NAME
    CPAN::Index::API - Read and write CPAN index files

VERSION
    version 0.004

SYNOPSIS
        my $index = CPAN::Index::API->new_from_repo_uri(
            repo_uri => 'http://cpan.perl.org/',
            files => [qw(PackagesDetails ModList MailRc)],
        );

        my $packages = $index->file('PackagesDetails');

DESRIPTION
    "CPAN::Index::API" is a library to read and write CPAN index files. See
    the modules in the "CPAN::Index::API::File" namesace for documentation
    on the individual files supported.

    This class provides a convenient interface for working with multiple
    files from the same location at the same time.

CONSTRUCTION
  new
    Creates a new index object. Accepts the following parameters:

    files
        Required. Hashrefs whose values are "CPAN::Index::API::File"
        objects. The individual objects can later be accessed by their
        respective hash key via the "file" method.

    repo_path
        Optional. Path to the root of the repository to which the index
        files belong.

    repo_uri
        Optional. Base uri of the repository to which the index files
        belong.

  new_from_repo_path
    Creates a new index object by reading one or more index files from a
    local repository. Accepts the following parameters:

    files
        Required. Arrayref of names of index files to be read. Each name
        must be the name of a plugin under the "CPAN::Index::API::File::"
        namespace, e.g. "PackagesDetails", "ModList", etc.

    repo_path
        Required. Path to the root of the local repository.

  new_from_repo_uri
    Creates a new index object by reading one or more index files from a
    remote repository. Accepts the following parameters:

    files
        Required. Arrayref of names of index files to be read. Each name
        must be the name of a plugin under the "CPAN::Index::API::File::"
        namespace, e.g. "PackagesDetails", "ModList", etc.

    repo_uri
        Required. Path to the base uri of the remote repository.

METHODS
  file
    Given the name of a file plugin loaded within the index, returns the
    object corresponding to this index file.

  repo_path
    Returns the path to the repository.

  repo_uri
    Returns the base uri of the repository.

  write_all_files
    Writes all index files to their default locations under "repo_path".

  clone
    Creates a new instance of this object, overloading any of the existing
    attributes with any arguments passed.

AUTHOR
    Peter Shangov <pshangov@yahoo.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Venda, Inc..

    This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
    the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.