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.IX Title "Pod::Simple::Methody 3pm"
.TH Pod::Simple::Methody 3pm 2023-11-28 "perl v5.38.2" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide"
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.SH NAME
Pod::Simple::Methody \-\- turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
.SH SYNOPSIS
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.Vb 4
\& require 5;
\& use strict;
\& package SomePodFormatter;
\& use base qw(Pod::Simple::Methody);
\&
\& sub handle_text {
\&   my($self, $text) = @_;
\&   ...
\& }
\&
\& sub start_head1 {
\&   my($self, $attrs) = @_;
\&   ...
\& }
\& sub end_head1 {
\&   my($self) = @_;
\&   ...
\& }
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.PP
\&...and start_/end_ methods for whatever other events you want to catch.
.SH DESCRIPTION
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This class is of
interest to people writing Pod formatters based on Pod::Simple.
.PP
This class (which is very small \-\- read the source) overrides
Pod::Simple's _handle_element_start, _handle_text, and
_handle_element_end methods so that parser events are turned into method
calls. (Otherwise, this is a subclass of Pod::Simple and inherits all
its methods.)
.PP
You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor.
.SH "METHOD CALLING"
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When Pod::Simple sees a "=head1 Hi there", for example, it basically does
this:
.PP
.Vb 3
\&  $parser\->_handle_element_start( "head1", \e%attributes );
\&  $parser\->_handle_text( "Hi there" );
\&  $parser\->_handle_element_end( "head1" );
.Ve
.PP
But if you subclass Pod::Simple::Methody, it will instead do this
when it sees a "=head1 Hi there":
.PP
.Vb 3
\&  $parser\->start_head1( \e%attributes ) if $parser\->can(\*(Aqstart_head1\*(Aq);
\&  $parser\->handle_text( "Hi there" )   if $parser\->can(\*(Aqhandle_text\*(Aq);
\&  $parser\->end_head1()                 if $parser\->can(\*(Aqend_head1\*(Aq);
.Ve
.PP
If Pod::Simple sends an event where the element name has a dash,
period, or colon, the corresponding method name will have a underscore
in its place.  For example, "foo.bar:baz" becomes start_foo_bar_baz
and end_foo_bar_baz.
.PP
See the source for Pod::Simple::Text for an example of using this class.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
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Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Subclassing
.SH SUPPORT
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Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
pod\-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
pod\-people\-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.
.PP
This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
<https://github.com/perl\-pod/pod\-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or
to clone <git://github.com/perl\-pod/pod\-simple.git> and send patches!
.PP
Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
<bug\-pod\-simple@rt.cpan.org>.
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS"
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Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
.PP
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
.SH AUTHOR
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Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.
But don't bother him, he's retired.
.PP
Pod::Simple is maintained by:
.IP \(bu 4
Allison Randal \f(CW\*(C`allison@perl.org\*(C'\fR
.IP \(bu 4
Hans Dieter Pearcey \f(CW\*(C`hdp@cpan.org\*(C'\fR
.IP \(bu 4
David E. Wheeler \f(CW\*(C`dwheeler@cpan.org\*(C'\fR