# phpman > perldoc > Pod::Simple::Methody

## NAME
    [Pod::Simple::Methody](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3AMethody/markdown) -- turn [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) events into method calls

## SYNOPSIS
     require 5;
     use strict;
     package SomePodFormatter;
     use base qw([Pod::Simple::Methody](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3AMethody/markdown));

     sub handle_text {
       my($self, $text) = @_;
       ...
     }

     sub start_head1 {
       my($self, $attrs) = @_;
       ...
     }
     sub end_head1 {
       my($self) = @_;
       ...
     }

    ...and start_/end_ methods for whatever other events you want to catch.

## DESCRIPTION
    This class is of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown).

    This class (which is very small -- read the source) overrides [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown)'s
    _handle_element_start, _handle_text, and _handle_element_end methods so that parser events are
    turned into method calls. (Otherwise, this is a subclass of [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) and inherits all its
    methods.)

    You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor.

## METHOD CALLING
    When [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) sees a "=head1 Hi there", for example, it basically does this:

      $parser->_handle_element_start( "head1", \%attributes );
      $parser->_handle_text( "Hi there" );
      $parser->_handle_element_end( "head1" );

    But if you subclass [Pod::Simple::Methody](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3AMethody/markdown), it will instead do this when it sees a "=head1 Hi
    there":

      $parser->start_head1( \%attributes ) if $parser->can('start_head1');
      $parser->handle_text( "Hi there" )   if $parser->can('handle_text');
      $parser->end_head1()                 if $parser->can('end_head1');

    If [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) sends an event where the element name has a dash, period, or colon, the
    corresponding method name will have a underscore in its place. For example, "foo.bar:baz"
    becomes start_foo_bar_baz and end_foo_bar_baz.

    See the source for [Pod::Simple::Text](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3AText/markdown) for an example of using this class.

## SEE ALSO
    [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown), [Pod::Simple::Subclassing](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple%3A%3ASubclassing/markdown)

## SUPPORT
    Questions or discussion about POD and [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) should be sent to the <pod-people@perl.org> mail
    list. Send an empty email to <pod-people-subscribe@perl.org> to subscribe.

    This module is managed in an open GitHub repository, <<https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>>.
    Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and
    send patches!

    Patches against [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) are welcome. Please send bug reports to
    <<bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.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](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) was created by Sean M. Burke <<sburke@cpan.org>>. But don't bother him, he's retired.

    [Pod::Simple](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/perldoc/Pod%3A%3ASimple/markdown) is maintained by:

    *   Allison Randal "<allison@perl.org>"

    *   Hans Dieter Pearcey "<hdp@cpan.org>"

    *   David E. Wheeler "<dwheeler@cpan.org>"