Provided by: libdist-metadata-perl_0.927-2_all 
NAME
Dist::Metadata - Information about a perl module distribution
VERSION
version 0.927
SYNOPSIS
my $dist = Dist::Metadata->new(file => $path_to_archive);
my $description = sprintf "Dist %s (%s)", $dist->name, $dist->version;
my $provides = $dist->package_versions;
while( my ($package, $version) = each %$provides ){
print "$description includes $package $version\n";
}
DESCRIPTION
This module provides an easy interface for getting various metadata about a Perl module
distribution.
It takes care of the common logic of:
• reading a tar file (Archive::Tar)
• finding and reading the correct META file if the distribution contains one
(CPAN::Meta)
• and determining some of the metadata if there is no META file (Module::Metadata,
CPAN::DistnameInfo)
This is mostly a wrapper around CPAN::Meta providing an easy interface to find and load
the meta file from a tar.gz file. A dist can also be represented by a directory or merely
a structure of data.
If the dist does not contain a meta file the module will attempt to determine some of that
data from the dist.
NOTE: This interface is still being defined. Please submit any suggestions or concerns.
METHODS
new
Dist::Metadata->new(file => $path);
A dist can be represented by a tar file, a directory, or a data structure.
The format will be determined by the presence of the following options (checked in this
order):
• "struct" - hash of data to build a mock dist; See Dist::Metadata::Struct.
• "dir" - path to the root directory of a dist
• "file" - the path to a .tar.gz file
You can also slyly pass in your own object as a "dist" parameter in which case this module
will just use that. This can be useful if you need to use your own subclass (perhaps
while developing a new format).
Other options that can be specified:
• "name" - dist name
• "version" - dist version
• "determine_packages" - boolean to indicate whether dist should be searched for
packages if no META file is found. Defaults to true.
• "include_inner_packages" - When determining provided packages the default behavior is
to only include packages that match the name of the file that defines them (like
"Foo::Bar" matches "*/Bar.pm"). This way only modules that can be loaded (via "use"
or "require") will be returned (and "inner" packages will be ignored). This mimics
the behavior of PAUSE. Set this to true to include any "inner" packages provided by
the dist (that are not otherwise excluded by another mechanism (such as "no_index")).
dist
Returns the dist object (subclass of Dist::Metadata::Dist).
default_metadata
Returns a hashref of default values used to initialize a CPAN::Meta object when a META
file is not found. Called from "determine_metadata".
determine_metadata
Examine the dist and try to determine metadata. Returns a hashref which can be passed to
"new" in CPAN::Meta. This is used when the dist does not contain a META file.
determine_packages
my $provides = $dm->determine_packages($meta);
Attempt to determine packages provided by the dist. This is used when the META file does
not include a "provides" section and "determine_packages" is not set to false in the
constructor.
If a CPAN::Meta object is not provided a default one will be used. Files contained in the
dist and packages found therein will be checked against the meta object's "no_index"
attribute (see "should_index_file" in CPAN::Meta and "should_index_package" in
CPAN::Meta). By default this ignores any files found in inc/, t/, or xt/ directories.
load_meta
Loads the metadata from the "dist".
meta
Returns the CPAN::Meta instance in use.
meta_from_struct
$meta = $dm->meta_from_struct(\%struct);
Passes the provided "\%struct" to "create" in CPAN::Meta and returns the result.
package_versions
$pv = $dm->package_versions();
# { 'Package::Name' => '1.0', 'Module::2' => '2.1' }
Returns a simplified version of "provides": a hashref with package names as keys and
versions as values.
This can also be called as a class method which will operate on a passed in hashref.
$pv = Dist::Metadata->package_versions(\%provides);
module_info
Returns a hashref of meta data for each of the packages provided by this dist.
The hashref starts with the same data as "provides" but additional data can be added to
the output by specifying options in a hashref:
"checksum"
Use the specified algorithm to compute a hex digest of the file. The type you specify
will be the key in the returned hashref. You can use an arrayref to specify more than
one type.
$dm->module_info({checksum => ['sha256', 'md5']});
# returns:
{
'Mod::Name' => {
file => 'lib/Mod/Name.pm',
version => '0.1',
md5 => '258e88dcbd3cd44d8e7ab43f6ecb6af0',
sha256 => 'f22136124cd3e1d65a48487cecf310771b2fd1e83dc032e3d19724160ac0ff71',
},
}
See "file_checksum" in Dist::Metadata::Dist for more information.
"provides"
The default is to start with the hashref returned from "provides" but you can pass in
an alternate hashref using this key.
Other options may be added in the future.
INHERITED METHODS
The following methods are available on this object and simply call the corresponding
method on the CPAN::Meta object.
•
name
•
provides
•
version
TODO
• More tests
• "trust_meta" option (to allow setting it to false)
• Guess main module from dist name if no packages can be found
• Determine abstract?
• Add change log info (CPAN::Changes)?
• Subclass as "CPAN::Dist::Metadata" just so that it has "CPAN" in the name?
• Use File::Find::Rule::Perl?
SEE ALSO
Dependencies
• CPAN::Meta
• Module::Metadata
• CPAN::DistnameInfo
Related Modules
• MyCPAN::Indexer
• CPAN::ParseDistribution
SUPPORT
Perldoc
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Dist::Metadata
Websites
The following websites have more information about this module, and may be of help to you.
As always, in addition to those websites please use your favorite search engine to
discover more resources.
• MetaCPAN
A modern, open-source CPAN search engine, useful to view POD in HTML format.
<http://metacpan.org/release/Dist-Metadata>
Bugs / Feature Requests
Please report any bugs or feature requests by email to "bug-dist-metadata at rt.cpan.org",
or through the web interface at
<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Bug/Report.html?Queue=Dist-Metadata>. You will be
automatically notified of any progress on the request by the system.
Source Code
<https://github.com/rwstauner/Dist-Metadata>
git clone https://github.com/rwstauner/Dist-Metadata.git
AUTHOR
Randy Stauner <rwstauner@cpan.org>
CONTRIBUTORS
• David Steinbrunner <dsteinbrunner@pobox.com>
• Graham Knop <haarg@haarg.org>
• Jeffrey Ryan Thalhammer <thaljef@cpan.org>
• Sawyer X <xsawyerx@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Randy Stauner.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
the Perl 5 programming language system itself.