Andreas J. König
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CPAN-2.37
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CPAN::Plugin
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 <barney@cpan.org>