NAME

HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String - text in a particular language

SYNOPSIS

my $string = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String
               ->new('Bonjour', 'fr');
print "$string\n";

DESCRIPTION

Constructor

$str = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String->new($text, [$lang])

Creates a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object.

Public Methods

$str->lang

Return the language code.

$str->to_string

Return a plain (scalar) string.

Functions

$str = ms($text, [$element])

Construct a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object from a scalar, plus XML::LibXML::Element. If $element is undef, then returns the plain (scalar) string itself.

This function is exported by default.

(Note: the name 'ms' originally stood for 'Magic String'.)

isms($str)

Returns true iff $str is blessed as a HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object.

This function is exported by default.

$c = concat($a, $b, [$reverse])

Concatenates two strings.

If the language of string $b is null or the same as $a, then the resultant string has the same language as $a. Otherwise the result has no language.

If $reverse is true, then the strings are concatenated with $b preceding $a.

This function is not exported by default.

Can also be used as a method:

$c = $a->concat($b);
compare($a, $b)

Compares two strings alphabetically. Language is ignored.

Return values are as per 'cmp' (see perlfunc).

This function is not exported by default.

Can also be used as a method:

$a->compare($b);

BUGS

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

SEE ALSO

HTML::Microformats, HTML::Microformats::Datatype.

AUTHOR

Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

Copyright 2008-2012 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.