Pod::Index::Search(3pm) 				User Contributed Perl Documentation				   Pod::Index::Search(3pm)

NAME

       Pod::Index::Search - Search for keywords in an indexed pod

SYNOPSIS

	   use Pod::Index::Search;

	   my $q = Pod::Index::Search->new;

	   my @results = $q->search('getprotobyname');

	   for my $r (@results) {
	       printf "%s	%s
", $r->podname, $r->line;
	       print $r->pod;
	   }

	   my @subtopics = $q->subtopics('operator');

DESCRIPTION

       This module searches an index created by Pod::Index::Builder. Search results are returned as Pod::Index::Entry objects.

       It is also possible to search for subtopics for a keyword. For example, a search for "operator" might return things like

	   operator, conditional
	   operator, filetest
	   operator, logical
	   operator, precedence
	   operator, relational

       The subtopics returned are simple strings.

METHODS

       new
	       my $q = Pod::Index::Search->new(%args);

	   Create a new search object. Possible arguments are:

	   "fh"
	       The filehandle of the index to use. If omitted, "perlindex::DATA" is used.

	   "filename"
	       The filename of the index to use. Note that you can specify either "fh" or filename, but not both.

	   "filemap"
	       A subroutine reference that takes a podname and returns a filename. A simple example might be:

		   sub {
		       my $podname = shift;
		       return "/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/pod/$podname.pod";
		   }

	       The podname is in colon-delimited Perl package syntax.

	       The default "filemap" returns the first file in @INC that seems to have the proper documentation (either a .pod or .pm file).

	   "nocase"
	       If true, the search will be case-insensitive.

       search($keyword)
	   Do the actual search in the index.  Returns a list of search results, as Pod::Index::Entry objects.

       subtopics($keyword, %options)
	       my @topics = $q->subtopics('operator');
	       my @topics = $q->subtopics('operator', deep => 1);

	   Lists the subtopics for a given keyword. If "deep" is given, it includes all subtopics; otherwise, only the first level of subtopics is
	   included.

VERSION

       0.14

SEE ALSO

       Pod::Index::Entry, Pod::Index::Builder

AUTHOR

       Ivan Tubert-Brohman <itub@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2005 Ivan Tubert-Brohman. All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
       the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.10.0							    2005-10-16						   Pod::Index::Search(3pm)