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🏷️ NAME

CPAN::Meta::Feature - an optional feature provided by a CPAN distribution

🚀 Quick Reference

Use Case	Command	Description
Get a feature object	my $feature = $meta->feature($identifier)	Retrieve a specific optional feature from a CPAN::Meta object
Get all features	my @features = $meta->features	Get list of all optional features
Get feature identifier	$feature->identifier	Return the feature's identifier string
Get feature description	$feature->description	Return the feature's long description
Get feature prerequisites	$feature->prereqs	Return a CPAN::Meta::Prereqs object for the feature

📦 VERSION

version 2.150010

📝 DESCRIPTION

A CPAN::Meta::Feature object describes an optional feature offered by a CPAN distribution and specified in the distribution's META.json (or META.yml) file.

For the most part, this class will only be used when operating on the result of the feature or features methods on a CPAN::Meta object.

🛠️ METHODS

🔧 new

my $feature = CPAN::Meta::Feature->new( $identifier => \%spec );

This returns a new Feature object. The %spec argument to the constructor should be the same as the value of the optional_feature entry in the distmeta. It must contain entries for description and prereqs.

🔍 identifier

This method returns the feature's identifier.

📖 description

This method returns the feature's long description.

📋 prereqs

This method returns the feature's prerequisites as a CPAN::Meta::Prereqs object.

🐛 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 AT cpan.org>
• 👤 Ricardo Signes <rjbs AT cpan.org>
• 👤 Adam Kennedy <adamk AT cpan.org>

©️ COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2010 by David Golden, Ricardo Signes, Adam Kennedy and Contributors.

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

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