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NAME

       ModuleInfo - Gather package and POD information from a perl module
       files


DESCRIPTION

       new_from_file($filename, collect_pod => 1)
           Construct a ModuleInfo object given the path to a file. Takes an
           optional arguement "collect_pod" which is a boolean that determines
           whether POD data is collected and stored for reference. POD data is
           not collected by default. POD headings are always collected.

       new_from_module($module, collect_pod => 1, inc => \@dirs)
           Construct a ModuleInfo object given a module or package name. In
           addition to accepting the "collect_pod" argument as described
           above, this method accepts a "inc" arguemnt which is a reference to
           an array of of directories to search for the module. If none are
           given, the default is @INC.

       name()
           Returns the name of the package represented by this module. If
           there are more than one packages, it makes a best guess based on
           the filename. If it's a script (i.e. not a *.pm) the package name
           is 'main'.

       version($package)
           Returns the version as defined by the $VERSION variable for the
           package as returned by the "name" method if no arguments are given.
           If given the name of a package it will attempt to return the
           version of that package if it is specified in the file.

       filename()
           Returns the absolute path to the file.

       packages_inside()
           Returns a list of packages.

       pod_inside()
           Returns a list of POD sections.

       contains_pod()
           Returns true if there is any POD in the file.

       pod($section)
           Returns the POD data in the given section.

       find_module_by_name($module, \@dirs)
           Returns the path to a module given the module or package name. A
           list of directories can be passed in as an optional paramater,
           otherwise @INC is searched.

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

       find_module_dir_by_name($module, \@dirs)
           Returns the entry in @dirs (or @INC by default) that contains the
           module $module. A list of directories can be passed in as an
           optional paramater, otherwise @INC is searched.

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


AUTHOR

       Ken Williams <kwilliams@cpan.org>, Randy W. Sims
       <RandyS@ThePierianSpring.org>


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2001-2006 Ken Williams.  All rights reserved.

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


SEE ALSO

       perl(1), Module::Build(3)



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