I wanted to add some junk to a cgi app module (A.pm), so I made a module appart (B.pm), with more methods, and runmodes.. aha! And when I import the stuff into my main module.. I get

Invalid CODE attribute: Runmode

I want A.pm to import code in B.pm

A.pm is a CGI::Application app.

I am using CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode to define runmodes.

I get this error:

Invalid CODE attribute: Runmode

I was importing B.pm code into A.pm by "use base 'B.pm';", so I tried instead using 'Exporter' in B.pm and then 'use B;' in A.pm (also tried require)

I also tried using cgi app autorunmode in B.pm as well as in A.pm..

All give same error, any runmodes declared as "sub modename : Runmode {..}" which are not inside A.pm will stop compilation.

How do I get this to work... Please.. ? Any ideas?

update, here is an example..

In t/0.t:

use Test::Simple 'no_plan';
use lib './lib';
use A;

my $a = new A;

ok($a->run);
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In lib/A.pm:

package A;
use base 'CGI::Application';
use base 'B';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode;

use constant DEBUG => 0;
use strict;

sub setup {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->start_mode('importme');
    $self->mode_param('rm');

    
}

sub cgiapp_prerun {
    my $self = shift;

    print STDERR "I am prerun\n" if DEBUG;

    # This is needed to use a cgiapp_prerun witth AutoRunmode plugin
    CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode::cgiapp_prerun($self);
}

sub hithere : Runmode {
    my $self = shift;
    my $out = 'hi, there..';
    return $out;
}

1;
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In B.pm:

package B;
use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode;

sub importme : Runmode {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->header_type('redirect');
    $self->header_props(-url=>'?rm=hithere');
    return 'Redirecting..';
}

1;
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I still get

xoot@moonshine temp# perl t/0.t
Invalid CODE attribute: Runmode at lib/B.pm line 4
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/B.pm line 9.
Compilation failed in require at (eval 4) line 3.
        ...propagated at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/base.pm line 85.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/A.pm line 4.
Compilation failed in require at t/0.t line 3.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at t/0.t line 3.
# Looks like your test died before it could output anything.
xoot@moonshine temp#

update I have realized now what was wrong. You must use base CGI::Application in the module you are importing!!

A.pm

use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode;
use base 'B';
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B.pm

use base 'CGI::Application';
use CGI::Application::Plugin::AutoRunmode;

sub useme : Runmode {}
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Now, you can use runmodes in B.pm inside A.pm.