NAME

       Lire::XMLParser - Base DocBook parser.

SYNOPSIS

           package MyParser;

           use base qw/ Lire::XMLParser /;

DESCRIPTION

       This package contains a Lire::XMLParser DocBook parser. It defines the relevant "_start",
       "_end" and "_char" methods for the DocBook subset used by Lire. All defined handlers have
       the form "dbk_name_start", "dbk_name_end" and "dbk_name_char" (when the element accepts
       PCDATA content).

       Its base functionality is to collect the DocBook markup for later use.  It will subclassed
       most of the time.

CLIENT METHODS

   dbk_init()
       Subclasses should call this method whenever the state of the DocBook parse should start.
       This is called from the parse_start() method when the parser is used standalone.

   dbk_string()
       Returns the DocBook XML accumulated by the parser. This is returned from parse_end()
       method when used standalone.

XML SPECIFICATIONS METHODS IMPLEMENTATION

   namespaces()
       DocBook doesn't use namespace, so this method returns an empty hash reference.

   elements_spec()
       Returns the elements specification for the DocBook subset supported by Lire.

SEE ALSO

        Lire::XMLParser(3pm), Lire::ReportParser::AsciiDocBookFormatter(3pm),
        Lire::ReportParser::HtmlDocBookFormatter(3pm)

AUTHOR

         Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>

VERSION

       $Id: DocBookParser.pm,v 1.4 2006/07/23 13:16:29 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

       This file is part of Lire.

       Lire is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
       General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
       the License, or (at your option) any later version.

       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.
       See the GNU General Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program
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