1SQL::Translator::ParserU(s3e)r Contributed Perl DocumentaStQiLo:n:Translator::Parser(3)
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6 SQL::Translator::Parser - describes how to write a parser
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9 Parser modules that get invoked by SQL::Translator need to implement a
10 single function: parse. This function will be called by the
11 SQL::Translator instance as $class::parse($tr, $data_as_string), where
12 $tr is a SQL::Translator instance. Other than that, the classes are
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16 When the parser has determined what exists, it will communicate the
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23 The Schema object has methods for adding tables, fields, indices, etc.
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25 its related modules. For examples of how this works, examine the
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29 Ken Y. Clark, <kclark@cpan.org<gt>, darren chamberlain <dar‐
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33 perl(1), SQL::Translator, SQL::Translator::Schema.
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