CPAN::Meta::Validator(3pm)

CPAN::Meta::Validator3pm

Validate cpan distribution metadata structures

Usage

  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;
  }

Version

version 2.150010

Overview

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.

Releases

4 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0
  2. 7
  3. 8
  4. 9

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

•

David Golden <[email protected]>

•

Ricardo Signes <[email protected]>

•

Adam Kennedy <[email protected]>

From libcpan-meta-perl 2.150010-1 in Debian 9 (Stretch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.