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NAME
       Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc.

SYNOPSIS
           use Pod::InputObjects;

REQUIRES
       perl5.004, Carp

EXPORTS
       Nothing.

DESCRIPTION
       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::InteriorSe-
           quence 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 meth-
       ods/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 ref-
       erence 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" key-
       words 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 meth-
       ods/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 corre-
       sponding interior sequence command, such as "I" or "B" or "C". The "-file" and
       "-line" keywords indicate the filename and line number corresponding to the begin-
       ning 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 over-
       ride 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::Interi-
       orSequence 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 refer-
       ence 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 argu-
       ments 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 destruc-
       tion!

SEE ALSO
       See Pod::Parser, Pod::Select

AUTHOR
       Please report bugs using <http://rt.cpan.org>.

       Brad Appleton <bradapp AT enteract.com>



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