- NAME
- VERSION
- SYNOPSIS
- DESCRIPTION
- METHODS
  - new
  - is_valid
  - errors
- BUGS
- AUTHORS
- COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

# NAME

CPAN::Meta::Validator - validate CPAN distribution metadata structures

# VERSION

version 2.140640

# SYNOPSIS

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

      my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct );

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

# DESCRIPTION

This module validates a CPAN Meta structure against the version of the the specification claimed in the `meta-spec` field of the structure.

# METHODS

## new

      my $cmv = CPAN::Meta::Validator->new( $struct )

The constructor must be passed a metadata structure.

## is_valid

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

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

## errors

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

Returns a list of errors seen during validation.

# BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature using the CPAN Request Tracker. Bugs can be submitted through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Dist/Display.html?Queue=CPAN-Meta

When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

# AUTHORS

- David Golden <dagolden@cpan.org>

- Ricardo Signes <rjbs@cpan.org>

# COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden and Ricardo Signes.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.