html::microformats::datatype(3pm) [debian man page]
HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm) NAME
HTML::Microformats::Datatype - representations of literal values DESCRIPTION
Many places you'd expect a Perl scalar to appear, e.g.: $my_hcard->get_fn; What you actually get returned is an object from one of the Datatype modules. Why? Because using a scalar loses information. For example, most strings have associated language information (from HTML lang and xml:lang attributes). Using an object allows this information to be kept. The Datatype modules overload stringification, which means that for the most part, you can use them as strings (subjecting them to regular expressions, concatenating them, printing them, etc) and everything will work just fine. But they're not strings. BUGS
Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/>. SEE ALSO
HTML::Microformats. HTML::Microformats::Datatype::DateTime, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Duration, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::Interval, HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String. AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2011 Toby Inkster This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. perl v5.14.2 2011-12-06 HTML::Microformats::Datatype(3pm)
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HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String(3pm) NAME
HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String - text in a particular language SYNOPSIS
my $string = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String ->new('Bonjour', 'fr'); print "$string "; DESCRIPTION
Constructor "$str = HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String->new($text, [$lang])" Creates a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object. Public Methods "$str->lang" Return the language code. "$str->to_string" Return a plain (scalar) string. Functions "$str = ms($text, [$element])" Construct a new HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object from a scalar, plus XML::LibXML::Element. If $element is undef, then returns the plain (scalar) string itself. This function is exported by default. (Note: the name 'ms' originally stood for 'Magic String'.) "isms($str)" Returns true iff $str is blessed as a HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String object. This function is exported by default. "$c = concat($a, $b, [$reverse])" Concatenates two strings. If the language of string $b is null or the same as $a, then the resultant string has the same language as $a. Otherwise the result has no language. If $reverse is true, then the strings are concatenated with $b preceding $a. This function is not exported by default. Can also be used as a method: $c = $a->concat($b); "compare($a, $b)" Compares two strings alphabetically. Language is ignored. Return values are as per 'cmp' (see perlfunc). This function is not exported by default. Can also be used as a method: $a->compare($b); BUGS
Please report any bugs to <http://rt.cpan.org/>. SEE ALSO
HTML::Microformats, HTML::Microformats::Datatype. AUTHOR
Toby Inkster <tobyink@cpan.org>. COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2011 Toby Inkster This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. perl v5.14.2 2011-12-06 HTML::Microformats::Datatype::String(3pm)