
yes it is typed in by the user during runtime	[reply]