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Pod::InputObjects(3)  User Contributed Perl Documentation Pod::InputObjects(3)
NAME
       Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs,
       commands, etc.
SYNOPSIS
           use Pod::InputObjects;
REQUIRES
       perl5.004, Carp
EXPORTS
       Nothing.
DESCRIPTION
       NOTE: This module is considered legacy; modern Perl releases (5.18 and
       higher) are going to remove Pod-Parser from core and use Pod-Simple for
       all things POD.
       This module defines some basic input objects used by Pod::Parser when
       reading and parsing POD text from an input source. The following
       objects are defined:
       package Pod::Paragraph
           An object corresponding to a paragraph of POD input text. It may be
           a plain paragraph, a verbatim paragraph, or a command paragraph
           (see perlpod).
       package Pod::InteriorSequence
           An object corresponding to an interior sequence command from the
           POD input text (see perlpod).
       package Pod::ParseTree
           An object corresponding to a tree of parsed POD text. Each "node"
           in a parse-tree (or ptree) is either a text-string or a reference
           to a Pod::InteriorSequence object. The nodes appear in the parse-
           tree in the order in which they were parsed from left-to-right.
       Each of these input objects are described in further detail in the
       sections which follow.
Pod::Paragraph
       An object representing a paragraph of POD input text.  It has the
       following methods/attributes:
   Pod::Paragraph->new()
               my $pod_para1 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-text => $text);
               my $pod_para2 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-name => $cmd,
                                                   -text => $text);
               my $pod_para3 = new Pod::Paragraph(-text => $text);
               my $pod_para4 = new Pod::Paragraph(-name => $cmd,
                                                  -text => $text);
               my $pod_para5 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-name => $cmd,
                                                   -text => $text,
                                                   -file => $filename,
                                                   -line => $line_number);
       This is a class method that constructs a "Pod::Paragraph" object and
       returns a reference to the new paragraph object. It may be given one or
       two keyword arguments. The "-text" keyword indicates the corresponding
       text of the POD paragraph. The "-name" keyword indicates the name of
       the corresponding POD command, such as "head1" or "item" (it should not
       contain the "=" prefix); this is needed only if the POD paragraph
       corresponds to a command paragraph. The "-file" and "-line" keywords
       indicate the filename and line number corresponding to the beginning of
       the paragraph
   $pod_para->cmd_name()
               my $para_cmd = $pod_para->cmd_name();
       If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
       the name of the command (without any leading "=" prefix).
   $pod_para->text()
               my $para_text = $pod_para->text();
       This method will return the corresponding text of the paragraph.
   $pod_para->raw_text()
               my $raw_pod_para = $pod_para->raw_text();
       This method will return the raw text of the POD paragraph, exactly as
       it appeared in the input.
   $pod_para->cmd_prefix()
               my $prefix = $pod_para->cmd_prefix();
       If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
       the prefix used to denote the command (which should be the string "="
       or "==").
   $pod_para->cmd_separator()
               my $separator = $pod_para->cmd_separator();
       If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
       the text used to separate the command name from the rest of the
       paragraph (if any).
   $pod_para->parse_tree()
               my $ptree = $pod_parser->parse_text( $pod_para->text() );
               $pod_para->parse_tree( $ptree );
               $ptree = $pod_para->parse_tree();
       This method will get/set the corresponding parse-tree of the
       paragraph's text.
   $pod_para->file_line()
               my ($filename, $line_number) = $pod_para->file_line();
               my $position = $pod_para->file_line();
       Returns the current filename and line number for the paragraph object.
       If called in a list context, it returns a list of two elements: first
       the filename, then the line number. If called in a scalar context, it
       returns a string containing the filename, followed by a colon (':'),
       followed by the line number.
Pod::InteriorSequence
       An object representing a POD interior sequence command.  It has the
       following methods/attributes:
   Pod::InteriorSequence->new()
               my $pod_seq1 = Pod::InteriorSequence->new(-name => $cmd
                                                         -ldelim => $delimiter);
               my $pod_seq2 = new Pod::InteriorSequence(-name => $cmd,
                                                        -ldelim => $delimiter);
               my $pod_seq3 = new Pod::InteriorSequence(-name => $cmd,
                                                        -ldelim => $delimiter,
                                                        -file => $filename,
                                                        -line => $line_number);
               my $pod_seq4 = new Pod::InteriorSequence(-name => $cmd, $ptree);
               my $pod_seq5 = new Pod::InteriorSequence($cmd, $ptree);
       This is a class method that constructs a "Pod::InteriorSequence" object
       and returns a reference to the new interior sequence object. It should
       be given two keyword arguments.  The "-ldelim" keyword indicates the
       corresponding left-delimiter of the interior sequence (e.g. '<').  The
       "-name" keyword indicates the name of the corresponding interior
       sequence command, such as "I" or "B" or "C". The "-file" and "-line"
       keywords indicate the filename and line number corresponding to the
       beginning of the interior sequence. If the $ptree argument is given, it
       must be the last argument, and it must be either string, or else an
       array-ref suitable for passing to Pod::ParseTree::new (or it may be a
       reference to a Pod::ParseTree object).
   $pod_seq->cmd_name()
               my $seq_cmd = $pod_seq->cmd_name();
       The name of the interior sequence command.
   $pod_seq->prepend()
               $pod_seq->prepend($text);
               $pod_seq1->prepend($pod_seq2);
       Prepends the given string or parse-tree or sequence object to the
       parse-tree of this interior sequence.
   $pod_seq->append()
               $pod_seq->append($text);
               $pod_seq1->append($pod_seq2);
       Appends the given string or parse-tree or sequence object to the parse-
       tree of this interior sequence.
   $pod_seq->nested()
               $outer_seq = $pod_seq->nested || print "not nested";
       If this interior sequence is nested inside of another interior
       sequence, then the outer/parent sequence that contains it is returned.
       Otherwise "undef" is returned.
   $pod_seq->raw_text()
               my $seq_raw_text = $pod_seq->raw_text();
       This method will return the raw text of the POD interior sequence,
       exactly as it appeared in the input.
   $pod_seq->left_delimiter()
               my $ldelim = $pod_seq->left_delimiter();
       The leftmost delimiter beginning the argument text to the interior
       sequence (should be "<").
   $pod_seq->right_delimiter()
       The rightmost delimiter beginning the argument text to the interior
       sequence (should be ">").
   $pod_seq->parse_tree()
               my $ptree = $pod_parser->parse_text($paragraph_text);
               $pod_seq->parse_tree( $ptree );
               $ptree = $pod_seq->parse_tree();
       This method will get/set the corresponding parse-tree of the interior
       sequence's text.
   $pod_seq->file_line()
               my ($filename, $line_number) = $pod_seq->file_line();
               my $position = $pod_seq->file_line();
       Returns the current filename and line number for the interior sequence
       object.  If called in a list context, it returns a list of two
       elements: first the filename, then the line number. If called in a
       scalar context, it returns a string containing the filename, followed
       by a colon (':'), followed by the line number.
   Pod::InteriorSequence::DESTROY()
       This method performs any necessary cleanup for the interior-sequence.
       If you override this method then it is imperative that you invoke the
       parent method from within your own method, otherwise interior-sequence
       storage will not be reclaimed upon destruction!
Pod::ParseTree
       This object corresponds to a tree of parsed POD text. As POD text is
       scanned from left to right, it is parsed into an ordered list of text-
       strings and Pod::InteriorSequence objects (in order of appearance). A
       Pod::ParseTree object corresponds to this list of strings and
       sequences. Each interior sequence in the parse-tree may itself contain
       a parse-tree (since interior sequences may be nested).
   Pod::ParseTree->new()
               my $ptree1 = Pod::ParseTree->new;
               my $ptree2 = new Pod::ParseTree;
               my $ptree4 = Pod::ParseTree->new($array_ref);
               my $ptree3 = new Pod::ParseTree($array_ref);
       This is a class method that constructs a "Pod::Parse_tree" object and
       returns a reference to the new parse-tree. If a single-argument is
       given, it must be a reference to an array, and is used to initialize
       the root (top) of the parse tree.
   $ptree->top()
               my $top_node = $ptree->top();
               $ptree->top( $top_node );
               $ptree->top( @children );
       This method gets/sets the top node of the parse-tree. If no arguments
       are given, it returns the topmost node in the tree (the root), which is
       also a Pod::ParseTree. If it is given a single argument that is a
       reference, then the reference is assumed to a parse-tree and becomes
       the new top node.  Otherwise, if arguments are given, they are treated
       as the new list of children for the top node.
   $ptree->children()
       This method gets/sets the children of the top node in the parse-tree.
       If no arguments are given, it returns the list (array) of children
       (each of which should be either a string or a Pod::InteriorSequence.
       Otherwise, if arguments are given, they are treated as the new list of
       children for the top node.
   $ptree->prepend()
       This method prepends the given text or parse-tree to the current parse-
       tree.  If the first item on the parse-tree is text and the argument is
       also text, then the text is prepended to the first item (not added as a
       separate string).  Otherwise the argument is added as a new string or
       parse-tree before the current one.
   $ptree->append()
       This method appends the given text or parse-tree to the current parse-
       tree.  If the last item on the parse-tree is text and the argument is
       also text, then the text is appended to the last item (not added as a
       separate string).  Otherwise the argument is added as a new string or
       parse-tree after the current one.
   $ptree->raw_text()
               my $ptree_raw_text = $ptree->raw_text();
       This method will return the raw text of the POD parse-tree exactly as
       it appeared in the input.
   Pod::ParseTree::DESTROY()
       This method performs any necessary cleanup for the parse-tree.  If you
       override this method then it is imperative that you invoke the parent
       method from within your own method, otherwise parse-tree storage will
       not be reclaimed upon destruction!
SEE ALSO
       Pod::InputObjects is part of the Pod::Parser distribution.
       See Pod::Parser, Pod::Select
AUTHOR
       Please report bugs using <http://rt.cpan.org>;.
       Brad Appleton <bradapp AT enteract.com>
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