1GraphViz2::Parse::RegexUps(e3r)Contributed Perl DocumentGartaipohnViz2::Parse::Regexp(3)
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NAME

6       GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp - Visualize a Perl regular expression as a
7       graph
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SYNOPSIS

10           use GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp;
11           # no objects - quicker
12           my $gd = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp::to_graph('(([abcd0-9])|(foo))');
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14           # populate a GraphViz2 object with a Graph::Directed of a regexp
15           my $gv = GraphViz2->from_graph(GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp::graphvizify($gd));
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17           # OO interface, using lazy-built attributes
18           my $gvre = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp->new(regexp => $regexp);
19           my $gd = $gvre->as_graph; # Graph::Directed object
20           # or supply a suitable Graph::Directed object
21           my $gvre = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp->new(as_graph => $gd);
22           # then get the GraphViz2 object
23           my $gv = $gvre->graph;
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25           # DEPRECATED ways to get $gvre with populated $gv
26           my $gvre = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp->new;
27           $gvre->create(regexp => '(([abcd0-9])|(foo))');
28           my $gv = $gvre->graph;
29           # or give it a pre-set-up GraphViz2 object
30           my $gv = GraphViz2->new(...);
31           my $gvre = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp->new(graph => $gv);
32           # call ->create as above
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34           # produce a visualisation
35           my $format = shift || 'svg';
36           my $output_file = shift || "output.$format";
37           $gv->run(format => $format, output_file => $output_file);
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39       See t/gen.parse.regexp.t.
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DESCRIPTION

42       Takes a Perl regular expression and converts it into a Graph::Directed
43       object, or directly into a GraphViz2 object.
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FUNCTIONS

46       This is the recommended interface.
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48   to_graph
49           my $gd = GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp::to_graph('(([abcd0-9])|(foo))');
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51       Given a Perl regular expression, returns a Graph::Directed object
52       describing the finite state machine for it.
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54   graphvizify
55           my $gv = GraphViz2->from_graph(GraphViz2::Parse::Regexp::graphvizify($gd));
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57       Mutates the given graph object to add to it the "graphviz" attributes
58       visualisation "hints" that will make the "from_graph" in GraphViz2
59       method visualise this regular expression in the most meaningful way,
60       including labels and groupings.
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62       It is idempotent as it simply sets the "graphviz" attribute of the
63       relevant graph entities.
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65       Returns the graph object for convenience.
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METHODS

68       This is a Moo class, but with a recommended functional interface.
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70   Constructor attributes
71       regexp
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73       The regular expression to use.
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75       This key is optional. You need to provide it by the time you access
76       either the "as_graph" or "graph".
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80       The Graph::Directed object to use. If not given, will be lazily built
81       on access, from the "regexp".
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85       The GraphViz2 object to use. This allows you to configure it as
86       desired.
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88       This key is optional. If provided, the "create" method will populate
89       it.  If not, it will have these defaults, lazy-built and populated from
90       the "as_graph".
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92           my $gv = GraphViz2->new(
93                   edge   => {color => 'grey'},
94                   global => {directed => 1},
95                   graph  => {rankdir => 'TB'},
96                   node   => {color => 'blue', shape => 'oval'},
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99   create(regexp => $regexp)
100       DEPRECATED. Mutates the object to set the "regexp" attribute, then
101       accesses the "as_graph" attribute (possibly lazy-building it), then
102       "graphvizify"s its "as_graph" attribute with that information, then
103       "from_graph"s its "graph".
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105       Returns $self for method chaining.
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THANKS

108       Many thanks are due to the people who chose to make Graphviz
109       <http://www.graphviz.org/> Open Source.
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111       And thanks to Leon Brocard <http://search.cpan.org/~lbrocard/>, who
112       wrote GraphViz, and kindly gave me co-maint of the module.
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AUTHOR

115       GraphViz2 was written by Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au> in 2011.
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117       Home page: <http://savage.net.au/index.html>.
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120       Australian copyright (c) 2011, Ron Savage.
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122       All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software'; you can
123       redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of The Perl
124       License, a copy of which is available at: http://dev.perl.org/licenses/
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