CPAN::Meta::Validator(User Contributed Perl DocumentatCPAN::Meta::Validator(3)
NAME
CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures
VERSION
version 2.120921
SYNOPSIS
my $struct = decode_json_file('META.json');
my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct );
unless ( $cmv->is_valid ) {
my $msg = "Invalid META structure. Errors found:\n";
$msg .= join( "\n", $cmv->errors );
die $msg;
}
DESCRIPTION
This module validates a CPAN Meta structure against the version of the
the specification claimed in the "meta-spec" field of the structure.
METHODS
new
my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )
The constructor must be passed a metadata structure.
is_valid
if ( $cmv->is_valid ) {
...
}
Returns a boolean value indicating whether the metadata provided is
valid.
errors
warn( join "\n", $cmv->errors );
Returns a list of errors seen during validation.
BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature using the CPAN Request Tracker. Bugs
can be submitted through the web interface at
<http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=CPAN-Meta>
When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.
AUTHORS
o David Golden <dagolden AT cpan.org>
o Ricardo Signes <rjbs AT cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden and Ricardo Signes.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
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