"new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1, decode_pod => 1)"

"collect_pod" is a optional boolean argument that determines whether POD data is collected and stored for reference. POD data is not collected by default. POD headings are always collected.

If the file begins by an UTF-8, UTF-16BE or UTF-16LE byte-order mark, then it is skipped before processing, and the content of the file is also decoded appropriately starting from perl 5.8.

Alternatively, if "decode_pod" is set, it will decode the collected pod sections according to the "=encoding" declaration.

"new_from_handle($handle, $filename, collect_pod => 1, decode_pod => 1)"

Note that there is no validation to confirm that the handle is a handle or something that can act like one. Passing something that isn't a handle will cause a exception when trying to read from it. The "filename" argument is mandatory or undef will be returned.

You are responsible for setting the decoding layers on $handle if required.

"new_from_module($module, collect_pod => 1, inc => \@dirs, decode_pod => 1)"

In addition to accepting the "collect_pod" and "decode_pod" arguments as described above, this method accepts a "inc" argument which is a reference to an array of directories to search for the module. If none are given, the default is @INC.

If the file that contains the module begins by an UTF-8, UTF-16BE or UTF-16LE byte-order mark, then it is skipped before processing, and the content of the file is also decoded appropriately starting from perl 5.8.

"find_module_by_name($module, \@dirs)"

Can be called as either an object or a class method.

"find_module_dir_by_name($module, \@dirs)"

Can be called as either an object or a class method.

"provides( %options )"

version (required)

Specifies which version of the CPAN::Meta::Spec should be used as the format of the "provides" output. Currently only '1.4' and '2' are supported (and their format is identical). This may change in the future as the definition of "provides" changes.

The "version" option is required. If it is omitted or if an unsupported version is given, then "provides" will throw an error.

dir

Directory to search recursively for .pm files. May not be specified with "files".

files

Array reference of files to examine. May not be specified with "dir".

prefix

String to prepend to the "file" field of the resulting output. This defaults to lib, which is the common case for most CPAN distributions with their .pm files in lib. This option ensures the META information has the correct relative path even when the "dir" or "files" arguments are absolute or have relative paths from a location other than the distribution root.

For example, given "dir" of 'lib' and "prefix" of 'lib', the return value is a hashref of the form:

  {
    'Package::Name' => {
      version => '0.123',
      file => 'lib/Package/Name.pm'
    },
    'OtherPackage::Name' => ...
  }

"package_versions_from_directory($dir, \@files?)"

  {
    'Package::Name' => {
      version => '0.123',
      file => 'Package/Name.pm'
    },
    'OtherPackage::Name' => ...
  }

The "DB" and "main" packages are always omitted, as are any "private" packages that have leading underscores in the namespace (e.g. "Foo::_private")

Note that the file path is relative to $dir if that is specified. This must not be used directly for CPAN META "provides". See the "provides" method instead.

"log_info (internal)"

"name()"

"version($package)"

"filename()"

"packages_inside()"

"pod_inside()"

"contains_pod()"

"pod($section)"

"is_indexable($package)" or "is_indexable()"

Returns a boolean indicating whether the package (if provided) or any package (otherwise) is eligible for indexing by PAUSE, the Perl Authors Upload Server. Note This only checks for valid "package" declarations, and does not take any ownership information into account.