NAME

Pod::Tree::Pod - Convert a Pod::Tree back to a POD

SYNOPSIS

use Pod::Tree::Pod;

$tree =  new Pod::Tree;
  
$dest =  new IO::File;
$dest = "file.pod";

$pod  =  new Pod::Tree::Pod $tree, $dest;

$pod->translate;

DESCRIPTION

Pod::Tree::Pod converts a Pod::Tree back to a POD. The destination is fixed when the object is created. The translate method does the actual translation.

For convenience, Pod::Tree::Pod can write the POD to a variety of destinations. The new method resolves the $dest argument.

Destination resolution

Pod::Tree::Pod can write HTML to either of 2 destinations. new resolves $dest by checking these things, in order:

1. If $dest is a reference, then it is taken to be an IO::File object that is already open on the file where the POD will be written.

2. If $dest is not a reference, then it is taken to be the name of the file where the POD will be written.

METHODS

$pod = new Pod::Tree::Pod $tree, $dest

Creates a new Pod::Tree::Pod object.

$tree is a Pod::Tree object that represents a POD. $pod writes the POD to $dest. See "Destination resolution" for details.

$pod->translate

Writes the text of the POD. This method should only be called once.

DIAGNOSTICS

Pod::Tree::Pod::new: not enough arguments

(F) new called with fewer than 2 arguments.

Pod::Tree::HTML::new: Can't open $dest: $!

(F) The destination file couldn't be opened.

NOTES

• The destination doesn't actually have to be an IO::File object. It may be any object that has a print method.

SEE ALSO

perl(1), Pod::Tree, Pod::Tree::Node

AUTHOR

Steven McDougall, swmcd@world.std.com

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2001 by Steven McDougall. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.