


Module::Build::MoPerlIProgrammers ReModule::Build::ModuleInfo(3p)


NAME
       Module::Build::ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD
       information from a perl module file

DESCRIPTION
       new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1)
           Construct a "ModuleInfo" object given the path to a
           file. Takes an optional argument "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" argument 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 parameter, otherwise @INC is searched.




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Module::Build::MoPerlIProgrammers ReModule::Build::ModuleInfo(3p)


           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 parameter, 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), Module::Build(3)


































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