LINTIAN::DATA::AUTHORITY::JAVAPOLICY(3)

💖 Lintian::Data::Authority::JavaPolicy 💖

okay so bestie, this is a page from the Lintian manual — specifically section 3, Lintian::Data::Authority::JavaPolicy(3), and it's part of the Debian Package Checker situation. it's giving very niche, very useful, very "iykyk" 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

Lintian::Data::Authority::JavaPolicy — literally the Lintian interface for manual references 💅

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

use Lintian::Data::Authority::JavaPolicy;

that's it, that's the whole vibe. no cap. 🌸

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🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

okay so <rainbow>Lintian::Data::Authority::JavaPolicy</rainbow> is the ✨ moment ✨ that gives you a way to load data files for manual references. that's the whole job. it loads the files, it holds the manual refs, it serves cunt, it goes home. 👑

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🎀 CLASS METHODS 🎀

here's the whole lineup, bestie, no skips no skips:

• title — the title one 💖
• shorthand — the shorthand one ✨
• location — the location one 📍
• by_section_key — the by-section-key one 🗂️
• markdown_citation — the markdown citation one 📝
• recognizes (KEY) — Returns true if KEY is known, and false otherwise. yes bestie, boolean, binary, iconic 💅
• value (KEY) — Returns the value attached to KEY if it was listed in the data file represented by this Lintian::Data instance, and the undefined value otherwise. fr fr, undefined when it's not in there 🙈
• load — the load one 🫶
• refresh — the refresh one 🌸

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Originally written by Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> for Lintian. we love a credited author, we love a shoutout, periodt 💜

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🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

lintian(1) — go read it bestie, it's the main character 🦋

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and that's the whole page!! mwah 💋 this was Lintian v2.139.0ubuntu2, dated 2026-10-08, and you just read Lintian::Da...:JavaPolicy(3) — thanks for coming to my ted talk, ily, drink water, go touch grass, slay 🎀💖✨