NAME

       Pod::Simple::Methody -- turn Pod::Simple events into method calls

SYNOPSIS

        require 5;
        use strict;
        package SomePodFormatter;
        use base qw(Pod::Simple::Methody);

        sub handle_text {
          my($self, $text) = @_;
          ...
        }

        sub start_head1 {
          my($self, $attrs) = @_;
          ...
        }
        sub end_head1 {
          my($self) = @_;
          ...
        }

       ...and start_/end_ methods for whatever other events you want to catch.

DESCRIPTION

       This class is of interest to people writing Pod formatters based on Pod::Simple.

       This class (which is very small -- read the source) overrides Pod::Simple's
       _handle_element_start, _handle_text, and _handle_element_end methods so that parser events
       are turned into method calls. (Otherwise, this is a subclass of Pod::Simple and inherits
       all its methods.)

       You can use this class as the base class for a Pod formatter/processor.

METHOD CALLING

       When Pod::Simple sees a "=head1 Hi there", for example, it basically does this:

         $parser->_handle_element_start( "head1", \%attributes );
         $parser->_handle_text( "Hi there" );
         $parser->_handle_element_end( "head1" );

       But if you subclass Pod::Simple::Methody, it will instead do this when it sees a "=head1
       Hi there":

         $parser->start_head1( \%attributes ) if $parser->can('start_head1');
         $parser->handle_text( "Hi there" )   if $parser->can('handle_text');
         $parser->end_head1()                 if $parser->can('end_head1');

       If Pod::Simple sends an event where the element name has a dash, period, or colon, the
       corresponding method name will have a underscore in its place.  For example, "foo.bar:baz"
       becomes start_foo_bar_baz and end_foo_bar_baz.

       See the source for Pod::Simple::Text for an example of using this class.

SEE ALSO

       Pod::Simple, Pod::Simple::Subclassing

SUPPORT

       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
       pod-people@perl.org mail list. Send an empty email to pod-people-subscribe@perl.org to
       subscribe.

       This module is managed in an open GitHub repository,
       <https://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple/>. Feel free to fork and contribute, or to clone
       <git://github.com/perl-pod/pod-simple.git> and send patches!

       Patches against Pod::Simple are welcome. Please send bug reports to
       <bug-pod-simple@rt.cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMERS

       Copyright (c) 2002 Sean M. Burke.

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

       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.

AUTHOR

       Pod::Simple was created by Sean M. Burke <sburke@cpan.org>.  But don't bother him, he's
       retired.

       Pod::Simple is maintained by:

       •   Allison Randal "allison@perl.org"

       •   Hans Dieter Pearcey "hdp@cpan.org"

       •   David E. Wheeler "dwheeler@cpan.org"