NAME

       Lire::Section - Interface to the content of the section's element.

SYNOPSIS

           my $section = Lire::ReportParser::ReportBuilder( "report.xml" );

           foreach my $s ( $report->sections() ) {
               print "Section: '", $s->title(), "' has ", scalar $s->subreports(),
                   " subreports in it\n";
           }

DESCRIPTION

       This class offers an API to the section's elements of a Lire report.

CONSTRUCTOR

   new( [$title] )
       Creates a new Lire::Report::Section. The section's title will be set to the $title
       parameter if present.

OBJECT METHODS

   title( [$title] )
       Returns the section's title, if it has one. The section's title will be changed $title if
       that parameter is set.

   description( [$description] )
       Returns this section's description. The description is encoded in DocBook XML.

       If the $description parameter is set, this method will set this section's description to
       this new value. If the $description parameter is undef, that description will be removed.

   subreports()
       Returns the subreport's included in that section. This will be an array of
       Lire::Report::Subreport objects.

   add_subreport( $subreport )
       Adds a subreport to this report. The $subreport parameter should be a
       Lire::Report::Subreport object.

   subreports_by_type( $type )
       Returns all the subreports in this section of a the type $type. The subreport's type is
       the id of the report specification used to compute the reports. The subreports are
       returned as an array of Lire::Report::Subreport objects.

SEE ALSO

       Lire::ReportParser::ReportBuilder(3pm) Lire::Report(3pm) Lire::Report::Subreport(3pm)
       Lire::Report::Entry(3pm) Lire::Report::Group(3pm)

VERSION

       $Id: Section.pm,v 1.16 2006/07/23 13:16:31 vanbaal Exp $

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2002 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
       (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

AUTHOR

       Francis J. Lacoste <flacoste@logreport.org>