Constructor

  my $expat = App::Info::Lib::Expat->new(@params);

Returns an App::Info::Lib::Expat object. See App::Info for a complete description of argument parameters.

When called, "new()" searches all of the paths returned by the "search_lib_dirs()" method for one of the files returned by the "search_lib_names()" method. If any of is found, then Expat is assumed to be installed. Otherwise, most of the object methods will return "undef".

Events:

info

Searching for Expat libraries

confirm

Path to Expat library directory?

unknown

Path to Expat library directory?

Class Method

  my $key_name = App::Info::Lib::Expat->key_name;

Returns the unique key name that describes this class. The value returned is the string "Expat".

Object Methods

  print "Expat is ", ($expat->installed ? '' : 'not '),
    "installed.\n";

Returns true if Expat is installed, and false if it is not. App::Info::Lib::Expat determines whether Expat is installed based on the presence or absence on the file system of one of the files searched for when "new()" constructed the object. If Expat does not appear to be installed, then most of the other object methods will return empty values.

name

  my $name = $expat->name;

Returns the name of the application. In this case, "name()" simply returns the string "Expat".

version

Returns the full version number for Expat. App::Info::Lib::Expat attempts parse the version number from the expat.h file, if it exists.

Events:

info

Searching for 'expat.h'

Searching for include directory

error

Cannot find include directory

Cannot find 'expat.h'

Failed to parse version from 'expat.h'

unknown

Enter a valid Expat include directory

Enter a valid Expat version number

major_version

  my $major_version = $expat->major_version;

Returns the Expat major version number. App::Info::Lib::Expat attempts to parse the version number from the expat.h file, if it exists. For example, if "version()" returns "1.95.2", then this method returns "1".

Events:

info

Searching for 'expat.h'

Searching for include directory

error

Cannot find include directory

Cannot find 'expat.h'

Failed to parse version from 'expat.h'

unknown

Enter a valid Expat include directory

Enter a valid Expat major version number

minor_version

  my $minor_version = $expat->minor_version;

Returns the Expat minor version number. App::Info::Lib::Expat attempts to parse the version number from the expat.h file, if it exists. For example, if "version()" returns "1.95.2", then this method returns "95".

Events:

info

Searching for 'expat.h'

Searching for include directory

error

Cannot find include directory

Cannot find 'expat.h'

Failed to parse version from 'expat.h'

unknown

Enter a valid Expat include directory

Enter a valid Expat minor version number

patch_version

  my $patch_version = $expat->patch_version;

Returns the Expat patch version number. App::Info::Lib::Expat attempts to parse the version number from the expat.h file, if it exists. For example, "version()" returns "1.95.2", then this method returns "2".

Events:

info

Searching for 'expat.h'

Searching for include directory

error

Cannot find include directory

Cannot find 'expat.h'

Failed to parse version from 'expat.h'

unknown

Enter a valid Expat include directory

Enter a valid Expat patch version number

bin_dir

  my $bin_dir = $expat->bin_dir;

Since Expat includes no binaries, this method always returns false.

executable

  my $executable = $expat->executable;

Since Expat includes no executable program, this method always returns false.

inc_dir

  my $inc_dir = $expat->inc_dir;

Returns the directory path in which the file expat.h was found. App::Info::Lib::Expat searches for expat.h in the following directories:

/usr/local/include

/usr/include

/sw/include

Events:

info

Searching for include directory

error

Cannot find include directory

unknown

Enter a valid Expat include directory

lib_dir

  my $lib_dir = $expat->lib_dir;

Returns the directory path in which a Expat library was found. The files and paths searched are as described for the "new" constructor, as are the events.

so_lib_dir

  my $so_lib_dir = $expat->so_lib_dir;

Returns the directory path in which a Expat shared object library was found. It searches all of the paths in the "libsdirs" and "loclibpth" attributes defined by the Perl Config module -- plus /sw/lib (for all you Fink fans) -- for one of the following files:

libexpat.so

libexpat.so.0

libexpat.so.0.0.1

libexpat.dylib

libexpat.0.dylib

libexpat.0.0.1.dylib

Events:

info

Searching for shared object library directory

error

Cannot find shared object library directory

unknown

Enter a valid Expat shared object library directory

home_url

  my $home_url = $expat->home_url;

Returns the libexpat home page URL.

download_url

  my $download_url = $expat->download_url;

Returns the libexpat download URL.

search_lib_names

  my @seach_lib_names = $self->search_lib_nams

Returns a list of possible names for library files. Used by "lib_dir()" to search for library files. By default, the list is:

libexpat.a

libexpat.la

libexpat.so

libexpat.so.0

libexpat.so.0.0.1

libexpat.dylib

libexpat.0.dylib

libexpat.0.0.1.dylib

search_so_lib_names

  my @seach_so_lib_names = $self->search_so_lib_nams

Returns a list of possible names for shared object library files. Used by "so_lib_dir()" to search for library files. By default, the list is:

libexpat.so

libexpat.so.0

libexpat.so.0.0.1

libexpat.dylib

libexpat.0.dylib

libexpat.0.0.1.dylib

search_lib_dirs

  my @search_lib_dirs = $expat->search_lib_dirs;

Returns a list of possible directories in which to search for libraries. By default, it returns all of the paths in the "libsdirs" and "loclibpth" attributes defined by the Perl Config module -- plus /sw/lib (in support of all you Fink users out there).

search_inc_names

  my @search_inc_names = $expat->search_inc_names;

Returns a list of include file names to search for. Used by "inc_dir()" to search for an include file. By default, the only name returned is expat.h.

search_inc_dirs

  my @search_inc_dirs = $expat->search_inc_dirs;

Returns a list of possible directories in which to search for include files. Used by "inc_dir()" to search for an include file. By default, the directories are:

/usr/local/include

/usr/include

/sw/include