---
name: "CPANPLUS::Module::Author"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-cpanplus"
version: "0.9916-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/CPANPLUS::Module::Author/3pm"
---

# CPANPLUS::Module::Author(3pm)

CPAN author object for CPANPLUS

## NAME

CPANPLUS::Module::Author - CPAN author object for CPANPLUS

## SYNOPSIS

```
    my $author = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->new(
                    author  => 'Jack Ashton',
                    cpanid  => 'JACKASH',
                    _id     => INTERNALS_OBJECT_ID,
                );
    $author->cpanid;
    $author->author;
    $author->email;
    @dists  = $author->distributions;
    @mods   = $author->modules;
    @accessors = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->accessors;
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"CPANPLUS::Module::Author"` creates objects from the information in the source files. These can then be used to query on.

These objects should only be created internally. For `"fake"` objects, there's the `"CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake"` class.

## ACCESSORS

An objects of this class has the following accessors:

- author

  Name of the author.

- cpanid

  The CPAN id of the author.

- email

  The email address of the author, which defaults to '' if not provided.

- parent

  The `"CPANPLUS::Internals::Object"` that spawned this module object.

## METHODS

### $auth = CPANPLUS::Module::Author-\>new( author =\> AUTHOR\_NAME, cpanid =\> CPAN\_ID, \_id =\> INTERNALS\_ID \[, email =\> AUTHOR\_EMAIL\] )

This method returns a `"CPANPLUS::Module::Author"` object, based on the given parameters.

Returns false on failure.

### @mod\_objs = $auth-\>modules()

Return a list of module objects this author has released.

### @dists = $auth-\>distributions()

Returns a list of module objects representing all the distributions this author has released.

## CLASS METHODS

### accessors ()

Returns a list of all accessor methods to the object