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

NAME

       Pod::Tree::PerlLib - translate module PODs to HTML

SYNOPSIS

	 $perl_map = new Pod::Tree::PerlMap;
	 $perl_lib = new Pod::Tree::PerlLib $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %opts;

	 $perl_lib->scan(@INC);
	 $perl_lib->index;
	 $perl_lib->translate;

	 $top = $perl_lib->get_top_entry;

DESCRIPTION

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" translates module PODs to HTML.  It does a recursive subdirectory search through a list of directories (typically
       @INC) to find PODs.

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" generates a top-level index of all the PODs that it finds, and writes it to HTML_dir"/lib.html".

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" generates and uses an index of the PODs that it finds to construct HTML links.  Other modules can also use this index.

METHODS

       $perl_lib = "new" "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" $perl_dir, $HTML_dir, $perl_map, %options
	   Creates and returns a new "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" object.

	   $HTML_dir is the directory where HTML files will be written.

	   $perl_map maps module names to URLs.

	   %options are passed through to "Pod::Tree::HTML".

	   The $perl_dir argument is included for consistency with the other "Pod::Tree::Perl*" modules, but is currently unused.

       $perl_lib->"scan"(@INC)
	   Does a recursive subdirectory search through @INC to locate module PODs.  Each module that is identified is entered into $perl_map.

       $perl_lib->"index"
	   Generates a top-level index of all the modules.  The index is written to HTML_dir"/lib.html".

       $perl_lib->"translate"
	   Translates each module POD found by "scan" to HTML.	The HTML pages are written to HTML_dir"/lib/", in a subdirectory hierarchy that
	   maps the module names.

       $perl_lib->"get_top_entry"
	   Returns a hash reference of the form

	     { URL	   => $URL,
	       description => $description }

	   "Pod::Tree::PerlTop" uses this to build a top-level index of all the Perl PODs.

LINKING

       "Pod::Tree::PerlLib" expects the second paragraph of the POD to have the form

	   Foo::Bar - description

       and enters Foo::Bar into $perl_map.  To link to a module POD, write

	   L<Foo::Bar>

REQUIRES

	   5.005;
	   HTML::Stream;
	   Pod::Tree;
	   Pod::Tree::HTML;
	   Pod::Tree::PerlUtil;

EXPORTS

       Nothing.

SEE ALSO

       "Pod::Tree::HTML", "Pod::Tree::PerlMap"

AUTHOR

       Steven McDougall, swmcd@world.std.com

COPYRIGHT

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

perl v5.10.1							    2007-04-07						   Pod::Tree::PerlLib(3pm)