Perl::Critic::PolicyConfig(3pm)

Perl::Critic::PolicyConfig3pm

Configuration data for a policy.

Overview

A container for the configuration of a Policy.

Interface support

This is considered to be a non-public class. Its interface is subject to change without notice.

Methods

get_policy_short_name()

The name of the policy this configuration is for. Primarily here for the sake of debugging.

get_set_themes()

The value of "set_themes" in the user's .perlcriticrc.

get_add_themes()

The value of "add_themes" in the user's .perlcriticrc.

get_severity()

The value of "severity" in the user's .perlcriticrc.

is_maximum_violations_per_document_unlimited()

Answer whether the value of "maximum_violations_per_document" should be considered to be unlimited.

get_maximum_violations_per_document()

The value of "maximum_violations_per_document" in the user's .perlcriticrc.

get($parameter)

Retrieve the value of the specified parameter in the user's .perlcriticrc.

remove($parameter)

Delete the value of the specified parameter.

is_empty()

Answer whether there is any non-standard configuration information left.

get_parameter_names()

Retrieve the names of the parameters in this object.

set_profile_strictness($profile_strictness)

Sets the profile strictness associated with the configuration.

" handle_extra_parameters($policy,$errors) "

Deals with any extra parameters according to the profile_strictness setting. To be called by Perl::Critic::Policy->new() once all valid policies have been processed and removed from the configuration.

If profile_strictness is $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_QUIET, extra policy parameters are ignored.

If profile_strictness is $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_WARN, extra policy parameters generate a warning.

If profile_strictness is $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_FATAL, extra policy parameters generate a fatal error.

If no profile_strictness was set, the behavior is that specified by $PROFILE_STRICTNESS_DEFAULT.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); the text changed 9 times.

  1. 5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. Arch

Author

Elliot Shank <[email protected]>

From perl-perl-critic 1.156-3 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.