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 module-installer-plugin
 =======================
 
-module-installer-plugin
+*This package is in development and may be subject to change. It is published to enable testing and feedback only.*
+
+This is a plugin for [Composer](http://getcomposer.org/) that allows XOOPS 2.6 modules to be managed by composer. Managing XOOPS modules with composer enables dependency management for modules, as modules can require other libraries, or even other modules.
+
+To use this plugin, your module should include a type property of **"xoops-module"** in its `composer.json`, and it should require **"XOOPS/module-installer-plugin"** as in the following example.
+
+```JSON
+    {
+        "name": "geekwright/dummy",
+        "type": "xoops-module",
+        "description": "XOOPS dummy module for testing",
+        "require": {
+            "XOOPS/module-installer-plugin": "~1.0"
+        }
+    }
+```
+
+The package contents will be installed in the modules directory, in a subdirectory of the same name as the module package. See [geekwright/dummy](https://github.com/geekwright/dummy) for a simple example of a module enabled for composer management.
+
+The `composer.json` of the main xoops-library package needs to set the filesystem path to the XOOPS modules directory in the "extra" property as shown here:
+
+```JSON
+    "extra": {
+        "xoops_modules": "/home/user/htdocs/modules/"
+    }
+```
+
+Normally, the XOOPS installer will have adjusted this setting during installation.
+
+The composer install process only makes the module available to XOOPS. Traditional module installation and configuration are still accomplished in the XOOPS system adminstration area.
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "XOOPS/module-installer-plugin",
+    "description": "Install XOOPS modules using Composer",
+    "keywords": ["xoops", "installer"],
+    "type": "composer-plugin",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {"Xoops\\Composer\\": "src/"}
+    },
+    "extra": {
+        "class": "Xoops\\Composer\\ModuleInstallerPlugin"
+    },
+    "require": {
+        "composer-plugin-api": "1.0.0"
+    },
+    "replace": {
+        "geekwright/module-installer-plugin": "1.0.*"
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/ModuleInstaller.php b/src/ModuleInstaller.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Xoops\Composer;
+
+use Composer\Package\PackageInterface;
+use Composer\Installer\LibraryInstaller;
+
+/**
+ * Composer installer for XOOPS modules
+ */
+class ModuleInstaller extends LibraryInstaller
+{
+    /**
+     * getPackageBasePath
+     *
+     * @param PackageInterface $package package being installed
+     *
+     * @return string install path relative to composer.json
+     */
+    public function getPackageBasePath(PackageInterface $package)
+    {
+        $moddir = explode('/', $package->getName());
+
+        $xoops_modules = '../modules/';
+
+        $extra = $this->composer->getPackage()->getExtra();
+        if (isset($extra['xoops_modules_path'])) {
+            $xoops_root = $extra['xoops_modules_path'];
+        }
+
+        return $xoops_modules . $moddir[1];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * supports - determine if this supports a given package type
+     *
+     * @param string $packageType package type name
+     *
+     * @return boolean true if packageType is supported
+     */
+    public function supports($packageType)
+    {
+        return 'xoops-module' === $packageType;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModuleInstallerPlugin.php b/src/ModuleInstallerPlugin.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace Xoops\Composer;
+
+use Composer\Composer;
+use Composer\IO\IOInterface;
+use Composer\Plugin\PluginInterface;
+
+/**
+ * Composer plugin for XOOPS module installer
+ */
+class ModuleInstallerPlugin implements PluginInterface
+{
+    /**
+     * activate - add our installer to composer
+     *
+     * @param Composer    $composer composer instance
+     * @param IOInterface $io       composer i/o
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function activate(Composer $composer, IOInterface $io)
+    {
+        $installer = new ModuleInstaller($io, $composer);
+        $composer->getInstallationManager()->addInstaller($installer);
+    }
+}