1PPI::Document::File(3)User Contributed Perl DocumentationPPI::Document::File(3)
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NAME

6       PPI::Document::File - A Perl Document located in a specific file
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DESCRIPTION

9       WARNING: This class is experimental, and may change without notice
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11       PPI::Document::File provides a PPI::Document subclass that represents a
12       Perl document stored in a specific named file.
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METHODS

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16         my $file = PPI::Document::File->new( 'Module.pm' );
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18       The "new" constructor works the same as for the regular one, except
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20       "anonymous" PPI::Document::File object, not can you create an empty
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23       Returns a new PPI::Document::File object, or "undef" on error.
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25   save
26         # Save to the file we were loaded from
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29         # Save a copy to somewhere else
30         $file->save( 'Module2.pm' );
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32       The "save" method works similarly to the one in the parent
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35       The difference with this subclass is that if "save" is not passed any
36       filename, it will save it back to the file it was loaded from.
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38       Note: When saving to a different file, it is considered to be saving a
39       copy and so the value returned by the "filename" accessor will stay the
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TO DO

43       - May need to overload some methods to forcefully prevent Document
44       objects becoming children of another Node.
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SUPPORT

47       See the support section in the main module.
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AUTHOR

50       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
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53       Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.
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55       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
56       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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58       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
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63perl v5.30.0                      2019-07-26            PPI::Document::File(3)
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