Added help_requested (checked from command line)

2 files changed, 31 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/ManaTools/Shared.pm b/lib/ManaTools/Shared.pm
index feb2ebc7..20597890 100644
--- a/lib/ManaTools/Shared.pm
+++ b/lib/ManaTools/Shared.pm
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ This module collects all the routines shared between ManaTools and its modules.
     custom_locale_dir
     devel_mode
     command_line
+    help_requested
 
 =head1 SUPPORT
 
@@ -102,6 +103,7 @@ our @EXPORT_OK = qw(
     custom_locale_dir
     devel_mode
     command_line
+    help_requested
 );
 
 
@@ -450,5 +452,33 @@ sub devel_mode() {
     return ($pos > 0) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 
+#=============================================================
+
+=head2 help_requested
+
+=head3 OUTPUT
+
+    boolean: 1 if "--help" or "-h" is passed to command line, 0
+               otherwhise
+
+=head3 DESCRIPTION
+
+    returns 1 if "--help" or "-h" is passed to command line,
+    modules should check this value to work accordingly
+
+=cut
+
+#=============================================================
+sub help_requested() {
+    my $cmdline = ManaTools::Shared::command_line();
+    my $pos     = $cmdline->find("--help");
+    return 1 if $pos > 0;
+
+    $pos        = $cmdline->find("--help");
+    return 1 if $pos > 0;
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 1; # End of ManaTools::Shared
 
diff --git a/t/08-Shared.t b/t/08-Shared.t
index 3489a4a0..a1c81ef3 100644
--- a/t/08-Shared.t
+++ b/t/08-Shared.t
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ BEGIN {
 ok ( ManaTools::Shared::command_line(), 'command_line');
 is ( ManaTools::Shared::custom_locale_dir(), undef, 'custom_locale_dir');
 is ( ManaTools::Shared::devel_mode(), 0, 'devel_mode');
-
+is ( ManaTools::Shared::help_requested(), 0, 'help_requested');
 
 done_testing;