NAME

       CPAN::SQLite::META - helper module for CPAN.pm integration

DESCRIPTION

       This module has no direct public interface, but is intended as a helper module for use of
       CPAN::SQLite within the CPAN.pm module. A new object is created as

         my $obj = CPAN::SQLite::META->new($CPAN::META);

       where $CPAN::META comes from CPAN.pm. There are then two main methods available.

       "set"
           This is used as

              $obj->set($class, $id);

           where $class is one of "CPAN::Author", "CPAN::Module", or "CPAN::Distribution", and
           $id is the id CPAN.pm uses to identify the class. The method searches the
           "CPAN::SQLite" database by name using the appropriate "author", "dist", or "module"
           mode, and if a result is found, calls

               $CPAN::META->instance(
                                    $class => $id
                                    )->set(
                                     %attributes
                                    );

           to register an instance of this class within "CPAN.pm".

       "ssearch"
           This is used as

              $obj->search($class, $id);

           where $class is one of "CPAN::Author", "CPAN::Module", or "CPAN::Distribution", and
           $id is the id CPAN.pm uses to identify the class. The method searches the
           "CPAN::SQLite" database by "query" using the appropriate "author", "dist", or "module"
           mode, and if results are found, calls

               $CPAN::META->instance(
                                    $class => $id
                                    )->set(
                                     %attributes
                                    );

           for each match to register an instance of this class within "CPAN.pm".

       The attributes set within "$CPAN::META-"instance> depend on the particular class.

       author
           The attributes are

                  'FULLNAME' => $results->{fullname},
                  'EMAIL' => $results->{email},

           where $results are the results returned from "CPAN::SQLite".

       module
           The attributes are

                   'description' => $results->{mod_abs},
                   'userid' => $results->{cpanid},
                   'CPAN_VERSION' => $results->{mod_vers},
                   'CPAN_FILE' => $results->{download},
                   'CPAN_USERID' => $results->{cpanid},
                   'chapterid' => $results->{chapterid},
                   %dslip,

           where $results are the results returned from "CPAN::SQLite".  Here, %dslip is a hash
           containing keys "statd", "stats", "statl", "stati", and "statp", with corresponding
           values being the registered dslip entries for the module, if present.

       dist
           The attributes are

                  'DESCRIPTION' => $results->{dist_abs},
                  'CPAN_USERID' => $results->{cpanid},
                  'CPAN_VERSION' => $results->{dist_vers},

           As well, a "CONTAINSMODS" key to $CPAN::META is added, this being a hash reference
           whose keys are the modules contained within the distribution.

       There is also a method available "reload", which rebuilds the database. It can be used as

          $obj->reload(force => 1, time => $time);

       The "time" option (which, if not passed in, will default to the current time) will be used
       to compare the current time to the mtime of the database file; if they differ by more than
       one day, the database will be rebuilt. The <force> option, if given, will force a
       rebuilding of the database regardless of the time difference.