package CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake;
use deprecate;


use CPANPLUS::Module::Author;
use CPANPLUS::Internals;
use CPANPLUS::Error;

use strict;
use vars qw[@ISA $VERSION];
use Params::Check qw[check];

$VERSION = "0.9135";

@ISA = qw[CPANPLUS::Module::Author];

$Params::Check::VERBOSE = 1;

=pod

=head1 NAME

CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake - dummy author object for CPANPLUS

=head1 SYNOPSIS

my $auth = CPANPLUS::Module::Author::Fake->new(
author => 'Foo Bar',
email => '[email protected]',
cpanid => 'FOO',
_id => $cpan->id,
);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

A class for creating fake author objects, for shortcut use internally
by CPANPLUS.

Inherits from C<CPANPLUS::Module::Author>.

=head1 METHODS

=head2 new( _id => DIGIT )

Creates a dummy author object. It can take the same options as
C<< CPANPLUS::Module::Author->new >>, but will fill in default ones
if none are provided. Only the _id key is required.

=cut

sub new {
my $class = shift;
my %hash = @_;

my $tmpl = {
author => { default => 'CPANPLUS Internals' },
email => { default => '[email protected]' },
cpanid => { default => 'CPANPLUS' },
_id => { default => CPANPLUS::Internals->_last_id },
};

my $args = check( $tmpl, \%hash ) or return;

my $obj = CPANPLUS::Module::Author->new( %$args ) or return;

unless( $obj->_id ) {
error(loc("No '%1' specified -- No CPANPLUS object associated!",'_id'));
return;
}

### rebless object ###
return bless $obj, $class;
}

1;


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