CPANPLUS::Module::Author my $author = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->new( author => 'Jack Ashton', cpanid => 'JACKASH', _id => INTERNALS_OBJECT_ID, ); $author->cpanid; $author->author; $author->email; @dists = $author->distributions; @mods = $author->modules; @accessors = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->accessors; "CPANPLUS::Module::Author" creates objects from the information in the source files. These can then be used to query on. These objects should only be created internally. For "fake" objects, there's the "CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake" class. An objects of this class has the following accessors: Name of the author. The CPAN id of the author. The email address of the author, which defaults to '' if not provided. The "CPANPLUS::Internals::Object" that spawned this module object.

$auth = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->new( author => AUTHOR_NAME, cpanid => CPAN_ID, _id => INTERNALS_ID [, email => AUTHOR_EMAIL] )
This method returns a "CPANPLUS::Module::Author" object, based on the given parameters. Returns false on failure.

@mod_objs = $auth->modules()
Return a list of module objects this author has released.

@dists = $auth->distributions()
Returns a list of module objects representing all the distributions this author has released.

accessors ()
Returns a list of all accessor methods to the object