


Parse::CPAN::MetaPerl Programmers Reference Parse::CPAN::Meta(3p)


NAME
       Parse::CPAN::Meta - Parse META.yml and other similar CPAN
       metadata files

SYNOPSIS
           #############################################
           # In your file

           ---
           rootproperty: blah
           section:
             one: two
             three: four
             Foo: Bar
             empty: ~



           #############################################
           # In your program

           use Parse::CPAN::Meta;

           # Create a YAML file
           my @yaml = Parse::CPAN::Meta::LoadFile( 'Meta.yml' );

           # Reading properties
           my $root = $yaml[0]->{rootproperty};
           my $one  = $yaml[0]->{section}->{one};
           my $Foo  = $yaml[0]->{section}->{Foo};

DESCRIPTION
       Parse::CPAN::Meta is a parser for META.yml files, based on
       the parser half of YAML::Tiny.

       It supports a basic subset of the full YAML specification,
       enough to implement parsing of typical META.yml files, and
       other similarly simple YAML files.

       If you need something with more power, move up to a full
       YAML parser such as YAML, YAML::Syck or YAML::LibYAML.

       Parse::CPAN::Meta provides a very simply API of only two
       functions, based on the YAML functions of the same name.
       Wherever possible, identical calling semantics are used.

       All error reporting is done with exceptions (die'ing).

FUNCTIONS
       For maintenance clarity, no functions are exported.

   Load
         my @yaml = Load( $string );




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Parse::CPAN::MetaPerl Programmers Reference Parse::CPAN::Meta(3p)


       Parses a string containing a valid YAML stream into a list
       of Perl data structures.

   LoadFile
         my @yaml = LoadFile( 'META.yml' );

       Reads the YAML stream from a file instead of a string.

SUPPORT
       Bugs should be reported via the CPAN bug tracker at

       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Parse-CPAN-Meta>

AUTHOR
       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

SEE ALSO
       YAML, YAML::Syck, Config::Tiny, CSS::Tiny,
       <http://use.perl.org/~Alias/journal/29427>,
       <http://ali.as/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2006 - 2009 Adam Kennedy.

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

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE
       file included with this module.




























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