Weblint::Messages(3pm)

Weblint::Messages - perl module encapsulating weblint output messages

    use Weblint::Messages;

    my $msg = Weblint::Messages->new();
    $msg->whine('title-length');

Weblint::Messages is a class which provides access to the messages output by weblint (warnings, error messages, and stylistic comments). By default this module is used by the Weblint module, so unless you're doing something fancy, you don't need to know about it.
CONSTRUCTOR The constructor doesn't take any arguments, so is used as follows:

    use Weblint::Messages;

    $messages = Weblint::Messages->new();

whine Generate an output message:

    $messages->whine( ID, argument1 ... argumentN );

The first argument is a string which identifies the message. This is followed by zero or more message-specific arguments, which get interpolated into the message.
reset_defaults This method will reset the configuration of the module to the defaults built in:

    $messages = Weblint::Messages->new();
    ... do some things ...
    $messages->reset_defaults();

message_format Set the format of message which will be output:

    $messages->message_format( MF_TERSE );

There are three message formats currently supported. The identifiers for the three formats are defined in the Weblint::Constants module. The three message formats are: This is the standard lint format, which is used by default. The format is:

    filename(line): message

This is meant mainly for automatic processing of weblint output; the format is:

    filename:line:message

This is a shortened format, which doesn't include the filename. It is useful in places where the filename is temporary:

    line N: message

enable
class_enable
output_handle Set the filehandle which messages should be written to.

    $messages = Weblint::Messages->new();
    $FILE = new IO::File("> file.out");
    $old = $messages->output_handle($FILE);

This method returns the previous filehandle. The method can be used without any argument to query the current filehandle.

    $cur_handle = $messages->output_handle();

By default this is set to standard output (STDOUT).
class_enable
pedantic Hmm, just thought, this should be a meta class. Maybe should have flags, so you can enable (PEDANTIC ⎪ INTERNAL). OK, this method is likely to go away :-)
set_message_handler The weblint module. The weblint web site, where you can always get the latest version of weblint. Neil Bowers <[email protected]> Copyright (c) 1999 Neil Bowers. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.