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.IX Title "CPAN::Changes::Group 3pm"
.TH CPAN::Changes::Group 3pm "2020-12-27" "perl v5.32.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
CPAN::Changes::Group \- A group of related change information within a release
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 4
\&    my $rel = CPAN::Changes::Release\->new(
\&        version => \*(Aq0.01\*(Aq,
\&        date    => \*(Aq2009\-07\-06\*(Aq,
\&    );
\&
\&    my $grp = CPAN::Changes::Group\->new(
\&        name => \*(AqBugFixes\*(Aq,
\&    );
\&
\&    $grp\->add_changes(
\&      \*(AqReturn a Foo object instead of a Bar object in foobar()\*(Aq
\&    );
\&
\&    $rel\->attach_group( $grp ); # clobbers existing group if present.
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
A release is made up of several groups. This object provides access
to all of the key data that embodies a such a group.
.PP
For instance:
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  0.27 2013\-12\-13
\&
\&  \- Foo
\&
\&  [ Spec Changes ]
\&
\&  \- Bar
.Ve
.PP
Here, there are two groups, the second one, \f(CW\*(C` Spec Changes \*(C'\fR and the first with the empty label \f(CW\*(C`q[]\*(C'\fR.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.ie n .SS "new( %args )"
.el .SS "new( \f(CW%args\fP )"
.IX Subsection "new( %args )"
Creates a new group object, using \f(CW%args\fR as the default data.
.PP
.Vb 4
\&  Group\->new(
\&      name => \*(AqSome Group Name\*(Aq,
\&      changes    => [ ],
\&  );
.Ve
.SS "\fBname()\fP"
.IX Subsection "name()"
Returns the name of the group itself.
.ie n .SS "changes( [ $group ] )"
.el .SS "changes( [ \f(CW$group\fP ] )"
.IX Subsection "changes( [ $group ] )"
Gets the list of changes for this group as an arrayref of changes.
.ie n .SS "add_changes( @changes )"
.el .SS "add_changes( \f(CW@changes\fP )"
.IX Subsection "add_changes( @changes )"
Appends a list of changes to the group.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    $group\->add_changes( \*(AqAdded foo() function\*(Aq );
.Ve
.ie n .SS "set_changes( @changes )"
.el .SS "set_changes( \f(CW@changes\fP )"
.IX Subsection "set_changes( @changes )"
Replaces the existing list of changes with the supplied values.
.SS "clear_changes( )"
.IX Subsection "clear_changes( )"
Clears all changes from the group.
.SS "groups( sort => \e&sorting_function )"
.IX Subsection "groups( sort => &sorting_function )"
Returns a list of current groups in this release.
.SS "\fBis_empty()\fP"
.IX Subsection "is_empty()"
Returns whether or not the given group has changes.
.SS "\fBserialize()\fP"
.IX Subsection "serialize()"
Returns the group data as a string, suitable for inclusion in a Changes
file.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
.IP "\(bu" 4
CPAN::Changes::Release
.IP "\(bu" 4
CPAN::Changes::Spec
.IP "\(bu" 4
CPAN::Changes
.IP "\(bu" 4
Test::CPAN::Changes
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Brian Cassidy <bricas@cpan.org>
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2011\-2013 by Brian Cassidy
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.