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HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			 HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm)

NAME
       HTML::Microformats::Datatype - representations of literal values

DESCRIPTION
       Many places you'd expect a Perl scalar to appear, e.g.:

	 $my_hcard->get_fn;

       What you actually get returned is an object from one of the Datatype modules. Why? Because using a scalar loses information. For example,
       most strings have associated language information (from HTML lang and xml:lang attributes). Using an object allows this information to be
       kept.

       The Datatype modules overload stringification, which means that for the most part, you can use them as strings (subjecting them to regular
       expressions, concatenating them, printing them, etc) and everything will work just fine. But they're not strings.

BUGS
       Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/>.

SEE ALSO
       HTML::Microformats.

       HTML::Microformats::Datatype::DateTime, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Interval,
       HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String.

AUTHOR
       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2008-2011 Toby Inkster

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
       MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

perl v5.14.2							    2011-12-06					 HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm)