---
name: "TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File"
section: "3perl"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl"
version: "5.44.0-1"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File/3perl"
---

# TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File(3perl)

Stream TAP from a text file.

## NAME

TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File - Stream TAP from a text file.

## VERSION

Version 3.52

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use TAP::Parser::Source;
  use TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File;
  my $source = TAP::Parser::Source->new->raw( \'file.tap' );
  $source->assemble_meta;
  my $class = 'TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::File';
  my $vote  = $class->can_handle( $source );
  my $iter  = $class->make_iterator( $source );
```

## DESCRIPTION

This is a *raw TAP stored in a file* TAP::Parser::SourceHandler - it has 2 jobs:

1\. Figure out if the *raw* source it's given is a file containing raw TAP output.  See TAP::Parser::IteratorFactory for more details.

2\. Takes raw TAP from the text file given, and converts into an iterator.

Unless you're writing a plugin or subclassing TAP::Parser, you probably won't need to use this module directly.

## METHODS

### Class Methods

*"can\_handle"*

```
  my $vote = $class->can_handle( $source );
```

Only votes if `$source` looks like a regular file.  Casts the following votes:

```
  0.9 if it's a .tap file
  0.9 if it has an extension matching any given in user config.
```

*"make\_iterator"*

```
  my $iterator = $class->make_iterator( $source );
```

Returns a new TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream for the source.  `"croak"`s on error.

*"iterator\_class"*

The class of iterator to use, override if you're sub-classing.  Defaults to TAP::Parser::Iterator::Stream.

## CONFIGURATION

```
  {
   extensions => [ @case_insensitive_exts_to_match ]
  }
```

## SUBCLASSING

Please see "SUBCLASSING" in TAP::Parser for a subclassing overview.

## SEE ALSO

TAP::Object, TAP::Parser, TAP::Parser::SourceHandler, TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Executable, TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Perl, TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::Handle, TAP::Parser::SourceHandler::RawTAP