PPIx::Regexp::Support(3pm)

NAME
PPIx::Regexp::Support - Basis for the PPIx::Regexp support classes

SYNOPSIS
 use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
 PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{foo}smx' )
     ->print();

INHERITANCE
"PPIx::Regexp::Support" is not descended from any other class.

"PPIx::Regexp::Support" is the parent of PPIx::Regexp::Dumper, PPIx::Regexp::Lexer and PPIx::Regexp::Tokenizer.

DESCRIPTION
This abstract class provides methods for the "PPIx::Regexp" support classes.

METHODS
This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

  close_bracket
This method takes as its argument a character. If this character is an open bracket the corresponding close bracket is returned. Otherwise "undef" is returned. Only the ASCII bracket characters are considered brackets: (), {}, [], and <>.

  decode
This method wraps the Encode::decode subroutine. If the object specifies no encoding or encode_available() returns false, this method simply returns its input string.

  encode
This method wraps the Encode::encode subroutine. If the object specifies no encoding or encode_available() returns false, this method simply returns its input string.

  encode_available
This method returns true if the Encode module is available, and false otherwise. If it returns true, the Encode module has actually been loaded.

SUPPORT
Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at <https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues> or in electronic mail to the author.

AUTHOR
Thomas R. Wyant, III harryfmudd at comcast dot net

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2009-2023, 2025-2026 by Thomas R. Wyant, III

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.