NAME
HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter - A sub-class of HTML::Parser::Simple
Synopsis
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter;
# -------------------------
# Method 1:
my($p) = HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter -> new(input_file => 'data/s.1.html');
my($s) = $p -> traverse_file;
print "$_\n" for @$s;
# Method 2:
my($p) = HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter -> new;
my($s) = $p -> traverse_file(input_file => 'data/s.1.html');
print "$_\n" for @$s;See scripts/traverse.file.pl.
Description
HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter is a pure Perl module.
It is a sub-class of HTML::Parser::Simple.
Specifically, this module overrides the method "traverse($node)" in HTML::Parse::Simple, to demonstrate a different way of formatting the output.
It parses HTML V 4 files, and generates a tree of nodes, with 1 node per HTML tag.
The data associated with each node is documented in the "FAQ" in HTML::Parse::Simple.
See also HTML::Parser::Simple and HTML::Parser::Simple::Attributes.
Distributions
This module is available as a Unix-style distro (*.tgz).
See http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules.html for details.
See http://savage.net.au/Perl-modules/html/installing-a-module.html for help on unpacking and installing.
Constructor and initialization
new(...) returns an object of type HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter.
This is the class contructor.
Usage: HTML::Parser::Simple::Reporter -> new().
This method takes a hashref of options.
Call new() as new({option_1 => value_1, option_2 => value_2, ...}).
Available options (each one of which is also a method):
But since this class is a sub-class of HTML::Parser::Simple, it share all the options to new() documented in that class: "Constructor and initialization" in HTML::Parser::Simple.
Methods
This module is a sub-class of HTML::Parser::Simple, and inherits all its methods.
Further, it overrides the "traverse($node)" in HTML::Parser::Simple method.
traverse($node, $output, $depth)
Returns $output as an arrayref of strings.
Traverses the tree built by calling "parse($html)" in HTML::Parser::Simple.
Parameters:
- o $node
-
The node at which to start the traversal. This is normally $self -> root.
- o $output
-
The arrayref in which output is stored. It is normally used like this:
my($arrayref) = []; $p -> traverse($p -> root, $arrayref); print "$_\n" for @$arrayref; - o $depth
-
The depth of $node within the tree. This is normally set to 0.
In
traverse()it is used to indent the output.If not specified, it defaults to 0.
Lastly note that this method ignores the root of the tree, and hence ignores the DOCTYPE which is stored as an attribute of the root.
traverse_file($input_file_name)
Returns an arrayref of formatted text generated from the nodes in the tree built by calling "parse($html)" in HTML::Parse::Simple.
Traverses the given file, or the file named in new(input_file => $name), or the file named in input_file($name).
Basically it does this (recalling that this class sub-classes HTML::Parser::Simple):
# Read file and store contents in $html.
$self -> parse($html);
my($output) = [];
$self -> traverse($self -> root, $output, 0);
return $output;However, since this class has overridden the "traverse($node)" in HTML::Parse::Simple method, the output is not written anywhere, but rather is stored in an arrayref, and returned as the result of this method.
Note: The parameter passed in to traverse_file($input_file_name), takes precedence over the input_file parameter passed in to new(), and over the internal value set with input_file($in_file_name).
Lastly, the parameter passed in to traverse_file($input_file_name) is used to update the internal value set with the input_file parameter passed in to new(), or set with a call to input_file($in_file_name).
See the "Synopsis" for sample code. See also scripts/traverse.file.pl.
FAQ
See "FAQ" in HTML::Parse::Simple.
Author
HTML::Parser::Simple was written by Ron Savage <ron@savage.net.au> in 2009.
Home page: http://savage.net.au/index.html.
Copyright
Australian copyright (c) 2009 Ron Savage.
All Programs of mine are 'OSI Certified Open Source Software';
you can redistribute them and/or modify them under the terms of
The Artistic License, a copy of which is available at:
http://www.opensource.org/licenses/index.html