ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module files
DESCRIPTION
new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1)
Construct a ModuleInfo object given the path to a file. Takes an optional
arguement "collect_pod" which is a boolean that determines whether
POD data is collected and stored for reference. POD data is not
collected by default. POD headings are always collected.
Construct a ModuleInfo object given a module or package name. In addition
to accepting the "collect_pod" argument as described above, this
method accepts a "inc" arguemnt which is a reference to an array of
of directories to search for the module. If none are given, the
default is @INC.
name()
Returns the name of the package represented by this module. If there
are more than one packages, it makes a best guess based on the
filename. If it's a script (i.e. not a *.pm) the package name is
'main'.
version($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.