NAME

Pod::ROBODoc - Convert ROBODoc to Pod.

VERSION

0.3

SYNOPSIS

    use Pod::ROBODoc;
    my $parser = Pod::ROBODoc->new();

    $parser->convert(
        input  => '/path/to/inputfile',
        output => '/path/to/outputfile,
    );

DESCRIPTION

Pod::ROBODoc is a simple ROBODoc-to-Pod converter.

METHODS

new( [OPTIONS] )

new creates a Pod::ROBODoc object. Options are passed as name-value pairs.

keepsource

Boolean indicating whether to keep data found within ROBODoc SOURCE tags. Defaults to false.

skipblanks

Boolean indicating whether to strip out whitespace-only lines from ROBODoc. Defaults to false.

customtags

Reference to an array of custom ROBODoc tag names. Defaults to an empty list.

filter( [INPUT [,OUTPUT]] )

filter takes an input stream containing ROBODoc documentation, converts it to Pod, and writes it to the output stream.

input

The input stream containing ROBODoc documentation. If specified, this must be a file name. Defaults to STDIN.

output

The output stream to which the Pod will be written. If specified, this must be a file name. Defaults to STDOUT.

convert( INPUT )

convert takes a string containing ROBODoc documentation, converts it to Pod, and returns the Pod string.

input

The input string containing ROBODoc documentation.

CONFIGURATION

TODO

DEPENDENCIES

Carp, IO::File, IO::String, Params::Validate

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-Pod-ROBODoc at rt dot cpan dot org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Pod-Robodoc. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

You may also use this module's github issues tracker at http://github.com/mgrimm/Pod-ROBODoc/issues.

There is currently no support for using filehandles as input and output streams. This is planned for a future release.

TODO

• Write much more extensive tests for generated Pod

• Write unit tests for robodoc2pod script

SEE ALSO

• Pod

  http://perldoc.perl.org/perlpod.html

• ROBODoc

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/robodoc

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This module was inspired by the following post: http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=536298

Much of the module design and test suite were adapted from elements of Pod::WikiDoc.

AUTHOR

Matt Grimm, mgrimm at cpan dot org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2010, Matt Grimm, All rights reserved

This software is available under the same terms as perl.

cpanm Pod::ROBODoc

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Pod::ROBODoc