NAME
PPI::Token::Data - The actual data in the __DATA__ section of a file
INHERITANCE
PPI::Token::Data
isa PPI::Token
isa PPI::Element
DESCRIPTION
The PPI::Token::Data
class is used to represent the actual data inside a file's __DATA__
section.
One PPI::Token::Data
object is used to represent the entire of the data, primarily so that it can provide a convenient handle directly to the data.
METHODS
PPI::Token::Data
provides one method in addition to those provided by our parent PPI::Token and PPI::Element classes.
handle
The handle
method returns a IO::String handle that allows you to do all the normal handle-y things to the contents of the __DATA__ section of the file.
Unlike in perl itself, this means you can also do things like print
new data onto the end of the __DATA__ section, or modify it with any other process that can accept an IO::Handle as input or output.
Returns an IO::String object.
SUPPORT
See the support section in the main module.
AUTHOR
Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2001 - 2008 Adam Kennedy.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.