App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite - Information about SQLite use App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite; my $sqlite = App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite->new; if ($sqlite->installed) { print "App name: ", $sqlite->name, "\n"; print "Version: ", $sqlite->version, "\n"; print "Bin dir: ", $sqlite->bin_dir, "\n"; } else { print "SQLite is not installed. :-(\n"; } App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite supplies information about the SQLite application installed on the local system. It implements all of the methods defined by App::Info::RDBMS. 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 SQLite) construct a new App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite 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 "Executing `pg_config --version`" is documented for the methods "name()", "version()", "major_version()", "minor_version()", and "patch_version()", rest assured that it will only be triggered once, by whichever of those four methods is called first.

Constructor
new my $sqlite = App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite->new(@params); Returns an App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite object. See App::Info for a complete description of argument parameters. When it called, "new()" searches the directories returned by search_bin_dirs for an executable with a name returned by "search_exe_names". If found, it will be called by the object methods below to gather the data necessary for each. If it cannot be found, then "new()" will attempt to load DBD::SQLite or DBD::SQLite2. These DBI drivers have SQLite embedded in them but do not install the application. If these fail, then SQLite is assumed not to be installed, and each of the object methods will return "undef". Events: Looking for SQLite. Path to SQLite executable? Path to SQLite executable?

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

Object Methods
installed print "SQLite is ", ($sqlite->installed ? '' : 'not '), "installed.\n"; Returns true if SQLite is installed, and false if it is not. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite determines whether SQLite is installed based on the presence or absence of the sqlite3 or sqlite application on the file system as found when "new()" constructed the object. If SQLite does not appear to be installed, then all of the other object methods will return empty values. name my $name = $sqlite->name; Returns the name of the application. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite simply returns the value returned by "key_name" if SQLite is installed, and "undef" if it is not installed. version my $version = $sqlite->version; Returns the SQLite version number. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite parses the version number from the system call `sqlite -version` or retreives it from DBD::SQLite. Events: Executing `sqlite -version` Failed to find SQLite version with `sqlite -version` Failed to retreive SQLite version from DBD::SQLite Unable to parse name from string Unable to parse version from string Failed to parse SQLite version parts from string Enter a valid SQLite version number major version my $major_version = $sqlite->major_version; Returns the SQLite major version number. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite parses the version number from the system call `sqlite -version` or retreives it from DBD::SQLite. For example, if "version()" returns "3.0.8", then this method returns "3". Events: Executing `sqlite -version` Failed to find SQLite version with `sqlite -version` Failed to retreive SQLite version from DBD::SQLite Unable to parse name from string Unable to parse version from string Failed to parse SQLite version parts from string Enter a valid SQLite version number minor version my $minor_version = $sqlite->minor_version; Returns the SQLite minor version number. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite parses the version number from the system call `sqlite -version` or retreives it from DBD::SQLite. For example, if "version()" returns "3.0.8", then this method returns "0". Events: Executing `sqlite -version` Failed to find SQLite version with `sqlite -version` Failed to retreive SQLite version from DBD::SQLite Unable to parse name from string Unable to parse version from string Failed to parse SQLite version parts from string Enter a valid SQLite version number patch version my $patch_version = $sqlite->patch_version; Returns the SQLite patch version number. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite parses the version number from the system call `sqlite -version` or retreives it from DBD::SQLite. For example, if "version()" returns "3.0.8", then this method returns "8". Events: Executing `sqlite -version` Failed to find SQLite version with `sqlite -version` Failed to retreive SQLite version from DBD::SQLite Unable to parse name from string Unable to parse version from string Failed to parse SQLite version parts from string Enter a valid SQLite version number executable my $executable = $sqlite->executable; Returns the path to the Sqlite executable, usually sqlite3 or sqlite, 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 = $sqlite->bin_dir; Returns the SQLite binary directory path. App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite simply retreives it as the directory part of the path to the SQLite executable. lib_dir my $lib_dir = $expat->lib_dir; Returns the directory path in which an SQLite library was found. The directory path will be one of the values returned by "search_lib_dirs()", where a file with a name as returned by "search_lib_names()" was found. No search is performed if SQLite is not installed or if only DBD::SQLite is installed. Events: Searching for shared object library directory Cannot find shared object library direcory Enter a valid Expat shared object library directory so_lib_dir my $so_lib_dir = $expat->so_lib_dir; Returns the directory path in which an SQLite shared object library was found. The directory path will be one of the values returned by "search_lib_dirs()", where a file with a name as returned by "search_so_lib_names()" was found. No search is performed if SQLite is not installed or if only DBD::SQLite is installed. Events: Searching for shared object library directory Cannot find shared object library direcory Enter a valid Expat shared object library directory inc_dir my $inc_dir = $sqlite->inc_dir; Returns the directory path in which an SQLite include file was found. The directory path will be one of the values returned by "search_inc_dirs()", where a file with a name as returned by "search_inc_names()" was found. No search is performed if SQLite is not installed or if only DBD::SQLite is installed. Events: Searching for include directory Cannot find include directory Enter a valid SQLite include directory home_url my $home_url = $pg->home_url; Returns the PostgreSQL home page URL. download_url my $download_url = $pg->download_url; Returns the PostgreSQL download URL. search_exe_names my @search_exe_names = $sqlite->search_exe_names; Returns a list of possible names for the SQLite executable. The names are sqlite3 and sqlite by default (sqlite3.exe and sqlite.exe on Win32). search_bin_dirs my @search_bin_dirs = $sqlite->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. 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 = $sqlite->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 = $sqlite->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 names are sqlite3.h and sqlite.h. search_inc_dirs my @search_inc_dirs = $sqlite->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: 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> App::Info documents the event handling interface. App::Info::RDBMS is the App::Info::RDBMS parent class from which App::Info::RDBMS::SQLite inherits. DBD::SQLite is the DBI driver for connecting to SQLite databases. <http://www.sqlite.org/> is the SQLite home page. Copyright (c) 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.