Pod::Tree::Pod(3pm)

Pod::Tree::Pod3pm

Convert a pod::tree back to a pod

Usage

  use Pod::Tree::Pod;
  $tree =  Pod::Tree->new;
    
  $dest =  IO::File->new;
  $dest = "file.pod";
  $pod  =  Pod::Tree::Pod->new($tree, $dest);
  $pod->translate;

Overview

"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

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

Releases

8 releases since Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 6.0–8
  2. 9
  3. 10–11
  4. 12–13

Author

Steven McDougall, [email protected]

From libpod-tree-perl 1.31-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.