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¶

  my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )

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

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

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>
• 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.