Glib::ParseXSDoc - Parse POD and XSub declarations from XS files.
DESCRIPTION
This is the heart of an automatic API reference documentation system for
XS-based Perl modules. FIXME more info here!!
FIXME document recognized POD directives and the output data structures
FUNCTIONS
xsdocparse (@filenames)
Parse xs files for xsub signatures and pod. Writes to standard output a
data structure suitable for eval'ing in another Perl script, describing
all the stuff found. The output contains three variables:
$xspods = ARRAYREF
array of pods found in the verbatim C portion of the XS file, listed in the
order found. These are assumed to pertain to the XS/C api, not the Perl api.
Any "=for apidoc" paragraphs following an "=object" paragraphs in the
verbatim sections are stripped (as are the "=object" paragraphs), and will
appear instead in "$data->{$package}{pods}".
$data = HASHREF
big hash keyed by package name (as found in the MODULE line), containing under
each key a hash with all the xsubs and pods in that package, in the order
found. Packages are consolidated across multiple files.
FYI, this creates a new parser and calls "parse_file" on it for each
input filename; then calls "swizzle_pods" to ensure that any
"=for apidoc name" pods are matched up with their target xsubs; and
finally calls Data::Dumper to write the data to stdout. So, if you want
to get finer control over how the output is created, or keep all the data
in-process, now you know how. :-)
METHODS
$Glib::ParseXSDoc::verbose
If true, this causes the parser to be verbose.
$parser = Glib::ParseXSDoc->new
Create a new xsub parser.
string = $parser->package
Get the current package name. Falls back to the module name. Will be undef
if the parser hasn't reached the first MODULE line.
HASHREF = $parser->pkgdata
The data hash corresponding to the current package, honoring the most recently
encountered "=for object" directive. Ensures that it exists.
Returns a reference to the member of the main data structure, so modifications
are permanent and useful.
$parser->parse_file (filename)
Parse one xs file. Stores all the collected data in $parser's internal
data structures.
$parser->swizzle_pods
Match "=for apidoc" pods to xsubs.
$parser->preprocess_pods
Honor the "__hide__" and "__function__" directives in "=for apidoc" lines.
We look for the strings anywhere, but you'll typically have it at the end of
the line, e.g.:
=for apidoc symname __hide__ for detached blocks
=for apidoc __hide__ for attached blocks
=for apidoc symname __function__ for functions rather than methods
=for apidoc __function__ for functions rather than methods
bool = $parser->is_module_line ($line)
Analyze $line to see if it contains an XS MODULE directive. If so, returns
true after setting the $parser's module, package, and prefix
accordingly.
POD lines from $filehandle from here to the next
$term_regex or EOF. Since you probably already read a
line to determine that we needed to start a pod, you can pass
that first line to be included.
$xsub = $parser->parse_xsub (\@lines)
$xsub = $parser->parse_xsub (@lines)
Parse an xsub header, in the form of a list of lines,
into a data structure describing the xsub. That includes
pulling out the argument types, aliases, and code type.
Without artificial intelligence, we cannot reliably
determine anything about the types or number of parameters
returned from xsubs with PPCODE bodies.
OUTLIST parameters are pulled from the args list and put
into an ``outlist'' key. IN_OUTLIST parameters are put into
both.
Data type names are not mangled at all.
Note that the method can take either a list of lines or a reference to a
list of lines. The flat list form is provided for compatibility; the
reference form is preferred, to avoid duplicating a potentially large list
of strings.
$parser->clean_out_empty_pods
Looks through the data member of the parser and removes any keys (and
associated values) when no pod, enums, and xsubs exist for the package.
AUTHOR
muppet <scott at asofyet dot org>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 by muppet
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as published by the Free
Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any
later version.
This library 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 Library General Public License for more
details.
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