CPAN::Plugin - Base class for CPAN shell extensions

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  Alpha Status  How Plugins work?  METHODS  plugin_requires  distribution_object  distribution  distribution_info  build_dir  is_xs  AUTHOR 

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NAME

CPAN::Plugin − Base class for CPAN shell extensions

SYNOPSIS

package CPAN::Plugin::Flurb;
use parent 'CPAN::Plugin';
sub post_test {
my ($self, $distribution_object) = @_;
$self = $self−>new (distribution_object => $distribution_object);
...;
}

DESCRIPTION

Alpha Status

The plugin system in the CPAN shell was introduced in version 2.07 and is still considered experimental.

How Plugins work?

See "Plugin support" in CPAN.

METHODS

plugin_requires

returns list of packages given plugin requires for functionality. This list is evaluated using "CPAN−>use_inst" method.

distribution_object

Get current distribution object.

distribution

distribution_info

build_dir

Simple delegatees for misc parameters derived from distribution

is_xs

Predicate to detect whether package contains XS.

AUTHOR

Branislav Zahradnik <[email protected]>

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