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.IX Title "CPAN::Plugin 3perl"
.TH CPAN::Plugin 3perl 2023-11-30 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
CPAN::Plugin \- Base class for CPAN shell extensions
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.Vb 2
\&   package CPAN::Plugin::Flurb;
\&   use parent \*(AqCPAN::Plugin\*(Aq;
\&
\&   sub post_test {
\&     my ($self, $distribution_object) = @_;
\&     $self = $self\->new (distribution_object => $distribution_object);
\&     ...;
\&   }
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.SS "Alpha Status"
.IX Subsection "Alpha Status"
The plugin system in the CPAN shell was introduced in version 2.07 and
is still considered experimental.
.SS "How Plugins work?"
.IX Subsection "How Plugins work?"
See "Plugin support" in CPAN.
.SH METHODS
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS plugin_requires
.IX Subsection "plugin_requires"
returns list of packages given plugin requires for functionality.
This list is evaluated using \f(CW\*(C`CPAN\->use_inst\*(C'\fR method.
.SS distribution_object
.IX Subsection "distribution_object"
Get current distribution object.
.SS distribution
.IX Subsection "distribution"
.SS distribution_info
.IX Subsection "distribution_info"
.SS build_dir
.IX Subsection "build_dir"
Simple delegatees for misc parameters derived from distribution
.SS is_xs
.IX Subsection "is_xs"
Predicate to detect whether package contains XS.
.SH AUTHOR
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Branislav Zahradnik <barney@cpan.org>