NAME

Meta::Xml::Parsers::Base - object to derive XML parsers from.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: Base.pm
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.12

SYNOPSIS

        package foo;
        use Meta::Xml::Parsers::Base qw();
        my($def_parser)=Meta::Xml::Parsers::Base->new();
        $def_parser->parsefile($file);
        my($def)=$def_parser->get_result();

DESCRIPTION

Derive all your XML/Expat parsers from this one.

FUNCTIONS

        new($)
        in_context($$$)
        in_ccontext($$)
        in_abs_context($$$)
        in_abs_ccontext($$)
        handle_externent($$$$)
        parsefile_deve($$)
        TEST($)

FUNCTION DOCUMENTATION

new($)

This gives you a new object for a parser.

in_context($$$)

This method will return true if you are in a postfix context. This is a service method to derived classes.

in_ccontext($$)

Same as the above in_context except for char handling.

in_abs_context($$$)

This method will return true if you are in a specific context. This is a service method to derived classes.

in_abs_ccontext($$)

Same as the above in_abs_context except for char handling.

handle_externent($$$$)

This method will handle resolving external references.

parsefile_deve($$)

This method will do the same as the parents parsefile except it will search for the file in the development context.

TEST($)

Test suite for this module.

SUPER CLASSES

XML::Parser::Expat(3)

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV perl packaging
        0.01 MV db inheritance
        0.02 MV md5 project
        0.03 MV database
        0.04 MV perl module versions in files
        0.05 MV movies and small fixes
        0.06 MV movie stuff
        0.07 MV thumbnail user interface
        0.08 MV more thumbnail issues
        0.09 MV website construction
        0.10 MV web site automation
        0.11 MV SEE ALSO section fix
        0.12 MV md5 issues

SEE ALSO

Meta::Baseline::Aegis(3), Meta::Utils::File::File(3), Meta::Utils::Output(3), Meta::Utils::Utils(3), XML::Parser::Expat(3), strict(3)

TODO

Nothing.