PPIx::Utilities::Statement(3)				User Contributed Perl Documentation			     PPIx::Utilities::Statement(3)

NAME

       PPIx::Utilities::Statement - Extensions to PPI::Statement.

VERSION

       This document describes PPIx::Utilities::Statement version 1.1.0.

SYNOPSIS

	   use PPI::Document qw< >;

	   use PPIx::Utilities::Statement qw<
	       get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement
	   >;

	   my $document = PPI::Document->new('Readonly::Scalar my $THINGY => 47.2;');

	   # Returns the PPI::Token::Symbol for "$THINGY".
	   my ($constant) = get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement(
	       $document->schild(0)
	   );

DESCRIPTION

       This is a collection of functions for dealing with PPI::Statements.

INTERFACE

       Nothing is exported by default.

   "get_constant_name_elements_from_declaring_statement($statement)"
       Given a PPI::Statement, if the statement is a Readonly or Const::Fast declaration statement or a "use constant", returns the names of the
       things being defined.

       Given

	   use constant 1.16 FOO => 'bar';

       this will return the PPI::Token::Word containing 'FOO'.	Given

	   use constant 1.16 { FOO => 'bar', 'BAZ' => 'burfle' };

       this will return a list of the PPI::Tokens containing 'FOO' and 'BAZ'. Similarly, given

	   Readonly::Hash my %FOO => ( bar => 'baz' );

       or

	   const my %FOO => ( bar => 'baz' );

       this will return the PPI::Token::Symbol containing '%FOO'.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-ppix-utilities@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR

       Thomas R. Wyant, III "<wyant at cpan dot org>"

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Thomas R. Wyant, III.  All rights reserved.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.  The full text of this license
       can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

perl v5.16.3							    2010-12-02					     PPIx::Utilities::Statement(3)