NAME
    Module::Selector - use the first module, that works.

SYNOPSIS
            use Module::Selector;

            $mods = Module::Selector->new(['Some::Mod', 'Other::Mod', 'YAM']);

            while(defined($mod = $mods->each)) {
                    $@ = undef;
                    eval { $mod->do_something() };
                    last unless $@
            }

            $mods->rewind;

            while(defined($mod = $mods->each)) {
                    $@ = undef;
                    eval { $mod->something_else() };
                    last unless $@
            }

DESCRIPTION
    The idea behind this module is to test for a series of modules with a
    common interface, as to see either which module is able to do a specific
    task or simply to see which module is installed.

    This module is especially useful if you had to test the modules, which
    you wish to use, multiple times otherwise, which is a bit tricky via
    eval.

    It will try to load the given modules one by one, loading them only if
    needed.

METHODS
    new(LIST REFERENCE TO PKGS)
        Creates a new object, should be given a reference to a list of
        module names (like "File::Spec", "MP3::Info", ...) as sole argument.

    each
        Returns the next module that was successfully imported via require,
        returns undef once if no other module could be imported. After that
        it starts again with the first module..

    rewind
        Resets "each()", so that it starts again with the first module, even
        if there were other modules still availabe to test. Useful if you
        abort loops and want to start all over again.

EXPORTS
    None.

CAVEATS
    Module::Selector saves any errors encountered when loading modules in a
    locally scoped hash (local to the the "_try()" function, which is used
    by "each()"). This is necessary, sorry.

PREREQUISITES
    
None.

INSTALLATION

To install this module, run the following commands:

    perl Makefile.PL
    make
    make test
    make install


SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION

After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

    perldoc Module::Selector

You can also look for information at:

    Search CPAN
        http://search.cpan.org/dist/Module-Selector

    CPAN Request Tracker:
        http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Module-Selector

    AnnoCPAN, annotated CPAN documentation:
        http://annocpan.org/dist/Module-Selector

    CPAN Ratings:
        http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Module-Selector

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright (C) 2006 Odin Kroeger

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