# HTML::TableParser::Table - phpMan

## NAME
    [HTML::TableParser::Table] - support class for [HTML::TableParser]

## VERSION
    version 0.43

## DESCRIPTION
    This class is used to keep track of information related to a table and
    to create the information passed back to the user callbacks. It is in
    charge of marshalling the massaged header and row data to the user
    callbacks.

    An instance is created when the controlling TableParser class finds a
    "<table" tag. The object is given an id based upon which table it is to
    work on. Its methods are invoked from the TableParser callbacks when
    they run across an appropriate tag ("tr", "th", "td"). The object is
    destroyed when the matching "/table" tag is found.

    Since tables may be nested, multiple [HTML::TableParser::Table] objects
    may exist simultaneously. [HTML::TableParser] uses two pieces of
    information held by this class -- ids and process. The first is an array
    of table ids, one element per level of table nesting. The second is a
    flag indicating whether this table is being processed (i.e. it matches a
    requested table) or being ignored. Since [HTML::TableParser] uses the ids
    information from an existing table to initialize a new table, it first
    creates an empty sentinel (place holder) table (by calling the
    [HTML::TableParser::Table] constructor with no arguments).

    The class handles missing "/tr", "/td", and "/th" tags. As such
    (especially when handling multi-row headers) user callbacks may be
    slightly delayed (and data cached). It also handles rows with
    overlapping columns

## METHODS
  new
  match_id
  req_match_id
  req_match_cols
  match_hdr
  match_req
  callback
  start_header
  end_header
  start_column
  end_column
  start_row
  end_row
  finish_header
  fix_texts
  text
  id
  ids
  process
## BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website
    <<https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=HTML-TableParser>> or
    by email to <bug-HTML-TableParser@rt.cpan.org>
    <mailto:<bug-HTML-TableParser@rt.cpan.org>>.

    When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch
    to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature.

## SOURCE
    The development version is on github at
    <<https://github.com/djerius/html-tableparser>> and may be cloned from
    <git://github.com/djerius/html-tableparser.git>

## SEE ALSO
    Please see those modules/websites for more information related to this
    module.

    *   [HTML::TableParser]

## AUTHOR
    Diab Jerius <<djerius@cpan.org>>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
    This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Smithsonian Astrophysical
    Observatory.

    This is free software, licensed under:

      The GNU General Public License, Version 3, June 2007