NAME

       Tree::Simple::Visitor::FindByNodeValue - A Visitor for finding an element in a Tree::Simple hierarchy by
       node value

SYNOPSIS

         use Tree::Simple::Visitor::FindByNodeValue;

         # create a visitor object
         my $visitor = Tree::Simple::Visitor::FindByNodeValue->new();

         # set the search path for our tree
         $visitor->searchForNodeValue("My Tree Node");

         # pass the visitor to a tree
         $tree->accept($visitor);

         # fetch the result, which will
         # be the Tree::Simple object that
         # we have found, or undefined
         my $result = $visitor->getResult() || die "No Tree found";

DESCRIPTION

       Given a node value and Tree::Simple hierarchy, this Visitor will attempt to find the node with the same
       node value.

METHODS

       new There  are  no  arguments to the constructor the object will be in its default state. You can use the
           "setNodeFilter", "setTraversalMethod", "includeTrunk" and "searchForNodeValue" methods  to  customize
           its behavior.

       includeTrunk ($boolean)
           Based  upon the value of $boolean, this will tell the visitor to include the trunk of the tree in the
           search as well.

       setTraversalMethod ($visitor)
           By default we will use Tree::Simple's built in depth-first (pre-order) traverse method.  If  however,
           you  desire the tree to be search in a different ordering, this can be accomplished using a different
           traversal method, you can supply a $visitor object implementing that traversal type  to  this  method
           (See    Tree::Simple::Visitor::BreadthFirstTraversal,   Tree::Simple::Visitor::PreOrderTraversal  and
           Tree::Simple::Visitor::PostOrderTraversal).

       searchForNodeValue ($node_value)
           This is the node value we will attempt to find within the tree.

       setNodeFilter ($filter_function)
           This method accepts a CODE reference as its $filter_function argument and throws an exception  if  it
           is  not  a  code  reference.  This code reference is used to further check the tree nodes as they are
           searched and so can be used to customize search behavior. For instance, you could  to  check  against
           the  node  value as well as some other criteria. The filter function should accept a single argument,
           which is the current Tree::Simple object and return either true (1)  on  success,  or  false  (0)  on
           failure.

       visit ($tree)
           This is the method that is used by Tree::Simple's "accept" method. It can also be used on its own, it
           requires  the $tree argument to be a Tree::Simple object (or derived from a Tree::Simple object), and
           will throw and exception otherwise.

       getResult
           This method will return the tree found with the specified node value (set by the "searchForNodeValue"
           method) or "undef" if no tree is found.

BUGS

       None that I am aware of. Of course, if you find a bug, let me know, and I will be sure to fix it.

CODE COVERAGE

       See the CODE COVERAGE section in Tree::Simple::VisitorFactory for more information.

SEE ALSO

       These Visitor classes are all subclasses of Tree::Simple::Visitor, which can be found in the Tree::Simple
       module, you should refer to that module for more information.

AUTHOR

       stevan little, <stevan@iinteractive.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2004, 2005 by Infinity Interactive, Inc.

       <http://www.iinteractive.com>

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

perl v5.20.2                                       2015-06-06             Tree::Simple::V...FindByNodeValue(3pm)