NAME

       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple - Simple Syntax Highlight Engine

VERSION

       This document describes Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple

SYNOPSIS

           use Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple;

           # Constractor
           $highlight = Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple->new(%hash);

           # Parameter configuration
           $highlight->setParams(%hash);

           # Syntax definision and addition
           $highlight->setSyntax(%hash);
           $highlight->appendSyntax(%hash);

           # Perse
           $highlight->doFile(%hash);
           $highlight->doStr(%hash);

           # Utilities
           $highlight->array2regexp(%hash);
           $highlight->getClassNames(%hash);

DESCRIPTION

       This is a Syntax highlight Engine. This generates a part of HTML string by marking up the
       input string with span tags along the given rules so that you can easily coloring with
       CSS.

       Advantage is the simpleness. This provides a simple way to define the highlighting rules
       by packing the complicated part of it into regular expression. Also, This works faster
       than similar highlight solutions on rough benchmarks.

       Here is a working example of This module.

       http://jamadam.com/dev/cpan/demo/Syntax/Highlight/Engine/Simple/

INTERFACE

   new
       new constractor calls for following arguments.

           type

           File type. This argument causes specific sub class to be loaded.

           syntax

           With this argument, you can assign rules in constractor.

   setParams
       This method calls for following arguments.

           html_escape_code_ref

           HTML escape code ref. Default subroutine escapes 3 characters '&', '<' and '>'.

   setSyntax
       Set the rules for highlight. It calls for a argument syntax in array.

           $highlighter->setSyntax(
               syntax => [
                       {
                           class => 'tag',
                           regexp => "<.+?>",
                       },
                       {
                           class => 'quote',
                           regexp => "'.*?'",
                           container => 'tag',
                       },
                       {
                           class => 'wquote',
                           regexp => '".*?"',
                           container => 'tag',
                       },
                       {
                           class => 'keyword',
                           regexp => 'somekeyword',
                           container => ['tag', 'quote', 'wquote'],
                       },
               ]
           );

       The array can contain rules in hash which is consists of 3 keys, class, regexp and
       container.

           class

           This appears to the output SPAN tag.

           regexp

           Regular expression to be highlighted.

           container

           Class names of allowed container. It can be given in String or Array. This restricts
           the regexp to stand only inside of the classes. This parameter also works to ease the
           regulation some time. The highlighting rules doesn't stand in any container in
           default. This parameter eliminates it.

   appendSyntax
       Append syntax by giving a hash.

           $highlighter->setSyntax(
               syntax => {
                   class       => 'quote',
                   regexp      => "'.*?'",
                   container   => 'tag',
               }
           );

   doStr
       Highlighting input string and returns the marked up string. This method calls for
       following arguments.

           str

           String.

           tab_width

           Tab width for tab-space conversion. -1 for disable it. -1 is the default.

           $highlighter->doStr(
               str         => $str,
               tab_width   => 4
           );

   doFile
       Highlighting the file and returns the marked up string. This method calls for following
       arguments.

           file

           File name.

           tab_width

           Tab width for tab-space conversion. -1 for disable it. -1 is the default.

           encode

           Set the encode of file. utf8 is the default.

           $highlighter->doStr(
               str         => $str,
               tab_width   => 4,
               encode      => 'utf8'
           );

   array2regexp
       This is a utility method for converting string array to regular expression.

   getClassNames
       Returns the class names in array.

DIAGNOSTICS

       "doStr method got undefined value"
       "File open failed"

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT

       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple requires no configuration files or environment
       variables. Specific language syntax can be defined with sub classes and loaded in
       constructor if you give it the type argument.

DEPENDENCIES

       UNIVERSAL::require
       encoding

INCOMPATIBILITIES

       None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       No bugs have been reported.

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to
       "bug-syntax-highlight-engine-Simple@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
       <http://rt.cpan.org>.

SEE ALSO

       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple::HTML
       Syntax::Highlight::Engine::Simple::Perl

AUTHOR

       Sugama Keita  "<sugama@jamadam.com>"

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2008, Sugama Keita "<sugama@jamadam.com>". All rights reserved.

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

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