Pod::Simple::PullParserToken(3pm)			 Perl Programmers Reference Guide			 Pod::Simple::PullParserToken(3pm)

NAME

       Pod::Simple::PullParserToken -- tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

SYNOPSIS

       Given a $parser that's an object of class Pod::Simple::PullParser (or a subclass)...

	 while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
	   $DEBUG and print "Token: ", $token->dump, "
";
	   if($token->is_start) {
	     ...access $token->tagname, $token->attr, etc...

	   } elsif($token->is_text) {
	     ...access $token->text, $token->text_r, etc...

	   } elsif($token->is_end) {
	     ...access $token->tagname...

	   }
	 }

       (Also see Pod::Simple::PullParser)

DESCRIPTION

       When you do $parser->get_token on a Pod::Simple::PullParser, you should get an object of a subclass of Pod::Simple::PullParserToken.

       Subclasses will add methods, and will also inherit these methods:

       $token->type
	   This returns the type of the token.	This will be either the string "start", the string "text", or the string "end".

	   Once you know what the type of an object is, you then know what subclass it belongs to, and therefore what methods it supports.

	   Yes, you could probably do the same thing with code like $token->isa('Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken'), but that's not so pretty as
	   using just $token->type, or even the following shortcuts:

       $token->is_start
	   This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "start""

       $token->is_text
	   This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "text""

       $token->is_end
	   This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "end""

       $token->dump
	   This returns a handy stringified value of this object.  This is useful for debugging, as in:

	     while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
	       $DEBUG and print "Token: ", $token->dump, "
";
	       ...
	     }

SEE ALSO

       My subclasses: Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken, Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken, and Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken.

       Pod::Simple::PullParser and Pod::Simple

SUPPORT

       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple 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/theory/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone
       <git://github.com/theory/pod-simple.git> and send patches!

       Patches against Pod::Simple 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 was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.  But don't bother him, he's retired.

       Pod::Simple is maintained by:

       o   Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"

       o   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"

       o   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"

perl v5.18.2							    2013-11-14					 Pod::Simple::PullParserToken(3pm)