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PEAR_PackageFileManager : The Definitive Guide



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General information about a package

General information about a package

Describing a package xml version 1.0 or 2.0 requires four mandatory properties (xml tag): name, channel (or uri), summary, description, and one optional property: extends.

Methods (setters) that should be called only once (at first package xml build-time), are listed below:

name

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getPackage(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setPackage()

extends

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getExtends(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setExtends()

channel

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getChannel(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setChannel()

uri

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getUri(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setUri()

summary

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getSummary(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setSummary()

description

PEAR_PackageFile_v2::getDescription(), PEAR_PackageFile_v2_rw::setDescription()

PEAR_PackageFileManager : The Definitive Guide v 1.6.0 : November 17, 2006