Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents(3pm)		User Contributed Perl Documentation	     Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents(3pm)

NAME

       Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents - A Visitor for fetching all the descendents of a Tree::Simple object

SYNOPSIS

	 use Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents;

	 # create an instance of our visitor
	 my $visitor = Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents->new();

	 # pass the visitor to a Tree::Simple object
	 $tree->accept($visitor);

	 # you can also get the descendents
	 # back as an array of node values
	 my @descendents = $visitor->getDescendents();

	 # for more complex node objects, you can specify
	 # a node filter which will be used to extract the
	 # information desired from each node
	 $visitor->setNodeFilter(sub {
		       my ($t) = @_;
		       return $t->getNodeValue()->description();
		       });

DESCRIPTION

       Given a Tree::Simple instance this Visitor will return all the descendents recursively on down the hierarchy.

METHODS

       new There are no arguments to the constructor the object will be in its default state. You can use the "setNodeFilter" method to customize
	   its behavior.

       setTraversalMethod ($visitor)
	   By default we will use Tree::Simple's built in depth-first (pre-order) traverse method. If however, you desire the descendents to be
	   returned in a different ordering, this can be accomplished using a different traversal method, you can supply a $visitor object
	   implementing that traversal type to this method (See  Tree::Simple::Visitor::BreadthFirstTraversal,
	   Tree::Simple::Visitor::PreOrderTraversal and Tree::Simple::Visitor::PostOrderTraversal).

       setNodeFilter ($filter_function)
	   This method accepts a CODE reference as its $filter_function argument and throws an exception if it is not a code reference. This code
	   reference is used to filter the tree nodes as they are collected. This can be used to customize output, or to gather specific
	   information from a more complex tree node. The filter function should accept a single argument, which is the current Tree::Simple
	   object.

       visit ($tree)
	   This is the method that is used by Tree::Simple's "accept" method. It can also be used on its own, it requires the $tree argument to be
	   a Tree::Simple object (or derived from a Tree::Simple object), and will throw and exception otherwise.

       getAllDescendents
	   This method will give back and array of descendents in depth-first order (pre-order) or in the order specified by the
	   "setTraversalMethod". If called in scalar context it will give an array reference, in list context it will return a regular array. This
	   method is the same as calling "getResults".

BUGS

       None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

       See the CODE COVERAGE section in Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory for more inforamtion.

SEE ALSO

       These Visitor classes are all subclasses of Tree::Simple::Visitor, which can be found in the Tree::Simple module, you should refer to that
       module for more information.

AUTHOR

       stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2004, 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

       <http://www.iinteractive.com>

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.10.1							    2005-07-14			     Tree::Simple::Visitor::GetAllDescendents(3pm)