NAME

Devel::IntelliPerl - Auto-completion for Perl

VERSION

version 0.04

SYNOPSIS

use Devel::IntelliPerl; 

        my $source = <<'SOURCE';
        package Foo;

        use Moose;

        has foobar => ( isa => 'Str', is => 'rw' );
        has foo => ( isa => 'Foo', is => 'rw' );

        sub bar {
            my ($self, $c) = @_;
            # $c isa Catalyst
            $self->
        }

        1;
        SOURCE

        my $ip = Devel::IntelliPerl->new(source => $source, line_number => 10, column => 12);
    
        my @methods = $ip->methods;

@methods contains "bar", "foo", and "foobar" amongst others. Method completion for $c works as well. Using the comment "# $c isa Catalyst" you can specify the variable $c as an object of the "Catalyst" class. This comment can be located anywhere in the current file.

Even though the example uses Moose, this module works also with non Moose classes.

See "SCREENCASTS" for usage examples.

ATTRIBUTES
line_number (Int $line_number)
Required

Line number of the cursor. Starts at 1.

column (Int $column)
Required

Position of the cursor. Starts at 1.

source (Str $source)
Required

Source code.

filename
Optional

Store the filename of the current file. If this value is set @INC is extended by all "lib" directories found in any parent directory. This is useful if you want to have access to modules which are not in @INC but in your local "lib" folder. This method sets "inc".

This value is NOT used to retrive the source code! Use source instead.

inc (ArrayRef[Str] $inc)
Optional

All directories specified will be prepended to @INC.

METHODS
error (Str $error)
If an error occurs it is accessible via this method.

line (Str $line)
Sets or gets the current line.

keyword
This represents the current keyword.

Examples ("_" stands for the cursor position): 

      my $foo = MyClass-> # keyword is MyClass
      my $foo->           # keyword is $foo
      my $foo->bar->_      # keyword is $foo->bar

prefix
Part of a method which has been typed already.

Examples ("_" stands for the cursor position): 

      my $foo = MyClass->foo_ # keyword is MyClass, prefix is foo
      my $foo->bar_           # keyword is $foo,    prefix is bar

methods
Returns all methods which were found for "keyword" and "prefix".

trimmed_methods
Returns "methods" truncated from the beginning by the length of "prefix".

INTERNAL METHODS
guess_class (Str $keyword)
Given a keyword (e.g. "$foo->bar->file") this method tries to find the class from which to load the methods.

handle_class
Loads the selected class.

handle_self
Loads the current class.

handle_method
This method tries to resove the class of the returned value of a given method. It supports Moose attributes as well as MooseX::Method::Signatures.

Example for an instrospectable class:

package Signatures; 

        use Moose;
        use Path::Class::File;
        use MooseX::Method::Signatures;
        use Moose::Util::TypeConstraints;
    
        has dir => ( isa => 'Path::Class::Dir', is => 'rw' );

        BEGIN { class_type 'PathClassFile', { class => 'Path::Class::File' }; }

        method file returns (PathClassFile) {
            return new Path::Class::File;
        }

        1;

Given this class, Devel::IntelliPerl provides the following features: 

      my $sig = new Signatures;
      $sig->        # will suggest "dir" and "file" amongst others
      $sig->file->  # will suggest all methods from Path::Class::File

handle_variable
Tries to find the variable's class using regexes. Supported syntaxes: 

      $variable = MyClass->new
      $variable = MyClass->new(...)
      $variable = new MyClass
      # $variable isa MyClass

inject_statement (Str $statement)
Injects $statement at the current position.

update_inc
Trigger called by "filename".

SCREENCASTS

<http://www.screencast.com/t/H5DdRNbQVt>

<http://www.screencast.com/t/djkraaYgpx>

TODO

Support for auto completion in the POD (e.g. "L <Devel::IntelliPerl/[auto complete]>")

AUTHOR

Moritz Onken, "<onken at netcubed.de>"

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-devel-intelliperl at rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Devel-IntelliPerl>. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

perldoc Devel::IntelliPerl

You can also look for information at:

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2009 Moritz Onken, all rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.