NAME

       PPIx::Regexp::Support - Basis for the PPIx::Regexp support classes

SYNOPSIS

        use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
        PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo}smx' )
            ->print();

INHERITANCE

       "PPIx::Regexp::Support" is not descended from any other class.

       "PPIx::Regexp::Support" is the parent of PPIx::Regexp::Dumper, PPIx::Regexp::Lexer and
       PPIx::Regexp::Tokenizer.

DESCRIPTION

       This abstract class provides methods for the "PPIx::Regexp" support classes.

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.

   close_bracket
       This method takes as its argument a character. If this character is an open bracket the corresponding
       close bracket is returned. Otherwise "undef" is returned. Only the ASCII bracket characters are
       considered brackets: (), {}, [], and <>.

   decode
       This method wraps the Encode::decode subroutine. If the object specifies no encoding or
       encode_available() returns false, this method simply returns its input string.

   encode
       This method wraps the Encode::encode subroutine. If the object specifies no encoding or
       encode_available() returns false, this method simply returns its input string.

   encode_available
       This method returns true if the Encode module is available, and false otherwise. If it returns true, the
       Encode module has actually been loaded.

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) 2009-2018 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.