.\" -*- mode: troff; coding: utf-8 -*-
.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 5.01 (Pod::Simple 3.43)
.\"
.\" Standard preamble:
.\" ========================================================================
.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP)
.if t .sp .5v
.if n .sp
..
.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text
.ft CW
.nf
.ne \\$1
..
.de Ve \" End verbatim text
.ft R
.fi
..
.\" \*(C` and \*(C' are quotes in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>.
.ie n \{\
.    ds C` ""
.    ds C' ""
'br\}
.el\{\
.    ds C`
.    ds C'
'br\}
.\"
.\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform.
.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
.el       .ds Aq '
.\"
.\" If the F register is >0, we'll generate index entries on stderr for
.\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index
.\" entries marked with X<> in POD.  Of course, you'll have to process the
.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion.
.\"
.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'.
.de IX
..
.nr rF 0
.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1
.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\
.    if \nF \{\
.        de IX
.        tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2"
..
.        if !\nF==2 \{\
.            nr % 0
.            nr F 2
.        \}
.    \}
.\}
.rr rF
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "TAP::Parser::ResultFactory 3perl"
.TH TAP::Parser::ResultFactory 3perl 2024-02-11 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification.  Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
.nh
.SH NAME
TAP::Parser::ResultFactory \- Factory for creating TAP::Parser output objects
.SH SYNOPSIS
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 4
\&  use TAP::Parser::ResultFactory;
\&  my $token   = {...};
\&  my $factory = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory\->new;
\&  my $result  = $factory\->make_result( $token );
.Ve
.SH VERSION
.IX Header "VERSION"
Version 3.44
.SS DESCRIPTION
.IX Subsection "DESCRIPTION"
This is a simple factory class which returns a TAP::Parser::Result subclass
representing the current bit of test data from TAP (usually a single line).
It is used primarily by TAP::Parser::Grammar.  Unless you're subclassing,
you probably won't need to use this module directly.
.SS METHODS
.IX Subsection "METHODS"
.SS "Class Methods"
.IX Subsection "Class Methods"
\fR\f(CI\*(C`new\*(C'\fR\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "new"
.PP
Creates a new factory class.
\&\fINote:\fR You currently don't need to instantiate a factory in order to use it.
.PP
\fR\f(CI\*(C`make_result\*(C'\fR\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "make_result"
.PP
Returns an instance the appropriate class for the test token passed in.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  my $result = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory\->make_result($token);
.Ve
.PP
Can also be called as an instance method.
.PP
\fR\f(CI\*(C`class_for\*(C'\fR\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "class_for"
.PP
Takes one argument: \f(CW$type\fR.  Returns the class for this \f(CW$type\fR, or \f(CW\*(C`croak\*(C'\fRs
with an error.
.PP
\fR\f(CI\*(C`register_type\*(C'\fR\fI\fR
.IX Subsection "register_type"
.PP
Takes two arguments: \f(CW$type\fR, \f(CW$class\fR
.PP
This lets you override an existing type with your own custom type, or register
a completely new type, eg:
.PP
.Vb 4
\&  # create a custom result type:
\&  package MyResult;
\&  use strict;
\&  use base \*(AqTAP::Parser::Result\*(Aq;
\&
\&  # register with the factory:
\&  TAP::Parser::ResultFactory\->register_type( \*(Aqmy_type\*(Aq => _\|_PACKAGE_\|_ );
\&
\&  # use it:
\&  my $r = TAP::Parser::ResultFactory\->( { type => \*(Aqmy_type\*(Aq } );
.Ve
.PP
Your custom type should then be picked up automatically by the TAP::Parser.
.SH SUBCLASSING
.IX Header "SUBCLASSING"
Please see "SUBCLASSING" in TAP::Parser for a subclassing overview.
.PP
There are a few things to bear in mind when creating your own
\&\f(CW\*(C`ResultFactory\*(C'\fR:
.IP 1. 4
The factory itself is never instantiated (this \fImay\fR change in the future).
This means that \f(CW\*(C`_initialize\*(C'\fR is never called.
.IP 2. 4
\&\f(CW\*(C`TAP::Parser::Result\->new\*(C'\fR is never called, \f(CW$tokens\fR are reblessed.
This \fIwill\fR change in a future version!
.IP 3. 4
TAP::Parser::Result subclasses will register themselves with
TAP::Parser::ResultFactory directly:
.Sp
.Vb 2
\&  package MyFooResult;
\&  TAP::Parser::ResultFactory\->register_type( foo => _\|_PACKAGE_\|_ );
.Ve
.Sp
Of course, it's up to you to decide whether or not to ignore them.
.SS Example
.IX Subsection "Example"
.Vb 1
\&  package MyResultFactory;
\&
\&  use strict;
\&
\&  use MyResult;
\&
\&  use base \*(AqTAP::Parser::ResultFactory\*(Aq;
\&
\&  # force all results to be \*(AqMyResult\*(Aq
\&  sub class_for {
\&    return \*(AqMyResult\*(Aq;
\&  }
\&
\&  1;
.Ve
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
TAP::Parser,
TAP::Parser::Result,
TAP::Parser::Grammar