App::Info::Lib::Iconv - Information about libiconv use App::Info::Lib::Iconv; my $iconv = App::Info::Lib::Iconv->new; if ($iconv->installed) { print "App name: ", $iconv->name, "\n"; print "Version: ", $iconv->version, "\n"; print "Bin dir: ", $iconv->bin_dir, "\n"; } else { print "libiconv is not installed. :-(\n"; } App::Info::Lib::Iconv supplies information about the libiconv library installed on the local system. It implements all of the methods defined by App::Info::Lib. Methods that trigger events will trigger them only the first time they're called (See App::Info for documentation on handling events). To start over (after, say, someone has installed libiconv) construct a new App::Info::Lib::Iconv object to aggregate new metadata. Some of the methods trigger the same events. This is due to cross-calling of shared subroutines. However, any one event should be triggered no more than once. For example, although the info event "Searching for 'iconv.h'" is documented for the methods "version()", "major_version()", and "minor_version()", rest assured that it will only be triggered once, by whichever of those four methods is called first.

Constructor
new my $iconv = App::Info::Lib::Iconv->new(@params); Returns an App::Info::Lib::Iconv object. See App::Info for a complete description of argument parameters. When called, "new()" searches the the list of directories returned by the "search_bin_dirs()" method for an executable file with a name returned by the "search_exe_names()" method. If the executable is found, libiconv will be assumed to be installed. Otherwise, most of the object methods will return "undef". Events: Searching for iconv Path to iconv executable? Path to iconv executable?

Class Method
key_name my $key_name = App::Info::Lib::Iconv->key_name; Returns the unique key name that describes this class. The value returned is the string "libiconv".

Object Methods
installed print "libiconv is ", ($iconv->installed ? '' : 'not '), "installed.\n"; Returns true if libiconv is installed, and false if it is not. App::Info::Lib::Iconv determines whether libiconv is installed based on the presence or absence of the iconv application, as found when "new()" constructed the object. If libiconv does not appear to be installed, then most of the other object methods will return empty values. name my $name = $iconv->name; Returns the name of the application. In this case, "name()" simply returns the string "libiconv". version my $version = $iconv->version; Returns the full version number for libiconv. App::Info::Lib::Iconv attempts to parse the version number from the iconv.h file, if it exists. Events: Searching for 'iconv.h' Searching for include directory Cannot find include directory Cannot find 'iconv.h' Cannot parse version number from file 'iconv.h' Enter a valid libiconv include directory Enter a valid libiconv version number major_version my $major_version = $iconv->major_version; Returns the libiconv major version number. App::Info::Lib::Iconv attempts to parse the version number from the iconv.h file, if it exists. For example, if "version()" returns "1.7", then this method returns "1". Events: Searching for 'iconv.h' Searching for include directory Cannot find include directory Cannot find 'iconv.h' Cannot parse version number from file 'iconv.h' Enter a valid libiconv include directory Enter a valid libiconv version number minor_version my $minor_version = $iconv->minor_version; Returns the libiconv minor version number. App::Info::Lib::Iconv attempts to parse the version number from the iconv.h file, if it exists. For example, if "version()" returns "1.7", then this method returns "7". Events: Searching for 'iconv.h' Searching for include directory Cannot find include directory Cannot find 'iconv.h' Cannot parse version number from file 'iconv.h' Enter a valid libiconv include directory Enter a valid libiconv version number patch_version my $patch_version = $iconv->patch_version; Since libiconv has no patch number in its version number, this method will always return false. executable my $executable = $iconv->executable; Returns the path to the Iconv executable, which will be defined by one of the names returned by "search_exe_names()". The executable is searched for in "new()", so there are no events for this method. bin_dir my $bin_dir = $iconv->bin_dir; Returns the path of the directory in which the iconv application was found when the object was constructed by "new()". Events: Searching for bin directory Cannot find bin directory Enter a valid libiconv bin directory inc_dir my $inc_dir = $iconv->inc_dir; Returns the directory path in which the file iconv.h was found. App::Info::Lib::Iconv searches for iconv.h in the following directories: Events: Searching for include directory Cannot find include directory Enter a valid libiconv include directory lib_dir my $lib_dir = $iconv->lib_dir; Returns the directory path in which a libiconv library was found. The search looks for a file with a name returned by "search_lib_names()" in a directory returned by "search_lib_dirs()". Events: Searching for library directory Cannot find library directory Enter a valid libiconv library directory so_lib_dir my $so_lib_dir = $iconv->so_lib_dir; Returns the directory path in which a libiconv shared object library was found. The search looks for a file with a name returned by "search_so_lib_names()" in a directory returned by "search_lib_dirs()". Returns the directory path in which a libiconv shared object library was found. App::Info::Lib::Iconv searches for these files: <Events:> Searching for shared object library directory Cannot find shared object library directory Enter a valid libiconv shared object library directory home_url my $home_url = $iconv->home_url; Returns the libiconv home page URL. download_url my $download_url = $iconv->download_url; Returns the libiconv download URL. search_exe_names my @search_exe_names = $iconv->search_exe_names; Returns a list of possible names for the Iconv executable. By default, the only name returned is iconv (iconv.exe on Win32). search_bin_dirs my @search_bin_dirs = $iconv->search_bin_dirs; Returns a list of possible directories in which to search an executable. Used by the "new()" constructor to find an executable to execute and collect application info. The found directory will also be returned by the "bin_dir" method. By default, the directories returned are those in your path, followed by these: search_lib_names my @seach_lib_names = $self->search_lib_nams Returns a list of possible names for library files. Used by "lib_dir()" to search for library files. By default, the list is: search_so_lib_names my @seach_so_lib_names = $self->search_so_lib_nams Returns a list of possible names for shared object library files. Used by "so_lib_dir()" to search for library files. By default, the list is: search_lib_dirs my @search_lib_dirs = $iconv->search_lib_dirs; Returns a list of possible directories in which to search for libraries. By default, it returns all of the paths in the "libsdirs" and "loclibpth" attributes defined by the Perl Config module -- plus /sw/lib (in support of all you Fink users out there). search_inc_names my @search_inc_names = $iconv->search_inc_names; Returns a list of include file names to search for. Used by "inc_dir()" to search for an include file. By default, the only name returned is iconv.h. search_inc_dirs my @search_inc_dirs = $iconv->search_inc_dirs; Returns a list of possible directories in which to search for include files. Used by "inc_dir()" to search for an include file. By default, the directories are: This is a pretty simple class. It's possible that there are more directories that ought to be searched for libraries and includes. Improve this class by borrowing code from Matt Seargent's AxKit Makefil.PL. Please send bug reports to <bug-app-info@rt.cpan.org> or file them at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=App-Info>. David Wheeler <david@justatheory.com> based on code by Sam Tregar <sam@tregar.com>. App::Info, App::Info::Lib, Text::Iconv Copyright (c) 2002-2004, David Wheeler. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.