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

VERSION
    version 2.150010

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 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.