CPAN::Meta::Validator(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation				  CPAN::Meta::Validator(3)

NAME

       CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures

VERSION

       version 2.120921

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:
";
	   $msg .= join( "
", $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 "
", $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 <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>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden and Ricardo Signes.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

perl v5.16.2							    2012-04-01						  CPAN::Meta::Validator(3)