The London Perl and Raku Workshop takes place on 26th Oct 2024. If your company depends on Perl, please consider sponsoring and/or attending.
 / 
Data-Object-Data-2.03
River stage one • 2 direct dependents • 3 total dependents
/ Data::Object::Data

NAME

Data::Object::Data

ABSTRACT

Podish Parser for Perl 5

SYNOPSIS

package main;

use Data::Object::Data;

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/Data_Object_Data.t'
);

DESCRIPTION

This package provides methods for parsing and extracting pod-like sections from any file or package. The pod-like syntax allows for using these sections anywhere in the source code and having Perl properly ignoring them.

SCENARIOS

This package supports the following scenarios:

syntax

# POD

# =head1 NAME
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =head1 NAME
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

# Podish Syntax

# =name
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

# Podish Syntax (Nested)

# =name
#
# Example #1
#
# +=head1 WHY?
#
# blah blah blah
#
# +=cut
#
# More information on the same topic as was previously mentioned in the
# previous section demonstrating the topic as-is obvious from said section
# ...
#
# =cut

# Alternate Podish Syntax

# @=name
#
# Example #1
#
# @=cut
#
# @=name
#
# Example #2
#
# @=cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/alternate.pod'
);

$data->contents('name');

# [['Example #1'], ['Example #2']]

This package supports parsing standard POD and pod-like sections from any file or package, anywhere in the document. Additionally, this package supports an alternative POD definition syntax which helps differentiate between the traditional POD usage and other usages.

ATTRIBUTES

This package has the following attributes:

data

data(Str)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Str) values, and is optional.

file

file(Str)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Str) values, and is optional.

from

from(Str)

This attribute is read-only, accepts (Str) values, and is optional.

METHODS

This package implements the following methods:

content

content(Str $name) : ArrayRef[Str]

The content method the pod-like section where the name matches the given string.

content example #1
# =name
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/content.pod'
);

$data->content('name');

# ['Example #1']
content example #2
# =name
#
# Example #1
#
# +=head1 WHY?
#
# blah blah blah
#
# +=cut
#
# More information on the same topic as was previously mentioned in the
# previous section demonstrating the topic as-is obvious from said section
# ...
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/nested.pod'
);

$data->content('name');

# ['Example #1', '', '=head1 WHY?', ...]

contents

contents(Str $list, Str $name) : ArrayRef[ArrayRef]

The contents method returns all pod-like sections that start with the given string, e.g. pod matches =pod foo. This method returns an arrayref of data for the matched sections. Optionally, you can filter the results by name by providing an additional argument.

contents example #1
 # =name example-1
 #
 # Example #1
 #
 # =cut
 #
 # =name example-2
 #
 # Example #2
 #
 # =cut

 my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
   file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
 );

 $data->contents('name');

# [['Example #1'], ['Example #2']]
contents example #2
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# +=head1 WHY?
#
# blah blah blah
#
# +=cut
#
# ...
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  string => join "\n\n", (
    '=name example-1',
    '',
    'Example #1',
    '',
    '+=head1 WHY?',
    '',
    'blah blah blah',
    '',
    '+=cut',
    '',
    'More information on the same topic as was previously mentioned in the',
    '',
    'previous section demonstrating the topic as-is obvious from said section',
    '',
    '...',
    '',
    '=cut'
  )
);

$data->contents('name');

# [['Example #1', '', '=head1 WHY?', ...]]

item

item(Str $name) : HashRef

The item method returns metadata for the pod-like section that matches the given string.

item example #1
# =name
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/content.pod'
);

$data->item('name');

# {
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Example #1'],
#   list => undef,
#   name => 'name'
# }

list

list(Str $name) : ArrayRef

The list method returns metadata for each pod-like section that matches the given string.

list example #1
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name example-2
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
);

$data->list('name');

# [{
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Example #1'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-1'
# },
# {
#   index => 2,
#   data => ['Example #2'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-2'
# }]

list_item

list_item(Str $list, Str $item) : ArrayRef[HashRef]

The list_item method returns metadata for the pod-like sections that matches the given list name and argument.

list_item example #1
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name example-2
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
);

$data->list_item('name', 'example-2');

# [{
#   index => 2,
#   data => ['Example #2'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-2'
# }]

parser

parser(Str $string) : ArrayRef

The parser method extracts pod-like sections from a given string and returns an arrayref of metadata.

parser example #1
# given: synopsis

$data->parser("=pod\n\nContent\n\n=cut");

# [{
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Content'],
#   list => undef,
#   name => 'pod'
# }]

pluck

pluck(Str $type, Str $item) : ArrayRef[HashRef]

The pluck method splices and returns metadata for the pod-like section that matches the given list or item by name. Splicing means that the parsed dataset will be reduced each time this method returns data, making this useful with iterators and reducers.

pluck example #1
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name example-2
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
);

$data->pluck('list', 'name');

# [{
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Example #1'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-1'
# },{
#   index => 2,
#   data => ['Example #2'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-2'
# }]
pluck example #2
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name example-2
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
);

$data->pluck('item', 'example-1');

# [{
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Example #1'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-1'
# }]

$data->pluck('item', 'example-2');

# [{
#   index => 2,
#   data => ['Example #2'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-2'
# }]
pluck example #3
# =name example-1
#
# Example #1
#
# =cut
#
# =name example-2
#
# Example #2
#
# =cut

my $data = Data::Object::Data->new(
  file => 't/examples/contents.pod'
);

$data->pluck('list', 'name');

# [{
#   index => 1,
#   data => ['Example #1'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-1'
# },{
#   index => 2,
#   data => ['Example #2'],
#   list => 'name',
#   name => 'example-2'
# }]

$data->pluck('list', 'name');

# []

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk, awncorp@cpan.org

LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2011-2019, Al Newkirk, et al.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the The Apache License, Version 2.0, as elucidated in the "license file".

PROJECT

Wiki

Project

Initiatives

Milestones

Contributing

Issues