NAME
    Module::RegexRequire

SYNOPSIS
     use Module::RegexRequire qw: require_regex require_glob :;

     require_regex q[DBD::.*];
     require_regex qw[DBD::.* Foo::Bar_.*];
     require_glob qw[DBD::* Foo::Bar_*];

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides a way to load in a series of modules without having
    to know all the names, but just the pattern they fit. This can be useful
    for allowing drop-in modules for application expansion without requiring
    configuration or prior knowledge.

    The "require_regex" function takes a list of files and searches "@INC"
    trying to find all possible modules. Only the last part of the module
    name should be the regex expression ("Foo::Bar_.*" is allowed, but
    "F.*::Bar" is not). Each file found and successfully loaded is added to
    "%INC". Any file already in "%INC" is not loaded. No "import" functions
    are called.

    The function will return a list of files found but not loaded or, in a
    scalar context, the number of such files. This is the opposite of the
    sense of "require", with true meaning at least one file failed to load.

    Note that unlike the Perl "require" keyword, quoting or leaving an
    argument as a bareword does not affect how the function behaves.

    The "require_glob" function behaves the same as the "require_regex"
    function except it uses the glob operator (<>) instead of regular
    expressions.

SEE ALSO
    perldoc -f require.

AUTHOR
    James G. Smith <jsmith@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (C) 2001 Texas A&M University. All Rights Reserved.

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