also treat "-h" as a request for help

[gitmo/MooseX-Getopt.git] / lib / MooseX / Getopt.pm

diff --git a/lib/MooseX/Getopt.pm b/lib/MooseX/Getopt.pm
index 49b47b9..729ddb1 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/MooseX/Getopt.pm
+++ b/lib/MooseX/Getopt.pm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ specified by the C<--configfile> option (or the default you've
 given for the configfile attribute) for you.
 
 Options specified in multiple places follow the following
-precendence order: commandline overrides configfile, which
+precedence order: commandline overrides configfile, which
 overrides explicit new_with_options parameters.
 
 =head2 Supported Type Constraints
@@ -196,15 +196,18 @@ C<new_with_options> will throw an exception.
 
 If L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive> is installed and any of the following
 command line params are passed, the program will exit with usage
-information. You can add descriptions for each option by including a
+information (and the option's state will be stored in the help_flag
+attribute). You can add descriptions for each option by including a
 B<documentation> option for each attribute to document.
 
+  -?
   --?
+  -h
   --help
   --usage
 
 If you have L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive> the C<usage> param is also passed to
-C<new>.
+C<new> as the usage option.
 
 =method B<ARGV>
 
@@ -217,8 +220,39 @@ This accessor contains an arrayref of leftover C<@ARGV> elements that
 L<Getopt::Long> did not parse.  Note that the real C<@ARGV> is left
 un-mangled.
 
+B<Important>: By default, L<Getopt::Long> will reject unrecognized I<options>
+(that is, options that do not correspond with attributes using the Getopt
+trait). To disable this, and allow options to also be saved in C<extra_argv> (for example to pass along to another class's C<new_with_options>), enable the
+C<pass_through> option of L<Getopt::Long> for your class:  C<use Getopt::Long
+qw(:config pass_through);>
+
+=method B<usage>
+
+This accessor contains the L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive::Usage> object (if
+L<Getopt::Long::Descriptive> is used).
+
+=method B<help_flag>
+
+This accessor contains the boolean state of the --help, --usage and --?
+options (true if any of these options were passed on the command line).
+
 =method B<meta>
 
 This returns the role meta object.
 
+=method B<process_argv (%params)>
+
+This does most of the work of C<new_with_options>, analyzing the parameters
+and argv, except for actually calling the constructor. It returns a
+L<MooseX::Getopt::ProcessedArgv> object. C<new_with_options> uses this
+method internally, so modifying this method via subclasses/roles will affect
+C<new_with_options>.
+
+=head2 More Customization Options
+
+See L<Getopt::Long#Configuring_Getopt::Long> for many other customizations you
+can make to how options are parsed. Simply C<use Getopt::Long qw(:config
+other_options...)> in your class to set these.
+
 =cut
+