Pod::Simple::PullParseUsereContributed Perl DocPod::Simple::PullParserToken(3)
NAME
Pod::Simple::PullParserToken -- tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser
SYNOPSIS
Given a $parser that's an object of class Pod::Simple::PullParser (or a
subclass)...
while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
$DEBUG and print "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 Pod::Simple::PullParser)
DESCRIPTION
When you do $parser->get_token on a Pod::Simple::PullParser, 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 "Token: ", $token->dump, "\n";
...
}
SEE ALSO
My subclasses: Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken,
Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken, and Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken.
Pod::Simple::PullParser and Pod::Simple
SUPPORT
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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"
perl v5.16.3 2013-05-03 Pod::Simple::PullParserToken(3)