mst forgot to git add this. mst is a fool. mst did this with svn too.

diff --git a/lib/SQL/Abstract/Role/Plugin.pm b/lib/SQL/Abstract/Role/Plugin.pm
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+package SQL::Abstract::Role::Plugin;
+
+use Moo::Role;
+
+has sqla => (
+  is => 'ro', init_arg => undef,
+  handles => [ qw(
+    expand_expr render_aqt join_query_parts
+  ) ],
+);
+
+sub cb {
+  my ($self, $method, @args) = @_;
+  return sub {
+    local $self->{sqla} = shift;
+    $self->$method(@args, @_)
+  };
+}
+
+sub register {
+  my ($self, @pairs) = @_;
+  my $sqla = $self->sqla;
+  while (my ($method, $cases) = splice(@pairs, 0, 2)) {
+    my @cases = @$cases;
+    while (my ($name, $case) = splice(@cases, 0, 2)) {
+      $sqla->$method($name, $self->cb($case));
+    }
+  }
+  return $self;
+}
+
+sub apply_to {
+  my ($self, $sqla) = @_;
+  $self = $self->new unless ref($self);
+  local $self->{sqla} = $sqla;
+  $self->register_extensions($sqla);
+}
+
+requires 'register_extensions';
+
+1;
+
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+SQL::Abstract::Role::Plugin - helpful methods for plugin authors
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 apply_to
+
+Applies the plugin to an L<SQL::Abstract> object.
+
+=head2 register_extensions
+
+Provided by the plugin, registers its extensions to the sqla object.
+
+=head2 cb
+
+Creates a callback to call a method on the plugin.
+
+=head2 register
+
+Calls methods on the sqla object with arguments wrapped as callbacks.
+
+=head2 sqla
+
+Available only during plugin callback executions, contains the currently
+active L<SQL::Abstract> object.
+
+=cut