# HTML::TableParser::Table - support class for HTML::TableParser - perldoc - [phpMan]

## NAME
    [HTML::TableParser::Table](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser%3A%3ATable/markdown) - support class for [HTML::TableParser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser/markdown)

## 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser%3A%3ATable/markdown) objects may exist simultaneously.
    [HTML::TableParser](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser/markdown) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser/markdown) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser%3A%3ATable/markdown) 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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/HTML%3A%3ATableParser/markdown)

## 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