added cmd_alias to accomplish "verbose|debug|v|d" sort of stuff

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

diff --git a/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm b/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
index ddf928f..634bbbb 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
+++ b/lib/MooseX/Getopt/Meta/Attribute.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ has 'cmd_flag' => (
     predicate => 'has_cmd_flag',
 );
 
+has 'cmd_aliases' => (
+    is        => 'rw',
+    isa       => 'ArrayRef',
+    predicate => 'has_cmd_aliases',
+);
+
 no Moose; 1;
 
 __END__
@@ -36,10 +42,14 @@ MooseX::Getopt::Meta::Attribute - Optional meta attribute for custom option name
       is        => 'ro',
       isa       => 'Str',
       default   => 'file.dat',
-      # tells MooseX::Getopt to use -f as the 
+      # tells MooseX::Getopt to use --somedata as the 
       # command line flag instead of the normal 
       # autogenerated one (--data)
-      cmd_flag  => 'f',
+      cmd_flag  => 'somedata',
+      # tells MooseX::Getopt to also allow --moosedata,
+      # -m, and -d as aliases for this same option on
+      # the commandline.
+      cmd_aliases => [qw/ moosedata m d /],
   );
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
@@ -60,8 +70,18 @@ within L<MooseX::Getopt>.
 
 =item B<cmd_flag>
 
+Changes the commandline flag to be this value, instead of the default,
+which is the same as the attribute name.
+
+=item B<cmd_aliases>
+
+Adds more aliases for this commandline flag, useful for short options
+and such.
+
 =item B<has_cmd_flag>
 
+=item B<has_cmd_aliases>
+
 =item B<meta>
 
 =back
@@ -85,4 +105,4 @@ L<http://www.iinteractive.com>
 This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the same terms as Perl itself.
 
-=cut
\ No newline at end of file
+=cut