phpman > perldoc > Dpkg::Changelog::Entry(3perl)

NAME
    Dpkg::Changelog::Entry - represents a changelog entry

DESCRIPTION
    This class represents a changelog entry. It is composed of a set of lines with specific purpose:
    a header line, changes lines, a trailer line. Blank lines can be between those kind of lines.

METHODS
    $entry = Dpkg::Changelog::Entry->new()
        Creates a new object. It doesn't represent a real changelog entry until one has been
        successfully parsed or built from scratch.

    $str = $entry->output()
    "$entry"
        Get a string representation of the changelog entry.

    $entry->output($fh)
        Print the string representation of the changelog entry to a filehandle.

    $entry->get_part($part)
        Return either a string (for a single line) or an array ref (for multiple lines)
        corresponding to the requested part. $part can be "header, "changes", "trailer",
        "blank_after_header", "blank_after_changes", "blank_after_trailer".

    $entry->set_part($part, $value)
        Set the value of the corresponding part. $value can be a string or an array ref.

    $entry->extend_part($part, $value)
        Concatenate $value at the end of the part. If the part is already a multi-line value, $value
        is added as a new line otherwise it's concatenated at the end of the current line.

    $is_empty = $entry->is_empty()
        Returns 1 if the changelog entry doesn't contain anything at all. Returns 0 as soon as it
        contains something in any of its non-blank parts.

    $entry->normalize()
        Normalize the content. Strip whitespaces at end of lines, use a single empty line to
        separate each part.

    $src = $entry->get_source()
        Return the name of the source package associated to the changelog entry.

    $ver = $entry->get_version()
        Return the version associated to the changelog entry.

    @dists = $entry->get_distributions()
        Return a list of target distributions for this version.

    $fields = $entry->get_optional_fields()
        Return a set of optional fields exposed by the changelog entry. It always returns a
        Dpkg::Control object (possibly empty though).

    $urgency = $entry->get_urgency()
        Return the urgency of the associated upload.

    $maint = $entry->get_maintainer()
        Return the string identifying the person who signed this changelog entry.

    $time = $entry->get_timestamp()
        Return the timestamp of the changelog entry.

    $time = $entry->get_timepiece()
        Return the timestamp of the changelog entry as a Time::Piece object.

        This function might return undef if there was no timestamp.

    $str = $entry->get_dpkg_changes()
        Returns a string that is suitable for usage in a "Changes" field in the output format of
        "dpkg-parsechangelog".

CHANGES
  Version 1.01 (dpkg 1.18.8)
    New method: $entry->get_timepiece().

  Version 1.00 (dpkg 1.15.6)
    Mark the module as public.