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CPAN::Plugin(3perl)    Perl Programmers Reference Guide    CPAN::Plugin(3perl)

NAME
       CPAN::Plugin - Base class for CPAN shell extensions

SYNOPSIS
          package CPAN::Plugin::Flurb;
          use parent 'CPAN::Plugin';

          sub post_test {
            my ($self, $distribution_object) = @_;
            $self = $self->new (distribution_object => $distribution_object);
            ...;
          }

DESCRIPTION
   Alpha Status
       The plugin system in the CPAN shell was introduced in version 2.07 and
       is still considered experimental.

   How Plugins work?
       See "Plugin support" in CPAN.

METHODS
   plugin_requires
       returns list of packages given plugin requires for functionality.  This
       list is evaluated using "CPAN->use_inst" method.

   distribution_object
       Get current distribution object.

   distribution
   distribution_info
   build_dir
       Simple delegatees for misc parameters derived from distribution

   is_xs
       Predicate to detect whether package contains XS.

AUTHOR
       Branislav Zahradnik <barney@cpan.org>

perl v5.34.0                      2023-11-23               CPAN::Plugin(3perl)

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