CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures
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; }
Perl Programmers Reference Guide CPAN::Meta::Validator(3) NAME CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures VERSION version 2.150010 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 o David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org> o Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org> o Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org> COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden, Ricardo Signes, Adam Kennedy and Contributors. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. ATTRIBUTES See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes: +---------------+-----------------------+ |ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Availability | runtime/perl-532 | +---------------+-----------------------+ |Stability | Pass-through volatile | +---------------+-----------------------+ NOTES Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source- code-downloads.html. This software was built from source available at https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland. The original community source was downloaded from http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/perl-5.32.0.tar.gz. Further information about this software can be found on the open source community website at https://www.perl.org/. perl v5.32.0 2020-06-14 CPAN::Meta::Validator(3)