Name

PGXN::Meta::Validator - Validate PGXN distribution metadata structures

Synopsis

  my $struct = decode_json_file('META.json');

  my $pmv = PGXN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct );

  unless ( $pmv->is_valid ) {
      my $msg = "Invalid META structure. Errors found:\n";
      $msg .= join( "\n", $pmv->errors );
      die $msg;
  }

Description

This module validates a PGXN Meta structure against the version of the the specification claimed in the meta-spec field of the structure. Currently, there is only v1.0.0.

Interface

Constructors

new

  my $pmv = PGXN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )

The constructor must be passed a metadata structure.

load_file

  my $meta = PGXN::Meta::Validator->load_file('META.json');

Reads in the specified JSON file and passes the resulting data structure to new(), returning the resulting PGXN::Meta::Validator object. An exception will be thrown if the file does not exist or if its contents are not valid JSON.

Class Method

version_string

  say 'PGXN::Meta::Validator ', PGXN::Meta::Validator->version_string;

Returns a string representation of the PGXN::Meta::Validator version.

Instance Methods

is_valid

  if ( $pmv->is_valid ) {
    ...
  }

Returns a boolean value indicating whether the metadata provided is valid.

errors

  warn( join "\n", $pmv->errors );

Returns a list of errors seen during validation.

Support

This module is stored in an open GitHub repository. Feel free to fork and contribute!

Please file bug reports via GitHub Issues or by sending mail to bug-PGXN-Meta@rt.cpan.org.