NAME

CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures

VERSION

version 2.131490

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

  • David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

  • Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTORS

  • Ansgar Burchardt <ansgar@cpan.org>

  • Avar Arnfjord Bjarmason <avar@cpan.org>

  • Christopher J. Madsen <cjm@cpan.org>

  • Cory G Watson <gphat@cpan.org>

  • Damyan Ivanov <dam@cpan.org>

  • Eric Wilhelm <ewilhelm@cpan.org>

  • Gregor Hermann <gregoa@debian.org>

  • Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

  • Kenichi Ishigaki <ishigaki@cpan.org>

  • Lars Dieckow <daxim@cpan.org>

  • Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

  • Mark Fowler <markf@cpan.org>

  • Michael G. Schwern <mschwern@cpan.org>

  • Randy Sims <randys@thepierianspring.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.