NAME

       CPAN::Reporter::API - Programmer's interface to CPAN::Reporter

VERSION

       version 1.2018

FUNCTIONS

       CPAN::Reporter provides only a few public function for use within CPAN.pm.  They are not
       imported during "use".  Ordinary users will never need them.

   "configure()"
         CPAN::Reporter::configure();

       Prompts the user to edit configuration settings stored in the CPAN::Reporter "config.ini"
       file.  It will create the configuration file if it does not exist.  It is automatically
       called by CPAN.pm when initializing the 'test_report' option, e.g.:

         cpan> o conf init test_report

   "record_command()"
         ($output, $exit_value) = CPAN::Reporter::record_command( $cmd, $secs );

       Takes a command to be executed via system(), but wraps and tees it to show the output to
       the console, capture the output, and capture the exit code.  Returns an array reference of
       output lines (merged STDOUT and STDERR) and the return value from system().  Note that
       this is $?, so the actual exit value of the command will need to be extracted as described
       in perlvar.

       If the command matches /\b(?:Makefile|Build)\.PL\b/, then Devel::Autoflush is added to
       "PERL5OPT" to force autoflushing of user prompts.

       If the command includes a pipe character ('|'), only the part of the command prior to the
       pipe will be wrapped and teed.  The pipe will be applied to the execution of the wrapper
       script.  This is essential to capture the exit value of the command and should be
       otherwise transparent.

       If a non-zero $secs argument is provided, the command will be run with a timeout of $secs
       (seconds) if the appropriate process management modules are available.  On Win32,
       Win32::Job must be available; on Unix, Proc::Killfam must be available.  Otherwise, code
       will fall-back to running without a timeout.

       Also, on Win32, the first space-separated element of the command must be absolute, or else
       ".exe" will be appended and the PATH searched for a matching command.

       If the attempt to record fails, a warning will be issued and one or more of $output or
       $exit_value will be undefined.

   "grade_make()"
         CPAN::Reporter::grade_make( $dist, $command, \@output, $exit);

       Given a CPAN::Distribution object, the system command used to build the distribution (e.g.
       "make", "perl Build"), an array of lines of output from the command and the exit value
       from the command, "grade_make()" determines a grade for this stage of distribution
       installation.  If the grade is "pass", "grade_make()" does not send a CPAN Testers report
       for this stage and returns true to signal that the build was successful.  Otherwise, a
       CPAN Testers report is sent and "grade_make()" returns false.

   "grade_PL()"
         CPAN::Reporter::grade_PL( $dist, $command, \@output, $exit);

       Given a CPAN::Distribution object, the system command used to run Makefile.PL or Build.PL
       (e.g. "perl Makefile.PL"), an array of lines of output from the command and the exit value
       from the command, "grade_PL()" determines a grade for this stage of distribution
       installation.  If the grade is "pass", "grade_PL()" does not send a CPAN Testers report
       for this stage and returns true to signal that the Makefile.PL or Build.PL ran
       successfully.  Otherwise, a CPAN Testers report is sent and "grade_PL()" returns false.

   "grade_test()"
         CPAN::Reporter::grade_test( $dist, $command, \@output, $exit);

       Given a CPAN::Distribution object, the system command used to run tests (e.g.  "make
       test"), an array of lines of output from testing and the exit value from the system
       command, "grade_test()" determines a grade for distribution tests.  A CPAN Testers report
       is then sent unless specified prerequisites were not satisfied, in which case the report
       is discarded.  This function returns true if the grade is "pass" or "unknown" and returns
       false, otherwise.

   "test()" -- DEPRECATED
         CPAN::Reporter::test( $cpan_dist, $system_command );

       This function is maintained for backwards compatibility.  It effectively wraps the
       functionality of "record_command()" and "grade_test()" into a single function call. It
       takes a CPAN::Distribution object and the system command to run distribution tests.

SEE ALSO

       •   CPAN::Reporter

       •   CPAN::Reporter::Config

       •   CPAN::Reporter::FAQ

AUTHOR

       David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is Copyright (c) 2006 by David Golden.

       This is free software, licensed under:

         The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004