MaxMind::DB::Metadata(3p)

NAME
MaxMind::DB::Metadata - A class for metadata related to a MaxMind DB database

VERSION
version 0.040001

SYNOPSIS
    my $reader = MaxMind::DB::Reader->new( file => $path );
    my $metadata = $reader->metadata();

    print $metadata->description()->{en};

DESCRIPTION
This class provides an API for representing the metadata of a MaxMind DB database. See http://maxmind.github.io/MaxMind-DB/ for the official format spec.

API
This class provides methods for each metadata attribute in a database.

  $metadata->binary_format_major_version()
Returns the binary format major version number.

  $metadata->binary_format_minor_version()
Returns the binary format minor version number.

  $metadata->build_epoch()
Returns the database's build timestamp as an epoch value.

  $metadata->database_type()
Returns a string indicating the database's type.

  $metadata->languages()
Returns an arrayref of locale codes indicating what languages this database has information for.

  $metadata->description()
Returns a hashref of descriptions. The keys should be locale codes like "en" or "pt-BR" and the values are the description in that language.

  $metadata->ip_version()
Returns a 4 or 6 indicating what type of IP addresses this database can be used to look up.

  $metadata->node_count()
Returns the number of nodes in the database's search tree.

  $metadata->record_size()
Returns the record size for nodes in the database's search tree.

AUTHORS

•   Dave Rolsky <drolsky@maxmind.com>

•   Olaf Alders <oalders@maxmind.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is Copyright (c) 2016 by MaxMind, Inc..

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)