
PPI::Token::Word - The generic "word" Token

PPI::Token::Word
isa PPI::Token
isa PPI::Element

A PPI::Token::Word object is a PPI-specific representation of several different types of word-like things, and is one of the most common Token classes found in typical documents.
Specifically, it includes not only barewords, but also any other valid Perl identifier including non-operator keywords and core functions, and any include :: separators inside it, as long as it fits the format of a class, function, etc.

There are no methods available for PPI::Token::Word beyond those provided by its PPI::Token and PPI::Element parent classes.
We expect to add additional methods to help further resolve a Word as a function, method, etc over time. If you need such a thing right now, look at Perl::Critic::Utils.
Returns the value of the Word as a string. This assumes (often incorrectly) that the Word is a bareword and not a function, method, keyword, etc. This differs from content because Foo'Bar expands to Foo::Bar.
my @pairs = ( "F", 'F', "Foo::Bar", 'Foo::Bar', "Foo'Bar", 'Foo::Bar', ); while ( @pairs ) { my $from = shift @pairs; my $to = shift @pairs; my $doc = PPI::Document->new( \"$from;" ); isa_ok( $doc, 'PPI::Document' ); my $word = $doc->find_first('Token::Word'); isa_ok( $word, 'PPI::Token::Word' ); is( $word->literal, $to, "The source $from becomes $to ok" ); }

- Add function, method etc detector methods

See the support section in the main module.

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

Copyright 2001 - 2008 Adam Kennedy.
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