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  my %grps = $db->groups;
  while(my($g, $pkgs) = each %grps){
      printf "%s\t%s\n", $g, $_->name for(@$pkgs);
  }

=head1 OBJECT METHODS

=head2 name

  $NAME = $DB->name()

=over 4

=item C<$NAME>

The previously assigned name of the database or 'local' for the local database.

=back

=head2 pkgs

  @PKGS = $DB->pkgs()

=over 4

=item C<@PKGS>

A list of packages in the package cache for this database.

=back

=head2 find

  $PKGS | undef = $DB->find($NAME)

=over 4

=item C<$NAME>

The exact name of a package to look for.

=item C<$PKGS>

On success, an L<ALPM::Package> object of the package found.

=item C<undef>

On failure, returned when a matching package is not found.

=back

=head2 search

  @PKGS = $DB->search($MATCH)

=over 4

=item C<$MATCH>

A substring to search for within the names of packages.

=item C<@PKGS>

A list of found packages, in the form of L<ALPM::Package> objects. This may
be empty.

=back

=head2 groups

  %GROUPS = $DB->groups()

=over 4

=item C<%GROUPS>

A hash (name/value pairs) of groups contained within the database. Each group
name is followed by an arrayref of L<ALPM::Package> objects. This may be empty.

=back

=head2 find_group

  @PKGS = $DB->find_group($NAME)

=over 4

=item C<$NAME>

The exact name of a group to search for.

=item C<@PKGS>

A list of packages which belong to the given group name. If no group was
found then this is empty.

=back

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ALPM::DB::Local>, L<ALPM::DB::Sync>, L<ALPM::Package>, L<ALPM>

=head1 AUTHOR

Justin Davis, C<< <juster at cpan dot org> >>

Andrew Gregory <apg@cpan.org>

=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2015 by Justin Davis

Copyright (C) 2015 by Andrew Gregory <apg@cpan.org>

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.10.0 or,
at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.