NAME

       Pod::Simple::PullParserToken -- tokens from Pod::Simple::PullParser

SYNOPSIS

       Given a $parser that's an object of class Pod::Simple::PullParser (or a subclass)...

         while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
           $DEBUG and print "Token: ", $token->dump, "\n";
           if($token->is_start) {
             ...access $token->tagname, $token->attr, etc...

           } elsif($token->is_text) {
             ...access $token->text, $token->text_r, etc...

           } elsif($token->is_end) {
             ...access $token->tagname...

           }
         }

       (Also see Pod::Simple::PullParser)

DESCRIPTION

       When you do $parser->get_token on a Pod::Simple::PullParser, you should get an object of a
       subclass of Pod::Simple::PullParserToken.

       Subclasses will add methods, and will also inherit these methods:

       $token->type
           This returns the type of the token.  This will be either the string "start", the
           string "text", or the string "end".

           Once you know what the type of an object is, you then know what subclass it belongs
           to, and therefore what methods it supports.

           Yes, you could probably do the same thing with code like
           $token->isa('Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken'), but that's not so pretty as using just
           $token->type, or even the following shortcuts:

       $token->is_start
           This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "start""

       $token->is_text
           This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "text""

       $token->is_end
           This is a shortcut for "$token->type() eq "end""

       $token->dump
           This returns a handy stringified value of this object.  This is useful for debugging,
           as in:

             while(my $token = $parser->get_token) {
               $DEBUG and print "Token: ", $token->dump, "\n";
               ...
             }

SEE ALSO

       My subclasses: Pod::Simple::PullParserStartToken, Pod::Simple::PullParserTextToken, and
       Pod::Simple::PullParserEndToken.

       Pod::Simple::PullParser and Pod::Simple

SUPPORT

       Questions or discussion about POD and Pod::Simple should be sent to the
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       subscribe.

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