role Distribution { }
This role is an interface for objects that provide API access mapping META6 data to the files it represents. Objects that fulfill the Distribution
role can be read by e.g. CompUnit::Repository::Installation
. Generally a Distribution
provides read access to a set of modules and metadata. These may be backed by the filesystem (Distribution::Path
, Distribution::Hash
) but could also read from an e.g. tar file or socket.
Required Methods§
method meta§
method meta(--> Hash:D) { ... }
Returns a Hash with the representation of the metadata. Please note that an actual META6.json
file does not need to exist, just a representation in that format.
method content§
method content($name-path --> IO::Handle:D) { ... }
Returns an IO::Handle
to the file represented by $name-path
. $name-path
is a relative path as it would be found in the metadata such as lib/Foo.rakumod
or resources/foo.txt
.