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## HTML Object - ~/lib/HTML/Object/Collection.pm
## Version v0.2.0
## Copyright(c) 2021 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.
## Author: Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>
## Created 2021/04/28
## Modified 2022/09/18
## All rights reserved
##
##
## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
## under the same terms as Perl itself.
##----------------------------------------------------------------------------
BEGIN
{
use strict;
use warnings;
use vars qw( $VERSION );
our $VERSION = 'v0.2.0';
};
use strict;
# Purpose of this class is to serve as a distinctive class for search result from find()
sub init
{
my $self = shift( @_ );
$self->{end} = '';
$self->{tag} = '_collection';
$self->{_init_strict_use_sub} = 1;
$self->{_exception_class} = 'HTML::Object::Exception';
$self->SUPER::init( @_ ) || return( $self->pass_error );
my $class = ref( $self );
# To make collection exception also available as $HTML::Object::ERROR
$self->{_error_handler} = sub
{
my $ex = shift( @_ );
# ${"${class}\::ERROR"} = $ex;
no warnings 'once';
$HTML::Object::ERROR = $ex;
warnings::warn( $ex ) if( warnings::enabled( 'HTML::Object' ) );
};
return( $self );
}
sub as_string
{
my $self = shift( @_ );
my $opts = $self->_get_args_as_hash( @_ );
$opts->{all} = 0 if( !CORE::exists( $opts->{all} ) );
$opts->{all} //= 0;
# In conformity with jQuery, we return the stringified version of the first object in our set
# unless the 'all' option is provided and true. This is a divergence
if( $opts->{all} )
{
my $res = $self->new_array;
$self->children->foreach(sub
{
my $child = shift( @_ );
# This will instruct the HTML::Object::Element to automatically close
my $str = $_->as_string( inside_collection => 1 );
$res->push( $str );
});
return( $res->join( '' ) );
}
else
{
my $first = $self->children->first;
# If there is no element object in our collection, we return an empty scalar object
# to avoid a potential perl error of "called on undefined value"
# The user can then easily check if anything was provided with:
# $e->as_string->length
return( $self->new_scalar ) if( !$first || !$self->_is_a( $first, 'HTML::Object::Element' ) );
return( $first->as_string( inside_collection => 1 ) );
}
}
sub end { return( shift->_set_get_object( 'end', 'HTML::Object::Element', @_ ) ); }
# Note: Property
sub nodeValue { return; }
1;
# NOTE: POD
__END__
=encoding utf-8
=head1 NAME
HTML::Object::Collection - HTML Object XQuery Collection Class
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use HTML::Object::Collection;
my $col = HTML::Object::Collection->new ||
die( HTML::Object::Collection->error, "\n" );
=head1 VERSION
v0.2.0
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module serves as a collection of L<HTML elements|HTML::Object::Element> and is used by L<XQuery|HTML::Object::XQuery> when a query is made with a selector or other criteria to group several L<HTML objects|HTML::Object::Element> just like jQuery does.
It inherits from L<HTML::Object::Document> and does not do much except for a handful methods.
=head1 INHERITANCE
+-----------------------+ +----------------------------+ +--------------------------+
| HTML::Object::Element | --> | HTML::Object::DOM::Element | --> | HTML::Object::Collection |
+-----------------------+ +----------------------------+ +--------------------------+
=head1 PROPERTIES
=head2 nodeValue
This returns or sets the value of the current node.
For document, element or collection, this returns C<undef> and for attribute, text or comment, this returns the objct value.
=head1 METHODS
=head2 as_string
When called, this will return the string representation of the first L<HTML element object|HTML::Object::Element> it contains similar to the behaviour of jQuery. However, as an added feature, if this method is called with C<all> set to 1 or a positive value then, it will return the string representation for all the L<HTML element objects|HTML::Object::Element> it holds.
=head2 end
Set or get the end L<element|HTML::Object::Element>
=head1 AUTHOR
Jacques Deguest E<lt>F<jack@deguest.jp>E<gt>
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<HTML::Object>, L<HTML::Object::Attribute>, L<HTML::Object::Boolean>, L<HTML::Object::Closing>, L<HTML::Object::Collection>, L<HTML::Object::Comment>, L<HTML::Object::Declaration>, L<HTML::Object::Document>, L<HTML::Object::Element>, L<HTML::Object::Exception>, L<HTML::Object::Literal>, L<HTML::Object::Number>, L<HTML::Object::Root>, L<HTML::Object::Space>, L<HTML::Object::Text>, L<HTML::Object::XQuery>
=head1 COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
Copyright (c) 2021 DEGUEST Pte. Ltd.
All rights reserved
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut