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NAME

6       Pod::Abstract::BuildNode - Build new nodes for use in Pod::Abstract.
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SYNOPSIS

9        use Pod::Abstract::BuildNode qw(node nodes); # shorthand
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11        my $root_doc = node->root;
12        for(my $i = 1; $i < 10; $i ++) {
13           $root_doc->push(node->head1("Heading number $i"));
14        }
15        print $root_doc->pod;
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DESCRIPTION

18       For building a new Pod::Abstract document, or adding nodes to an
19       existing one. This provides easy methods to generate correctly set
20       nodes for most common Pod::Abstract elements.
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NOTES

23       Pod::Abstract::BuildNode can export two functions, "node" and "nodes".
24       These are constant functions to provide a shorthand so instead of
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27        use Pod::Abstract::BuildNode;
28        # ...
29        my @nodes = Pod::Abstract::BuildNode->from_pod( $pod );
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31       You can instead write:
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33        use Pod::Abstract::BuildNode qw(node nodes);
34        # ...
35        my @nodes = nodes->from_pod($pod);
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37       Which is more readable, and less typing. "node" and "nodes" are both
38       synonyms of "Pod::Abstract::BuildNode".
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40       This shorthand form is shown in all the method examples below. All
41       methods operate on the class.
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METHODS

44   from_pod
45        my @nodes = nodes->from_pod($pod_text);
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47       Given some literal Pod text, generate a full subtree of nodes. The
48       returned array is all of the top level nodes. The full document tree
49       will be populated under the returned nodes.
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51   root
52        my $root = node->root;
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54       Generate a root node. A root node generates no output, and is used to
55       hold a document tree. Use this to make a new document.
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57   begin
58        my $begin_block = node->begin($command);
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60       Generates a begin/end block. Nodes nested inside the begin node will
61       appear between the begin/end.
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63       Note that there is no corresponding "end" method - the end command
64       belongs to it's corresponding begin.
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66   for
67        my $for = node->for('overlay from <class>');
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69       Create a =for node. The argument is the literal body of the for node,
70       no parsing will be performed.
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72   paragraph
73        my $para = node->paragraph('Pod text');
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75       Generates a Pod paragraph, possibly containing interior sequences. The
76       argument will be parsed as Pod, and will generate text and sequence
77       nodes inside the paragraph.
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79   verbatim
80        my $v = node->verbatim($text);
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82       Add the given text as a verbatim node to the document. All lines in the
83       fiven $text will be indented by one space to ensure they are treated as
84       verbatim.
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86   heading
87        my $head2 = node->heading(2, $heading);
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89       Generate a heading node at the given level. Nodes that "belong" in the
90       heading's section should be nested in the heading node. The $heading
91       text will be parsed for interior sequences.
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93   head1
94        node->head1($heading);
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96   head2
97        node->head2($heading);
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99   head3
100        node->head3($heading);
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102   head4
103        node->head4($heading);
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105   over
106        my $list = node->over([$num]);
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108       Generates an over/back block, to contain list items. The optional
109       parameter $num specifies the number of spaces to indent by. Note that
110       the back node is part of the over, there is no separate back method.
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112   item
113        my $item = node->item('*');
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115       Generates an item with the specified label. To fill in the text of the
116       item, nest paragraphs into the item. Items should be contained in over
117       nodes.
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119   text
120        my $text = node->text('Literal text');
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122       Generates a literal text node. You generally do not want this, you
123       probably want a paragraph. Use this if you want to, for example, append
124       a word at the end of a paragraph.
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126   pod
127        my $n = node->pod;
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129       Generates an "=pod" command. Can be useful to force pod mode at the end
130       of cut nodes.
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132       Do not confuse with "from_pod"!
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135        my $cut = node->cut;
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137       Generates an explicit "=cut" command.
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AUTHOR

140       Ben Lilburne <bnej@mac.com>
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143       Copyright (C) 2009 Ben Lilburne
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145       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
146       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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