man Embperl::Syntax::POD (3): convert POD to XML on-the-fly

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

Class derived from Embperl::Syntax to convert Perl Plain Old Documentation (POD) files on the fly into XML.

Used for generating the Embperl online documentation from the Embperl POD files. See to eg directory in the distribution for an example how to use it.

TODO

Documenation of the resulting XML format still has to be written...

Methods

Embperl::Syntax::POD defines the following methods:

Embperl::Syntax::POD -> new / $self -> new

Create a new syntax class. This method should only be called inside a constructor of a derived class.

AddPODCmd ($cmdname, $procinfo)

Add a new POD command with name $cmdname and use processor info from $procinfo. See Embperl::Syntax for a definition of procinfo.

AddPODCmdStartEnd ($cmdname, $endname, $procinfo)

Add a new POD command with name $cmdname and use processor info from $procinfo. Addtionaly specify that a matching $endname POD command must be found to end the block, that is started by this POD command. See Embperl::Syntax for a definition of procinfo.

Author

G. Richter (richter at embperl dot org)