---
name: "MDOM::Token"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libmakefile-dom-perl"
version: "0.008-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/MDOM::Token"
---

# MDOM::Token(3pm)

A single token of Makefile source code

## NAME

MDOM::Token - A single token of Makefile source code

## INHERITANCE

```
  MDOM::Token
  isa MDOM::Element
```

## DESCRIPTION

`"MDOM::Token"` is the abstract base class for all Tokens. In MDOM terms, a "Token" is a MDOM::Element that directly represents bytes of source code.

The implementation and POD are borrowed directly from PPI::Token.

## METHODS

### set\_class

Set a specific class for a token.

### set\_content $string

The `"set_content"` method allows one to set/change the string that the `"MDOM::Token"` object represents.

Returns the string you set the Token to

### add\_content $string

The `"add_content"` method allows you to add additional bytes of code to the end of the Token.

Returns the new full string after the bytes have been added.

### length

The `"length"` method returns the length of the string in a Token.

### source

Returns the makefile source for the current token