Archive::Any::Plugin (3pm)

Explains what is required for a working plugin to Archive::Any.

Archive::Any requires that your plugin define three methods, all of which are passed the absolute filename of the file. This module uses the source of Archive::Any::Plugin::Tar as an example.

Subclass Archive::Any::Plugin

 use base 'Archive::Any::Plugin';

can_handle

This returns an array of mime types that the plugin can handle. sub can_handle { return( 'application/x-tar', 'application/x-gtar', 'application/x-gzip', ); }

files

Return a list of items inside the archive. sub files { my( $self, $file ) = @_; my $t = Archive::Tar->new( $file ); return $t->list_files; }

extract

This method should extract the contents of $file to the current directory. Archive::Any::Plugin handles negotiating directories for you. sub extract { my ( $self, $file ) = @_;

my $t = Archive::Tar->new( $file ); return $t->extract; }

Clint Moore <[email protected]>

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