require 5; package Pod::Simple::Methody; use strict; use Pod::Simple (); use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION); $VERSION = '2.02'; @ISA = ('Pod::Simple'); # Yes, we could use named variables, but I want this to be impose # as little an additional performance hit as possible. sub _handle_element_start { $_[1] =~ tr/-:./__/; ( $_[0]->can( 'start_' . $_[1] ) || return )->( $_[0], $_[2] ); } sub _handle_text { ( $_[0]->can( 'handle_text' ) || return )->( @_ ); } sub _handle_element_end { $_[1] =~ tr/-:./__/; ( $_[0]->can( 'end_' . $_[1] ) || return )->( $_[0] ); } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Pod::Simple::Methody -- turn Pod::Simple events into method calls =head1 SYNOPSIS require 5; use strict; package SomePodFormatter; use base qw(Pod::Simple::Methody); sub handle_text { my($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. =head1 DESCRIPTION This class is of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on Pod::Simple. This class (which is very small -- read the source) overrides Pod::Simple'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 L and inherits all its methods.) You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor. =head1 METHOD CALLING When Pod::Simple 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, 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 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 for an example of using this class. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke. All rights reserved. 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. =head1 AUTHOR Sean M. Burke C =cut