Pod::Tree::Pod(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation				       Pod::Tree::Pod(3pm)

NAME

       Pod::Tree::Pod - Convert a Pod::Tree back to a POD

SYNOPSIS

	 use Pod::Tree::Pod;

	 $tree =  new Pod::Tree;

	 $dest =  new IO::File;
	 $dest = "file.pod";

	 $pod  =  new Pod::Tree::Pod $tree, $dest;

	 $pod->translate;

DESCRIPTION

       "Pod::Tree::Pod" converts a Pod::Tree back to a POD.  The destination is fixed when the object is created.  The "translate" method does the
       actual translation.

       For convenience, Pod::Tree::Pod can write the POD to a variety of destinations.	The "new" method resolves the $dest argument.

   Destination resolution
       "Pod::Tree::Pod" can write HTML to either of 2 destinations.  "new" resolves $dest by checking these things, in order:

       1.  If $dest is a reference, then it is taken to be an "IO::File" object that is already open on the file where the POD will be written.

       2.  If $dest is not a reference, then it is taken to be the name of the file where the POD will be written.

METHODS

       $pod = "new" "Pod::Tree::Pod" $tree, $dest
	   Creates a new "Pod::Tree::Pod" object.

	   $tree is a "Pod::Tree" object that represents a POD.  $pod writes the POD to $dest.	See "Destination resolution" for details.

       $pod->"translate"
	   Writes the text of the POD.	This method should only be called once.

DIAGNOSTICS

       "Pod::Tree::Pod::new: not enough arguments"
	   (F) "new" called with fewer than 2 arguments.

       "Pod::Tree::HTML::new: Can't open $dest: $!"
	   (F) The destination file couldn't be opened.

NOTES

       o   The destination doesn't actually have to be an "IO::File" object.  It may be any object that has a "print" method.

SEE ALSO

       perl(1), "Pod::Tree", "Pod::Tree::Node"

AUTHOR

       Steven McDougall, swmcd@world.std.com

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2000-2003 by Steven McDougall. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       Perl itself.

perl v5.10.1							    2004-10-11						       Pod::Tree::Pod(3pm)