ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module files

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# NAME

ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module files

# DESCRIPTION

new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1)

  Construct a ModuleInfo object given the path to a file. Takes an optional arguement `collect_pod` which is a boolean that determines whether POD data is collected and stored for reference. POD data is not collected by default. POD headings are always collected.

new_from_module($module, collect_pod => 1, inc => \@dirs)

  Construct a ModuleInfo object given a module or package name. In addition to accepting the `collect_pod` argument as described above, this method accepts a `inc` arguemnt which is a reference to an array of of directories to search for the module. If none are given, the default is @INC.

`name()`

  Returns the name of the package represented by this module. If there are more than one packages, it makes a best guess based on the filename. If it's a script (i.e. not a *.pm) the package name is 'main'.

`version($package)`

  Returns the version as defined by the $VERSION variable for the package as returned by the `name` method if no arguments are given. If given the name of a package it will attempt to return the version of that package if it is specified in the file.

`filename()`

  Returns the absolute path to the file.

`packages_inside()`

  Returns a list of packages.

`pod_inside()`

  Returns a list of POD sections.

`contains_pod()`

  Returns true if there is any POD in the file.

`pod($section)`

  Returns the POD data in the given section.

find_module_by_name($module, \@dirs)

  Returns the path to a module given the module or package name. A list of directories can be passed in as an optional paramater, otherwise @INC is searched.

  Can be called as either an object or a class method.

find_module_dir_by_name($module, \@dirs)

  Returns the entry in `@dirs` (or `@INC` by default) that contains the module `$module`. A list of directories can be passed in as an optional paramater, otherwise @INC is searched.

  Can be called as either an object or a class method.

# AUTHOR

Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>, Randy W. Sims <RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org>

# COPYRIGHT

Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Ken Williams. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# SEE ALSO

`perl(1)`, the Module::Build manpage(3)

ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module files