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Pod::Simple::Methody(3User Contributed Perl DocumentatiPod::Simple::Methody(3)

NAME
       Pod::Simple::Methody -- turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
SYNOPSIS
        require 5;
        use strict;
        package SomePodFormatter;
        use base qw(Pod::Simple::Methody);
        sub handle_text {
          my($self, $text) = @_;
          ...
        }
        sub start_head1 {
          my($self, $attrs) = @_;
          ...
        }
        sub end_head1 {
          my($self) = @_;
          ...
        }
       ...and start_/end_ methods for whatever other events you want to catch.
DESCRIPTION
       This class is of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on
       Pod::Simple.
       This class (which is very small -- read the source) overrides
       Pod::Simple's _handle_element_start, _handle_text, and
       _handle_element_end methods so that parser events are turned into
       method calls. (Otherwise, this is a subclass of Pod::Simple and
       inherits all its methods.)
       You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor.
METHOD CALLING
       When Pod::Simple sees a "=head1 Hi there", for example, it basically
       does this:
         $parser->_handle_element_start( "head1", \%attributes );
         $parser->_handle_text( "Hi there" );
         $parser->_handle_element_end( "head1" );
       But if you subclass Pod::Simple::Methody, it will instead do this when
       it sees a "=head1 Hi there":
         $parser->start_head1( \%attributes ) if $parser->can('start_head1');
         $parser->handle_text( "Hi there" )   if $parser->can('handle_text');
         $parser->end_head1()                 if $parser->can('end_head1');
       If Pod::Simple sends an event where the element name has a dash,
       period, or colon, the corresponding method name will have a underscore
       in its place.  For example, "foo.bar:baz" becomes start_foo_bar_baz and
       end_foo_bar_baz.
       See the source for Pod::Simple::Text for an example of using this
       class.
SEE ALSO
       Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Subclassing
SUPPORT
       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
       pod-people AT perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
       pod-people-subscribe AT perl.org to subscribe.
       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
       <https://github.com/theory/pod-simple/>;. Feel free to fork and
       contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git>; and
       send patches!
       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
       <bug-pod-simple AT rt.org>.
COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS
       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.
AUTHOR
       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke AT cpan.org>.  But don't
       bother him, he's retired.
       Pod::Simple is maintained by:
       o   Allison Randal "allison AT perl.org"
       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp AT cpan.org"
       o   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler AT cpan.org"

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