NAME

       HTML::Microformats::Datatype - representations of literal values

DESCRIPTION

       Many places you'd expect a Perl scalar to appear, e.g.:

         $my_hcard->get_fn;

       What you actually get returned is an object from one of the Datatype modules. Why? Because
       using a scalar loses information. For example, most strings have associated language
       information (from HTML lang and xml:lang attributes). Using an object allows this
       information to be kept.

       The Datatype modules overload stringification, which means that for the most part, you can
       use them as strings (subjecting them to regular expressions, concatenating them, printing
       them, etc) and everything will work just fine. But they're not strings.

BUGS

       Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/>.

SEE ALSO

       HTML::Microformats.

       HTML::Microformats::Datatype::DateTime, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration,
       HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Interval, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String.

AUTHOR

       Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE

       Copyright 2008-2012 Toby Inkster

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES

       THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING,
       WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
       PURPOSE.