NAME

ExtUtils::Config - A wrapper for perl's configuration

VERSION

version 0.009

SYNOPSIS

 my $config = ExtUtils::Config->new();
 $config->get('installsitelib');

DESCRIPTION

ExtUtils::Config is an abstraction around the %Config hash. By itself it is not a particularly interesting module by any measure, however it ties together a family of modern toolchain modules.

METHODS

new(\%config)

Create a new ExtUtils::Config object. The values in \%config are used to initialize the object.

get($key)

Get the value of $key. If not overridden it will return the value in %Config.

exists($key)

Tests for the existence of $key.

but(\%keys)

This creates a new ExtUtils::Config object based on the current one, but with the values in %keys replacing the current values. Any undefined value means it will be removed from the overriden set.

values_set()

Get a hashref of all overridden values.

all_config()

Get a hashref of the complete configuration, including overrides.

serialize()

This method serializes the object to some kind of string. This can be useful for various caching purposes.

SEE ALSO

• Module::Build::Tiny

• ExtUtils::InstallPaths

• CPAN::Static::Install

• ExtUtils::HasCompiler

• ExtUtils::Builder

• CPAN::Requirements::Dynamic

• Devel::FindPerl

AUTHORS

• Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>

• Leon Timmermans <leont@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2006 by Ken Williams, Leon Timmermans.

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