Module::Build::ModuleInPerl)Programmers Reference Module::Build::ModuleInfo(3)NAME
ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module file
DESCRIPTION
new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1)
Construct a "ModuleInfo" object given the path to a file. Takes an
optional argument "collect_pod" which is a boolean that determines
whether POD data is collected and stored for reference. POD data is
not collected by default. POD headings are always collected.
new_from_module($module, collect_pod => 1, inc => \@dirs)
Construct a "ModuleInfo" object given a module or package name. In
addition to accepting the "collect_pod" argument as described
above, this method accepts a "inc" argument which is a reference to
an array of of directories to search for the module. If none are
given, the default is @INC.
name()
Returns the name of the package represented by this module. If
there are more than one packages, it makes a best guess based on
the filename. If it's a script (i.e. not a *.pm) the package name
is 'main'.
version($package)
Returns the version as defined by the $VERSION variable for the
package as returned by the "name" method if no arguments are given.
If given the name of a package it will attempt to return the
version of that package if it is specified in the file.
filename()
Returns the absolute path to the file.
packages_inside()
Returns a list of packages.
pod_inside()
Returns a list of POD sections.
contains_pod()
Returns true if there is any POD in the file.
pod($section)
Returns the POD data in the given section.
find_module_by_name($module, \@dirs)
Returns the path to a module given the module or package name. A
list of directories can be passed in as an optional parameter,
otherwise @INC is searched.
Can be called as either an object or a class method.
find_module_dir_by_name($module, \@dirs)
Returns the entry in @dirs (or @INC by default) that contains the
module $module. A list of directories can be passed in as an
optional parameter, otherwise @INC is searched.
Can be called as either an object or a class method.
AUTHOR
Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>, Randy W. Sims
<RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Ken Williams. All rights reserved.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSOperl(1), Module::Build(3)perl v5.10.1 2009-08-10 Module::Build::ModuleInfo(3)
