• NAME
• SYNOPSIS
• DESCRIPTION
• Parse::Man::DOM::Document
  • meta
  • paras
• Parse::Man::DOM::Metadata
  • name
  • value
• Parse::Man::DOM::Heading
  • level
  • text
• Parse::Man::DOM::Para
  • filling
  • body
  • indent
• Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Plain
  • type
• Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Term
  • type
  • term
  • definition
• Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Indent
  • type
  • marker
• Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Example
  • type
• Parse::Man::DOM::Chunklist
  • chunks
• Parse::Man::DOM::Chunk
  • text
  • font
  • size
• AUTHOR

NAME

Parse::Man::DOM - parse nroff-formatted manpages and return a DOM tree

SYNOPSIS

 use Parse::Man::DOM;

 my $parser = Parse::Man::DOM->new;

 my $document = $parser->from_file( "my_manpage.1" );

 print "The manpage name is", $document->meta( "name" ), "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This subclass of Parse::Man returns an object tree representing the parsed content of the input file. The returned result will be an object of the Parse::Man::DOM::Document class, which itself will contain other objects nested within it.

Parse::Man::DOM::Document

Represents the document as a whole.

meta

   $meta = $document->meta( $key )

Returns a Parse::Man::DOM::Metadata object for the named item of metadata.

• name

  The page name given to the .TH directive.

• section

  The section number given to the .TH directive.

paras

   @paras = $document->paras

Returns a list of Parse::Man::DOM::Heading or Parse::Man::DOM::Para or subclass objects, containing the actual page content.

Parse::Man::DOM::Metadata

Represents a single item of metadata about the page.

name

   $name = $metadata->name

The string name of the metadata

value

   $value = $metadata->value

The string value of the metadata

Parse::Man::DOM::Heading

Represents the contents of a .SH or .SS heading

level

   $level = $heading->level

The heading level number; 1 for .SH, 2 for .SS

text

   $text = $heading->text

The plain text string of the heading title

Parse::Man::DOM::Para

Represents a paragraph of formatted text content. Will be one of the following subclasses.

filling

   $filling = $para->filling

Returns true if filling (.fi) is in effect, or false if no-filling (.nf) is in effect.

body

   $chunklist = $para->body

Returns a Parse::Man::DOM::Chunklist to represent the actual content of the paragraph.

indent

   $indent = $para->indent

Returns the indentation size in column count, if defined.

Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Plain

Represent a plain (.P or .PP) paragraph.

type

   $type = $para->type

Returns "plain".

Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Term

Represents a term paragraph (.TP).

type

   $type = $para->type

Returns "term".

term

   $chunklist = $para->term

Returns a Parse::Man::DOM::Chunklist for the defined term name.

definition

   $chunklist = $para->definition

Returns a Parse::Man::DOM::Chunklist for the defined term definition.

Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Indent

Represents an indented paragraph (.IP).

type

   $type = $para->type

Returns "indent".

marker

   $marker = $para->marker

Returns the indentation marker text, if defined.

Parse::Man::DOM::Para::Example

Represents an example paragraph (.EX / .EE).

type

   $type = $para->type

Returns "example".

Parse::Man::DOM::Chunklist

Contains a list of Parse::Man::DOM::Chunk objects to represent paragraph content.

chunks

   @chunks = $chunklist->chunks

Returns a list of Parse::Man::DOM::Chunk objects.

Parse::Man::DOM::Chunk

Represents a chunk of text with a particular format applied.

text

   $text = $chunk->text

The plain string value of the text for this chunk.

font

   $font = $chunk->font

The font name in effect for this chunk. One of "R", "B", "I" or "SM".

size

   $size = $chunk->size

The size of this chunk, relative to the paragraph base of 0.

AUTHOR

Paul Evans <leonerd@leonerd.org.uk>