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NAME

6       Pod::Simple::Methody -- turn Pod::Simple events into method calls
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SYNOPSIS

9        require 5;
10        use strict;
11        package SomePodFormatter;
12        use base qw(Pod::Simple::Methody);
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14        sub handle_text {
15          my($self, $text) = @_;
16          ...
17        }
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19        sub start_head1 {
20          my($self, $attrs) = @_;
21          ...
22        }
23        sub end_head1 {
24          my($self) = @_;
25          ...
26        }
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28       ...and start_/end_ methods for whatever other events you want to catch.
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DESCRIPTION

31       This class is of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on
32       Pod::Simple.
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34       This class (which is very small -- read the source) overrides
35       Pod::Simple's _handle_element_start, _handle_text, and
36       _handle_element_end methods so that parser events are turned into
37       method calls. (Otherwise, this is a subclass of Pod::Simple and
38       inherits all its methods.)
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40       You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor.
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METHOD CALLING

43       When Pod::Simple sees a "=head1 Hi there", for example, it basically
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46         $parser->_handle_element_start( "head1", \%attributes );
47         $parser->_handle_text( "Hi there" );
48         $parser->_handle_element_end( "head1" );
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50       But if you subclass Pod::Simple::Methody, it will instead do this when
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53         $parser->start_head1( \%attributes ) if $parser->can('start_head1');
54         $parser->handle_text( "Hi there" )   if $parser->can('handle_text');
55         $parser->end_head1()                 if $parser->can('end_head1');
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57       If Pod::Simple sends an event where the element name has a dash,
58       period, or colon, the corresponding method name will have a underscore
59       in its place.  For example, "foo.bar:baz" becomes start_foo_bar_baz and
60       end_foo_bar_baz.
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62       See the source for Pod::Simple::Text for an example of using this
63       class.
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SEE ALSO

66       Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Subclassing
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SUPPORT

69       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
70       pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to
71       pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to subscribe.
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73       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
74       <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and
75       contribute, or to clone <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and
76       send patches!
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78       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
79       <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.
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82       Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.
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84       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
85       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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87       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
88       without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
89       merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
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AUTHOR

92       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.  But don't
93       bother him, he's retired.
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95       Pod::Simple is maintained by:
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97       •   Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"
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99       •   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"
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101       •   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"
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