# TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File - Stream TAP from a text file. - man(3perl) - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3AFile/markdown) - Stream TAP from a text file.

## VERSION
    Version 3.44

## SYNOPSIS
      use [TAP::Parser::Source](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASource/markdown);
      use [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3AFile/markdown);

      my $source = [TAP::Parser::Source](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASource/markdown)->new->raw( \'file.tap' );
      $source->assemble_meta;

      my $class = '[TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3AFile/markdown)';
      my $vote  = $class->can_handle( $source );
      my $iter  = $class->make_iterator( $source );

## DESCRIPTION
    This is a *raw TAP stored in a file* [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler/markdown) - it has 2 jobs:

    1. Figure out if the *raw* source it's given is a file containing raw TAP output. See
    [TAP::Parser::IteratorFactory](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3AIteratorFactory/markdown) for more details.

    2. Takes raw TAP from the text file given, and converts into an iterator.

    Unless you're writing a plugin or subclassing [TAP::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser/markdown), you probably won't need to use this
    module directly.

## METHODS
### Class Methods
   "can_handle"
      my $vote = $class->can_handle( $source );

    Only votes if $source looks like a regular file. Casts the following votes:

      0.9 if it's a .tap file
      0.9 if it has an extension matching any given in user config.

   "make_iterator"
      my $iterator = $class->make_iterator( $source );

    Returns a new [TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3AIterator%3A%3AStream/markdown) for the source. "croak"s on error.

   "iterator_class"
    The class of iterator to use, override if you're sub-classing. Defaults to
    [TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3AIterator%3A%3AStream/markdown).

## CONFIGURATION
      {
       extensions => [ @case_insensitive_exts_to_match ]
      }

## SUBCLASSING
    Please see "SUBCLASSING" in [TAP::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser/markdown) for a subclassing overview.

## SEE ALSO
    [TAP::Object](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AObject/markdown), [TAP::Parser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser/markdown), [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler/markdown), [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Executable](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3AExecutable/markdown),
    [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3APerl/markdown), [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Handle](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3AHandle/markdown),
    [TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::RawTAP](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/TAP%3A%3AParser%3A%3ASourceHandler%3A%3ARawTAP/markdown)