Pod::Simple::PullParserToken -- tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
Given a $parser that's an object of class Pod::Simple::PullParser
(or a subclass)...
while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
$DEBUG and print STDERR "Token: ", $token->dump, "\n";
if($token->is_start) {
...access $token->tagname, $token->attr, etc...
} elsif($token->is_text) {
...access $token->text, $token->text_r, etc...
} elsif($token->is_end) {
...access $token->tagname...
}
}
(Also see the Pod::Simple::PullParser manpage)
When you do $parser->get_token on a the Pod::Simple::PullParser manpage, you should
get an object of a subclass of Pod::Simple::PullParserToken.
Subclasses will add methods, and will also inherit these methods:
- $token->type
-
This returns the type of the token. This will be either the string
``start'', the string ``text'', or the string ``end''.
Once you know what the type of an object is, you then know what
subclass it belongs to, and therefore what methods it supports.
Yes, you could probably do the same thing with code like
$token->isa('Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken'), but that's not so
pretty as using just $token->type, or even the following shortcuts:
- $token->is_start
-
This is a shortcut for
$token->type() eq "start"
- $token->is_text
-
This is a shortcut for
$token->type() eq "text"
- $token->is_end
-
This is a shortcut for
$token->type() eq "end"
- $token->dump
-
This returns a handy stringified value of this object. This
is useful for debugging, as in:
while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
$DEBUG and print STDERR "Token: ", $token->dump, "\n";
...
}
My subclasses:
the Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken manpage,
the Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken manpage, and
the Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken manpage.
the Pod::Simple::PullParser manpage and the Pod::Simple manpage
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This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/. Feel free to fork and contribute, or
to clone git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git and send patches!
Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
<bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.
Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.
But don't bother him, he's retired.
Pod::Simple is maintained by:
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