Name

PGXN::Meta::Validator - Validate PGXN distribution metadata structures

Synopsis

my $struct = decode_json_file('META.json');

my $pmv = PGXN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct );

unless ( $pmv->is_valid ) {
    my $msg = "Invalid META structure. Errors found:\n";
    $msg .= join( "\n", $pmv->errors );
    die $msg;
}

Description

This module validates a PGXN Meta structure against the version of the the specification claimed in the meta-spec field of the structure.

Interface

Constructor

new

my $pmv = PGXN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )

The constructor must be passed a metadata structure.

load_file

my $meta = PGXN::Meta::Validator->load_file('META.json');

Reads in the specified JSON file and passes the resulting data structure to new(), returning the resulting PGXN::Meta::Validator object. An exception will be thrown if the file does not exist or if its contents are not valid JSON.

Instance Methods

is_valid

if ( $pmv->is_valid ) {
  ...
}

Returns a boolean value indicating whether the metadata provided is valid.

errors

warn( join "\n", $pmv->errors );

Returns a list of errors seen during validation.

Support

This module is stored in an open GitHub repository. Feel free to fork and contribute!

Please file bug reports via GitHub Issues or by sending mail to bug-PGXN-Meta@rt.cpan.org.