PPIx::Regexp::Node(3) User Contributed Perl DocumentationPPIx::Regexp::Node(3)NAMEPPIx::Regexp::Node - Represent a container
SYNOPSIS
use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{(foo)}' )->print();
INHERITANCE
"PPIx::Regexp::Node" is a PPIx::Regexp::Element.
"PPIx::Regexp::Node" is the parent of PPIx::Regexp,
PPIx::Regexp::Node::Range and PPIx::Regexp::Structure.
DESCRIPTION
This class represents a structural element that contains other classes.
It is an abstract class, not instantiated by the lexer.
METHODS
This class provides the following public methods. Methods not
documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the
author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.
child
my $kid = $node->child( 0 );
This method returns the child at the given index. The indices start
from zero, and negative indices are from the end of the list, so that
"$node->child( -1 )" returns the last child of the node.
children
This method returns the children of the Node. If called in scalar
context it returns the number of children.
contains
print $node->contains( $elem ) ? "yes\n" : "no\n";
This method returns true if the given element is contained in the node,
or false otherwise.
elements
This method returns the elements in the Node. For a
"PPIx::Regexp::Node" proper, it is the same as "children()".
find
my $rslt = $node->find( 'PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal' );
my $rslt = $node->find( 'Token::Literal' );
my $rslt = $node->find( sub {
return $_[1]->isa( 'PPIx::Regexp::Token::Literal' )
&& $_[1]->ordinal < ord(' ');
} );
This method finds things.
If given a string as argument, it is assumed to be a class name
(possibly without the leading 'PPIx::Regexp::'), and all elements of
the given class are found.
If given a code reference, that code reference is called once for each
element, and passed $self and the element. The code should return true
to accept the element, false to reject it, and ( for subclasses of
"PPIx::Regexp::Node") "undef" to prevent recursion into the node. If
the code throws an exception, you get nothing back from this method.
Either way, the return is a reference to the list of things found, a
false (but defined) value if nothing was found, or "undef" if an error
occurred.
find_parents
my $rslt = $node->find_parents( sub {
return $_[1]->isa( 'PPIx::Regexp::Token::Operator' )
&& $_[1]->content() eq '|';
} );
This convenience method takes the same arguments as "find", but instead
of the found objects themselves returns their parents. No parent will
appear more than once in the output.
The return is a reference to the array of parents if any were found. If
none were found the return is false but defined. If an error occurred
the return is "undef".
find_first
This method has the same arguments as "find", but returns either a
reference to the first element found, a false (but defined) value if no
elements were found, or "undef" if an error occurred.
first_element
This method returns the first element in the node.
last_element
This method returns the last element in the node.
perl_version_introduced
This method returns the maximum value of "perl_version_introduced"
returned by any of its elements. In other words, it returns the minimum
version of Perl under which this node is valid. If there are no
elements, 5.006 is returned, since that is the minimum value of Perl
supported by this package.
perl_version_removed
This method returns the minimum defined value of "perl_version_removed"
returned by any of the node's elements. In other words, it returns the
lowest version of Perl in which this node is "not" valid. If there are
no elements, or if no element has a defined "perl_version_removed",
"undef" is returned.
schild
This method returns the significant child at the given index; that is,
"$node->schild(0)" returns the first significant child,
"$node->schild(1)" returns the second significant child, and so on.
Negative indices count from the end.
schildren
This method returns the significant children of the node.
SUPPORT
Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at
<http://rt.cpan.org>, or in electronic mail to the author.
AUTHOR
Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2011 by Thomas R. Wyant, III
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full
text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of
merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.
perl v5.14.1 2011-07-26 PPIx::Regexp::Node(3)
