File Coverage

blib/lib/Module/Metadata.pm

Criterion	Covered	Total	%
statement	341	345	98.8
branch	145	188	77.1
condition	79	111	71.1
subroutine	53	53	100.0
pod	15	15	100.0
total	633	712	88.9

# -*- mode: cperl; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: nil; basic-offset: 2 -*-
# vim:ts=8:sw=2:et:sta:sts=2:tw=78
package Module::Metadata; # git description: v1.000037-8-g92dec6c
# ABSTRACT: Gather package and POD information from perl module files

# Adapted from Perl-licensed code originally distributed with
# Module-Build by Ken Williams

# This module provides routines to gather information about
# perl modules (assuming this may be expanded in the distant
# parrot future to look at other types of modules).

sub __clean_eval { eval $_[0] }
use strict;
use warnings;

our $VERSION = '1.000038';

use Carp qw/croak/;
use File::Spec;
BEGIN {
       # Try really hard to not depend ony any DynaLoaded module, such as IO::File or Fcntl
       eval {
               require Fcntl; Fcntl->import('SEEK_SET'); 1;
       } or *SEEK_SET = sub { 0 }
}
use version 0.87;
BEGIN {
  if ($INC{'Log/Contextual.pm'}) {
    require "Log/Contextual/WarnLogger.pm"; # Hide from AutoPrereqs
    Log::Contextual->import('log_info',
      '-default_logger' => Log::Contextual::WarnLogger->new({ env_prefix => 'MODULE_METADATA', }),
    );
  }
  else {
    *log_info = sub (&) { warn $_[0]->() };
  }
}
use File::Find qw(find);

my $V_NUM_REGEXP = qr{v?[0-9._]+};  # crudely, a v-string or decimal

my $PKG_FIRST_WORD_REGEXP = qr{ # the FIRST word in a package name
  [a-zA-Z_]                     # the first word CANNOT start with a digit
    (?:
      [\w']?                    # can contain letters, digits, _, or ticks
      \w                        # But, NO multi-ticks or trailing ticks
    )*
}x;

my $PKG_ADDL_WORD_REGEXP = qr{ # the 2nd+ word in a package name
  \w                           # the 2nd+ word CAN start with digits
    (?:
      [\w']?                   # and can contain letters or ticks
      \w                       # But, NO multi-ticks or trailing ticks
    )*
}x;

my $PKG_NAME_REGEXP = qr{ # match a package name
  (?: :: )?               # a pkg name can start with arisdottle
  $PKG_FIRST_WORD_REGEXP  # a package word
  (?:
    (?: :: )+             ### arisdottle (allow one or many times)
    $PKG_ADDL_WORD_REGEXP ### a package word
  )*                      # ^ zero, one or many times
  (?:
    ::                    # allow trailing arisdottle
  )?
}x;

my $PKG_REGEXP  = qr{   # match a package declaration
  ^[\s\{;]*             # intro chars on a line
  package               # the word 'package'
  \s+                   # whitespace
  ($PKG_NAME_REGEXP)    # a package name
  \s*                   # optional whitespace
  ($V_NUM_REGEXP)?      # optional version number
  \s*                   # optional whitespace
  [;\{]                 # semicolon line terminator or block start (since 5.16)
}x;

my $CLASS_REGEXP = qr{  # match a class declaration (core since 5.38)
  ^[\s\{;]*             # intro chars on a line
  class                 # the word 'class'
  \s+                   # whitespace
  ($PKG_NAME_REGEXP)    # a package name
  \s*                   # optional whitespace
  ($V_NUM_REGEXP)?      # optional version number
  \s*                   # optional whitespace
  [;\{]                 # semicolon line terminator or block start
}x;

my $VARNAME_REGEXP = qr{ # match fully-qualified VERSION name
  ([\$*])         # sigil - $ or *
  (
    (             # optional leading package name
      (?:::|\')?  # possibly starting like just :: (a la $::VERSION)
      (?:\w+(?:::|\'))*  # Foo::Bar:: ...
    )?
    VERSION
  )\b
}x;

my $VERS_REGEXP = qr{ # match a VERSION definition
  (?:
    \(\s*$VARNAME_REGEXP\s*\) # with parens
  |
    $VARNAME_REGEXP           # without parens
  )
  \s*
  =[^=~>]  # = but not ==, nor =~, nor =>
}x;

sub new_from_file {
  my $class    = shift;
  my $filename = File::Spec->rel2abs( shift );

  return undef unless defined( $filename ) && -f $filename;
  return $class->_init(undef, $filename, @_);
}

sub new_from_handle {
  my $class    = shift;
  my $handle   = shift;
  my $filename = shift;
  return undef unless defined($handle) && defined($filename);
  $filename = File::Spec->rel2abs( $filename );

  return $class->_init(undef, $filename, @_, handle => $handle);

}


sub new_from_module {
  my $class   = shift;
  my $module  = shift;
  my %props   = @_;

  $props{inc} ||= \@INC;
  my $filename = $class->find_module_by_name( $module, $props{inc} );
  return undef unless defined( $filename ) && -f $filename;
  return $class->_init($module, $filename, %props);
}

{

  my $compare_versions = sub {
    my ($v1, $op, $v2) = @_;
    $v1 = version->new($v1)
      unless UNIVERSAL::isa($v1,'version');

    my $eval_str = "\$v1 $op \$v2";
    my $result   = eval $eval_str;
    log_info { "error comparing versions: '$eval_str' $@" } if $@;

    return $result;
  };

  my $normalize_version = sub {
    my ($version) = @_;
    if ( $version =~ /[=<>!,]/ ) { # logic, not just version
      # take as is without modification
    }
    elsif ( ref $version eq 'version' ) { # version objects
      $version = $version->is_qv ? $version->normal : $version->stringify;
    }
    elsif ( $version =~ /^[^v][^.]*\.[^.]+\./ ) { # no leading v, multiple dots
      # normalize string tuples without "v": "1.2.3" -> "v1.2.3"
      $version = "v$version";
    }
    else {
      # leave alone
    }
    return $version;
  };

  # separate out some of the conflict resolution logic

  my $resolve_module_versions = sub {
    my $packages = shift;

    my( $file, $version );
    my $err = '';
      foreach my $p ( @$packages ) {
        if ( defined( $p->{version} ) ) {
          if ( defined( $version ) ) {
            if ( $compare_versions->( $version, '!=', $p->{version} ) ) {
              $err .= "  $p->{file} ($p->{version})\n";
            }
            else {
              # same version declared multiple times, ignore
            }
          }
          else {
            $file    = $p->{file};
            $version = $p->{version};
          }
        }
      $file ||= $p->{file} if defined( $p->{file} );
    }

    if ( $err ) {
      $err = "  $file ($version)\n" . $err;
    }

    my %result = (
      file    => $file,
      version => $version,
      err     => $err
    );

    return \%result;
  };

  sub provides {
    my $class = shift;

    croak "provides() requires key/value pairs \n" if @_ % 2;
    my %args = @_;

    croak "provides() takes only one of 'dir' or 'files'\n"
      if $args{dir} && $args{files};

    croak "provides() requires a 'version' argument"
      unless defined $args{version};

    croak "provides() does not support version '$args{version}' metadata"
        unless grep $args{version} eq $_, qw/1.4 2/;

    $args{prefix} = 'lib' unless defined $args{prefix};

    my $p;
    if ( $args{dir} ) {
      $p = $class->package_versions_from_directory($args{dir});
    }
    else {
      croak "provides() requires 'files' to be an array reference\n"
        unless ref $args{files} eq 'ARRAY';
      $p = $class->package_versions_from_directory($args{files});
    }

    # Now, fix up files with prefix
    if ( length $args{prefix} ) { # check in case disabled with q{}
      $args{prefix} =~ s{/$}{};
      for my $v ( values %$p ) {
        $v->{file} = "$args{prefix}/$v->{file}";
      }
    }

    return $p
  }

  sub package_versions_from_directory {
    my ( $class, $dir, $files ) = @_;

    my @files;

    if ( $files ) {
      @files = @$files;
    }
    else {
      find( {
        wanted => sub {
          push @files, $_ if -f $_ && /\.pm$/;
        },
        no_chdir => 1,
      }, $dir );
    }

    # First, we enumerate all packages & versions,
    # separating into primary & alternative candidates
    my( %prime, %alt );
    foreach my $file (@files) {
      my $mapped_filename = File::Spec->abs2rel( $file, $dir );
      my @path = File::Spec->splitdir( $mapped_filename );
      (my $prime_package = join( '::', @path )) =~ s/\.pm$//;

      my $pm_info = $class->new_from_file( $file );

      foreach my $package ( $pm_info->packages_inside ) {
        next if $package eq 'main';  # main can appear numerous times, ignore
        next if $package eq 'DB';    # special debugging package, ignore
        next if grep /^_/, split( /::/, $package ); # private package, ignore

        my $version = $pm_info->version( $package );

        $prime_package = $package if lc($prime_package) eq lc($package);
        if ( $package eq $prime_package ) {
          if ( exists( $prime{$package} ) ) {
            croak "Unexpected conflict in '$package'; multiple versions found.\n";
          }
          else {
            $mapped_filename = "$package.pm" if lc("$package.pm") eq lc($mapped_filename);
            $prime{$package}{file} = $mapped_filename;
            $prime{$package}{version} = $version if defined( $version );
          }
        }
        else {
          push( @{$alt{$package}}, {
                                    file    => $mapped_filename,
                                    version => $version,
                                   } );
        }
      }
    }

    # Then we iterate over all the packages found above, identifying conflicts
    # and selecting the "best" candidate for recording the file & version
    # for each package.
    foreach my $package ( keys( %alt ) ) {
      my $result = $resolve_module_versions->( $alt{$package} );

      if ( exists( $prime{$package} ) ) { # primary package selected

        if ( $result->{err} ) {
        # Use the selected primary package, but there are conflicting
        # errors among multiple alternative packages that need to be
        # reported
          log_info {
            "Found conflicting versions for package '$package'\n" .
            "  $prime{$package}{file} ($prime{$package}{version})\n" .
            $result->{err}
          };

        }
        elsif ( defined( $result->{version} ) ) {
        # There is a primary package selected, and exactly one
        # alternative package

        if ( exists( $prime{$package}{version} ) &&
             defined( $prime{$package}{version} ) ) {
          # Unless the version of the primary package agrees with the
          # version of the alternative package, report a conflict
        if ( $compare_versions->(
                 $prime{$package}{version}, '!=', $result->{version}
               )
             ) {

            log_info {
              "Found conflicting versions for package '$package'\n" .
              "  $prime{$package}{file} ($prime{$package}{version})\n" .
              "  $result->{file} ($result->{version})\n"
            };
          }

        }
        else {
          # The prime package selected has no version so, we choose to
          # use any alternative package that does have a version
          $prime{$package}{file}    = $result->{file};
          $prime{$package}{version} = $result->{version};
        }

        }
        else {
        # no alt package found with a version, but we have a prime
        # package so we use it whether it has a version or not
        }

      }
      else { # No primary package was selected, use the best alternative

        if ( $result->{err} ) {
          log_info {
            "Found conflicting versions for package '$package'\n" .
            $result->{err}
          };
        }

        # Despite possible conflicting versions, we choose to record
        # something rather than nothing
        $prime{$package}{file}    = $result->{file};
        $prime{$package}{version} = $result->{version}
          if defined( $result->{version} );
      }
    }

    # Normalize versions.  Can't use exists() here because of bug in YAML::Node.
    # XXX "bug in YAML::Node" comment seems irrelevant -- dagolden, 2009-05-18
    for (grep defined $_->{version}, values %prime) {
      $_->{version} = $normalize_version->( $_->{version} );
    }

    return \%prime;
  }
}


sub _init {
  my $class    = shift;
  my $module   = shift;
  my $filename = shift;
  my %props = @_;

  my $handle = delete $props{handle};
  my( %valid_props, @valid_props );
  @valid_props = qw( collect_pod inc decode_pod );
  @valid_props{@valid_props} = delete( @props{@valid_props} );
  warn "Unknown properties: @{[keys %props]}\n" if scalar( %props );

  my %data = (
    module       => $module,
    filename     => $filename,
    version      => undef,
    packages     => [],
    versions     => {},
    pod          => {},
    pod_headings => [],
    collect_pod  => 0,

    %valid_props,
  );

  my $self = bless(\%data, $class);

  if ( not $handle ) {
    my $filename = $self->{filename};
    open $handle, '<', $filename
      or croak( "Can't open '$filename': $!" );

    $self->_handle_bom($handle, $filename);
  }
  $self->_parse_fh($handle);

  @{$self->{packages}} = __uniq(@{$self->{packages}});

  unless($self->{module} and length($self->{module})) {
    # CAVEAT (possible TODO): .pmc files not treated the same as .pm
    if ($self->{filename} =~ /\.pm$/) {
      my ($v, $d, $f) = File::Spec->splitpath($self->{filename});
      $f =~ s/\..+$//;
      my @candidates = grep /(^|::)$f$/, @{$self->{packages}};
      $self->{module} = shift(@candidates); # this may be undef
    }
    else {
      # this seems like an atrocious heuristic, albeit marginally better than
      # what was here before. It should be rewritten entirely to be more like
      # "if it's not a .pm file, it's not require()able as a name, therefore
      # name() should be undef."
      if ((grep /main/, @{$self->{packages}})
          or (grep /main/, keys %{$self->{versions}})) {
        $self->{module} = 'main';
      }
      else {
        # TODO: this should maybe default to undef instead
        $self->{module} = $self->{packages}[0] || '';
      }
    }
  }

  $self->{version} = $self->{versions}{$self->{module}}
    if defined( $self->{module} );

  return $self;
}

# class method
sub _do_find_module {
  my $class   = shift;
  my $module  = shift || croak 'find_module_by_name() requires a package name';
  my $dirs    = shift || \@INC;

  my $file = File::Spec->catfile(split( /::/, $module));
  foreach my $dir ( @$dirs ) {
    my $testfile = File::Spec->catfile($dir, $file);
    return [ File::Spec->rel2abs( $testfile ), $dir ]
      if -e $testfile and !-d _;  # For stuff like ExtUtils::xsubpp
    # CAVEAT (possible TODO): .pmc files are not discoverable here
    $testfile .= '.pm';
    return [ File::Spec->rel2abs( $testfile ), $dir ]
      if -e $testfile;
  }
  return;
}

# class method
sub find_module_by_name {
  my $found = shift()->_do_find_module(@_) or return;
  return $found->[0];
}

# class method
sub find_module_dir_by_name {
  my $found = shift()->_do_find_module(@_) or return;
  return $found->[1];
}


# given a line of perl code, attempt to parse it if it looks like a
# $VERSION assignment, returning sigil, full name, & package name
sub _parse_version_expression {
  my $self = shift;
  my $line = shift;

  my( $sigil, $variable_name, $package);
  if ( $line =~ /$VERS_REGEXP/o ) {
    ( $sigil, $variable_name, $package) = $2 ? ( $1, $2, $3 ) : ( $4, $5, $6 );
    if ( $package ) {
      $package = ($package eq '::') ? 'main' : $package;
      $package =~ s/::$//;
    }
  }

  return ( $sigil, $variable_name, $package );
}

# Look for a UTF-8/UTF-16BE/UTF-16LE BOM at the beginning of the stream.
# If there's one, then skip it and set the :encoding layer appropriately.
sub _handle_bom {
  my ($self, $fh, $filename) = @_;

  my $pos = tell $fh;
  return unless defined $pos;

  my $buf = ' ' x 2;
  my $count = read $fh, $buf, length $buf;
  return unless defined $count and $count >= 2;

  my $encoding;
  if ( $buf eq "\x{FE}\x{FF}" ) {
    $encoding = 'UTF-16BE';
  }
  elsif ( $buf eq "\x{FF}\x{FE}" ) {
    $encoding = 'UTF-16LE';
  }
  elsif ( $buf eq "\x{EF}\x{BB}" ) {
    $buf = ' ';
    $count = read $fh, $buf, length $buf;
    if ( defined $count and $count >= 1 and $buf eq "\x{BF}" ) {
      $encoding = 'UTF-8';
    }
  }

  if ( defined $encoding ) {
    if ( "$]" >= 5.008 ) {
      binmode( $fh, ":encoding($encoding)" );
    }
  }
  else {
    seek $fh, $pos, SEEK_SET
      or croak( sprintf "Can't reset position to the top of '$filename'" );
  }

  return $encoding;
}

sub _parse_fh {
  my ($self, $fh) = @_;

  my( $in_pod, $seen_end, $need_vers ) = ( 0, 0, 0 );
  my( @packages, %vers, %pod, @pod );
  my $package = 'main';
  my $pod_sect = '';
  my $pod_data = '';
  my $in_end = 0;
  my $encoding = '';

  while (defined( my $line = <$fh> )) {
    my $line_num = $.;

    chomp( $line );

    # From toke.c : any line that begins by "=X", where X is an alphabetic
    # character, introduces a POD segment.
    my $is_cut;
    if ( $line =~ /^=([a-zA-Z].*)/ ) {
      my $cmd = $1;
      # Then it goes back to Perl code for "=cutX" where X is a non-alphabetic
      # character (which includes the newline, but here we chomped it away).
      $is_cut = $cmd =~ /^cut(?:[^a-zA-Z]|$)/;
      $in_pod = !$is_cut;
    }

    if ( $in_pod ) {

      if ( $line =~ /^=head[1-4]\s+(.+)\s*$/ ) {
        push( @pod, $1 );
        if ( $self->{collect_pod} && length( $pod_data ) ) {
          $pod{$pod_sect} = $pod_data;
          $pod_data = '';
        }
        $pod_sect = $1;
      }
      elsif ( $self->{collect_pod} ) {
        if ( $self->{decode_pod} && $line =~ /^=encoding ([\w-]+)/ ) {
          $encoding = $1;
        }
        $pod_data .= "$line\n";
      }
      next;
    }
    elsif ( $is_cut ) {
      if ( $self->{collect_pod} && length( $pod_data ) ) {
        $pod{$pod_sect} = $pod_data;
        $pod_data = '';
      }
      $pod_sect = '';
      next;
    }

    # Skip after __END__
    next if $in_end;

    # Skip comments in code
    next if $line =~ /^\s*#/;

    # Would be nice if we could also check $in_string or something too
    if ($line eq '__END__') {
      $in_end++;
      next;
    }

    last if $line eq '__DATA__';

    # parse $line to see if it's a $VERSION declaration
    my( $version_sigil, $version_fullname, $version_package ) =
      index($line, 'VERSION') >= 1
        ? $self->_parse_version_expression( $line )
        : ();

    if ( $line =~ /$PKG_REGEXP/o or $line =~ /$CLASS_REGEXP/ ) {
      $package = $1;
      my $version = $2;
      push( @packages, $package ) unless grep( $package eq $_, @packages );
      $need_vers = defined $version ? 0 : 1;

      if ( not exists $vers{$package} and defined $version ){
        # Upgrade to a version object.
        my $dwim_version = eval { _dwim_version($version) };
        croak "Version '$version' from $self->{filename} does not appear to be valid:\n$line\n\nThe fatal error was: $@\n"
          unless defined $dwim_version;  # "0" is OK!
        $vers{$package} = $dwim_version;
      }
    }

    # VERSION defined with full package spec, i.e. $Module::VERSION
    elsif ( $version_fullname && $version_package ) {
      # we do NOT save this package in found @packages
      $need_vers = 0 if $version_package eq $package;

      unless ( defined $vers{$version_package} && length $vers{$version_package} ) {
        $vers{$version_package} = $self->_evaluate_version_line( $version_sigil, $version_fullname, $line );
      }
    }

    # first non-comment line in undeclared package main is VERSION
    elsif ( $package eq 'main' && $version_fullname && !exists($vers{main}) ) {
      $need_vers = 0;
      my $v = $self->_evaluate_version_line( $version_sigil, $version_fullname, $line );
      $vers{$package} = $v;
      push( @packages, 'main' );
    }

    # first non-comment line in undeclared package defines package main
    elsif ( $package eq 'main' && !exists($vers{main}) && $line =~ /\w/ ) {
      $need_vers = 1;
      $vers{main} = '';
      push( @packages, 'main' );
    }

    # only keep if this is the first $VERSION seen
    elsif ( $version_fullname && $need_vers ) {
      $need_vers = 0;
      my $v = $self->_evaluate_version_line( $version_sigil, $version_fullname, $line );

      unless ( defined $vers{$package} && length $vers{$package} ) {
        $vers{$package} = $v;
      }
    }
  } # end loop over each line

  if ( $self->{collect_pod} && length($pod_data) ) {
    $pod{$pod_sect} = $pod_data;
  }

  if ( $self->{decode_pod} && $encoding ) {
    require Encode;
    $_ = Encode::decode( $encoding, $_ ) for values %pod;
  }

  $self->{versions} = \%vers;
  $self->{packages} = \@packages;
  $self->{pod} = \%pod;
  $self->{pod_headings} = \@pod;
}

sub __uniq (@)
{
    my (%seen, $key);
    grep !$seen{ $key = $_ }++, @_;
}

{
my $pn = 0;
sub _evaluate_version_line {
  my $self = shift;
  my( $sigil, $variable_name, $line ) = @_;

  # We compile into a local sub because 'use version' would cause
  # compiletime/runtime issues with local()
  $pn++; # everybody gets their own package
  my $eval = qq{ my \$dummy = q#  Hide from _packages_inside()
    #; package Module::Metadata::_version::p${pn};
    use version;
    sub {
      local $sigil$variable_name;
      $line;
      return \$$variable_name if defined \$$variable_name;
      return \$Module::Metadata::_version::p${pn}::$variable_name;
    };
  };

  $eval = $1 if $eval =~ m{^(.+)}s;

  local $^W;
  # Try to get the $VERSION
  my $vsub = __clean_eval($eval);
  # some modules say $VERSION  $Foo::Bar::VERSION, but Foo::Bar isn't
  # installed, so we need to hunt in ./lib for it
  if ( $@ =~ /Can't locate/ && -d 'lib' ) {
    local @INC = ('lib',@INC);
    $vsub = __clean_eval($eval);
  }
  warn "Error evaling version line '$eval' in $self->{filename}: $@\n"
    if $@;

  (ref($vsub) eq 'CODE') or
    croak "failed to build version sub for $self->{filename}";

  my $result = eval { $vsub->() };
  # FIXME: $eval is not the right thing to print here
  croak "Could not get version from $self->{filename} by executing:\n$eval\n\nThe fatal error was: $@\n"
    if $@;

  # Upgrade it into a version object
  my $version = eval { _dwim_version($result) };

  # FIXME: $eval is not the right thing to print here
  croak "Version '$result' from $self->{filename} does not appear to be valid:\n$eval\n\nThe fatal error was: $@\n"
    unless defined $version; # "0" is OK!

  return $version;
}
}

# Try to DWIM when things fail the lax version test in obvious ways
{
  my @version_prep = (
    # Best case, it just works
    sub { return shift },

    # If we still don't have a version, try stripping any
    # trailing junk that is prohibited by lax rules
    sub {
      my $v = shift;
      $v =~ s{([0-9])[a-z-].*$}{$1}i; # 1.23-alpha or 1.23b
      return $v;
    },

    # Activestate apparently creates custom versions like '1.23_45_01', which
    # cause version.pm to think it's an invalid alpha.  So check for that
    # and strip them
    sub {
      my $v = shift;
      my $num_dots = () = $v =~ m{(\.)}g;
      my $num_unders = () = $v =~ m{(_)}g;
      my $leading_v = substr($v,0,1) eq 'v';
      if ( ! $leading_v && $num_dots < 2 && $num_unders > 1 ) {
        $v =~ s{_}{}g;
        $num_unders = () = $v =~ m{(_)}g;
      }
      return $v;
    },

    # Worst case, try numifying it like we would have before version objects
    sub {
      my $v = shift;
      no warnings 'numeric';
      return 0 + $v;
    },

  );

  sub _dwim_version {
    my ($result) = shift;

    return $result if ref($result) eq 'version';

    my ($version, $error);
    for my $f (@version_prep) {
      $result = $f->($result);
      $version = eval { version->new($result) };
      $error ||= $@ if $@; # capture first failure
      last if defined $version;
    }

    croak $error unless defined $version;

    return $version;
  }
}

############################################################

# accessors
sub name            { $_[0]->{module}            }

sub filename        { $_[0]->{filename}          }
sub packages_inside { @{$_[0]->{packages}}       }
sub pod_inside      { @{$_[0]->{pod_headings}}   }
sub contains_pod    { 0+@{$_[0]->{pod_headings}} }

sub version {
    my $self = shift;
    my $mod  = shift || $self->{module};
    my $vers;
    if ( defined( $mod ) && length( $mod ) &&
         exists( $self->{versions}{$mod} ) ) {
        return $self->{versions}{$mod};
    }
    else {
        return undef;
    }
}

sub pod {
    my $self = shift;
    my $sect = shift;
    if ( defined( $sect ) && length( $sect ) &&
         exists( $self->{pod}{$sect} ) ) {
        return $self->{pod}{$sect};
    }
    else {
        return undef;
    }
}

sub is_indexable {
  my ($self, $package) = @_;

  my @indexable_packages = grep $_ ne 'main', $self->packages_inside;

  # check for specific package, if provided
  return !! grep $_ eq $package, @indexable_packages if $package;

  # otherwise, check for any indexable packages at all
  return !! @indexable_packages;
}

1;

__END__