NAME
Net::Trackback - an object-oriented interface for developing Trackback clients and servers,
DESCRIPTION
This package is an object-oriented interface for developing Trackback clients and servers.
I take no credit for the genius of TrackBack. Initially this module's code was derived from the standalone reference implementation release by Ben and Mena Trott. My motivation in developing this module is to make experimentation and implementation of TrackBack functions a bit easier.
As of version 0.99, the interface has been overhauled and refined from the very crude original alpha release of 0.2x and is not backwards compatable in the least.
METHODS
This module contains two exportable utility methods for working with XML.
- encode_xml($string)
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A simple utility for encoding XML's five named entities from text.
- decode_xml($string)
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A simple utility for encoding XML's five named entities into text.
Deprecated
- Net::Trackback->is_data($object)
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Tests if the object is a Net::Trackback::Data object. Returns a boolean value.
- Net::Trackback->is_ping($object)
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Tests if the object is a Net::Trackback::Ping object. Returns a boolean value.
- Net::Trackback->is_message($object)
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Tests if the object is a Net::Trackback::Message object. Returns a boolean value.
DEPENDENCIES
SEE ALSO
Net::Trackback::Client, Net::Trackback::Server, Net::Trackback::Ping, Net::Trackback::Data, Net::Trackback::Message
TrackBack Technical Specification: http://www.movabletype.org/docs/mttrackback.html
Trackback Development Weblog: http://www.movabletype.org/trackback/
Movable Type User Manual: TRACKBACK: http://movabletype.org/docs/mtmanual_trackback.html
TO DO
- Add functionality to using RSS/Atom to discover pingable resources.
- Implement an optional XML parser option?
LICENSE
The software is released under the Artistic License. The terms of the Artistic License are described at http://www.perl.com/language/misc/Artistic.html.
AUTHOR & COPYRIGHT
Except where otherwise noted, Net::Trackback is Copyright 2003-2004, Timothy Appnel, cpan@timaoutloud.org. All rights reserved.
8 POD Errors
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=begin without a target?
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'=item' outside of any '=over'
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You forgot a '=back' before '=head2'
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'=item' outside of any '=over'
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You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
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'=item' outside of any '=over'
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You forgot a '=back' before '=head1'
- Around line 135:
'=end' without a target?