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1#############################################################################
2# Pod/InputObjects.pm -- package which defines objects for input streams
3# and paragraphs and commands when parsing POD docs.
4#
5# Copyright (C) 1996-1999 Tom Christiansen. All rights reserved.
6# This file is part of "PodParser". PodParser is free software;
7# you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms
8# as Perl itself.
9#############################################################################
10
11package Pod::InputObjects;
12
13use vars qw($VERSION);
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15require 5.004; ## requires this Perl version or later
16
17#############################################################################
18
19=head1 NAME
20
21Pod::InputObjects - objects representing POD input paragraphs, commands, etc.
22
23=head1 SYNOPSIS
24
25 use Pod::InputObjects;
26
27=head1 REQUIRES
28
29perl5.004, Carp
30
31=head1 EXPORTS
32
33Nothing.
34
35=head1 DESCRIPTION
36
37This module defines some basic input objects used by B<Pod::Parser> when
38reading and parsing POD text from an input source. The following objects
39are defined:
40
41=over 4
42
43=begin __PRIVATE__
44
45=item B<Pod::InputSource>
46
47An object corresponding to a source of POD input text. It is mostly a
48wrapper around a filehandle or C<IO::Handle>-type object (or anything
49that implements the C<getline()> method) which keeps track of some
50additional information relevant to the parsing of PODs.
51
52=end __PRIVATE__
53
54=item B<Pod::Paragraph>
55
56An object corresponding to a paragraph of POD input text. It may be a
57plain paragraph, a verbatim paragraph, or a command paragraph (see
58L<perlpod>).
59
60=item B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
61
62An object corresponding to an interior sequence command from the POD
63input text (see L<perlpod>).
64
65=item B<Pod::ParseTree>
66
67An object corresponding to a tree of parsed POD text. Each "node" in
68a parse-tree (or I<ptree>) is either a text-string or a reference to
69a B<Pod::InteriorSequence> object. The nodes appear in the parse-tree
70in they order in which they were parsed from left-to-right.
71
72=back
73
74Each of these input objects are described in further detail in the
75sections which follow.
76
77=cut
78
79#############################################################################
80
81use strict;
82#use diagnostics;
83#use Carp;
84
85#############################################################################
86
87package Pod::InputSource;
88
89##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
90
91=begin __PRIVATE__
92
93=head1 B<Pod::InputSource>
94
95This object corresponds to an input source or stream of POD
96documentation. When parsing PODs, it is necessary to associate and store
97certain context information with each input source. All of this
98information is kept together with the stream itself in one of these
99C<Pod::InputSource> objects. Each such object is merely a wrapper around
100an C<IO::Handle> object of some kind (or at least something that
101implements the C<getline()> method). They have the following
102methods/attributes:
103
104=end __PRIVATE__
105
106=cut
107
108##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
109
110=begin __PRIVATE__
111
112=head2 B<new()>
113
114 my $pod_input1 = Pod::InputSource->new(-handle => $filehandle);
115 my $pod_input2 = new Pod::InputSource(-handle => $filehandle,
116 -name => $name);
117 my $pod_input3 = new Pod::InputSource(-handle => \*STDIN);
118 my $pod_input4 = Pod::InputSource->new(-handle => \*STDIN,
119 -name => "(STDIN)");
120
121This is a class method that constructs a C<Pod::InputSource> object and
122returns a reference to the new input source object. It takes one or more
123keyword arguments in the form of a hash. The keyword C<-handle> is
124required and designates the corresponding input handle. The keyword
125C<-name> is optional and specifies the name associated with the input
126handle (typically a file name).
127
128=end __PRIVATE__
129
130=cut
131
132sub new {
133 ## Determine if we were called via an object-ref or a classname
134 my $this = shift;
135 my $class = ref($this) || $this;
136
137 ## Any remaining arguments are treated as initial values for the
138 ## hash that is used to represent this object. Note that we default
139 ## certain values by specifying them *before* the arguments passed.
140 ## If they are in the argument list, they will override the defaults.
141 my $self = { -name => '(unknown)',
142 -handle => undef,
143 -was_cutting => 0,
144 @_ };
145
146 ## Bless ourselves into the desired class and perform any initialization
147 bless $self, $class;
148 return $self;
149}
150
151##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
152
153=begin __PRIVATE__
154
155=head2 B<name()>
156
157 my $filename = $pod_input->name();
158 $pod_input->name($new_filename_to_use);
159
160This method gets/sets the name of the input source (usually a filename).
161If no argument is given, it returns a string containing the name of
162the input source; otherwise it sets the name of the input source to the
163contents of the given argument.
164
165=end __PRIVATE__
166
167=cut
168
169sub name {
170 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-name'} = $_[1];
171 return $_[0]->{'-name'};
172}
173
174## allow 'filename' as an alias for 'name'
175*filename = \&name;
176
177##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
178
179=begin __PRIVATE__
180
181=head2 B<handle()>
182
183 my $handle = $pod_input->handle();
184
185Returns a reference to the handle object from which input is read (the
186one used to contructed this input source object).
187
188=end __PRIVATE__
189
190=cut
191
192sub handle {
193 return $_[0]->{'-handle'};
194}
195
196##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
197
198=begin __PRIVATE__
199
200=head2 B<was_cutting()>
201
202 print "Yes.\n" if ($pod_input->was_cutting());
203
204The value of the C<cutting> state (that the B<cutting()> method would
205have returned) immediately before any input was read from this input
206stream. After all input from this stream has been read, the C<cutting>
207state is restored to this value.
208
209=end __PRIVATE__
210
211=cut
212
213sub was_cutting {
214 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{-was_cutting} = $_[1];
215 return $_[0]->{-was_cutting};
216}
217
218##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
219
220#############################################################################
221
222package Pod::Paragraph;
223
224##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
225
226=head1 B<Pod::Paragraph>
227
228An object representing a paragraph of POD input text.
229It has the following methods/attributes:
230
231=cut
232
233##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
234
235=head2 B<new()>
236
237 my $pod_para1 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-text => $text);
238 my $pod_para2 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-name => $cmd,
239 -text => $text);
240 my $pod_para3 = new Pod::Paragraph(-text => $text);
241 my $pod_para4 = new Pod::Paragraph(-name => $cmd,
242 -text => $text);
243 my $pod_para5 = Pod::Paragraph->new(-name => $cmd,
244 -text => $text,
245 -file => $filename,
246 -line => $line_number);
247
248This is a class method that constructs a C<Pod::Paragraph> object and
249returns a reference to the new paragraph object. It may be given one or
250two keyword arguments. The C<-text> keyword indicates the corresponding
251text of the POD paragraph. The C<-name> keyword indicates the name of
252the corresponding POD command, such as C<head1> or C<item> (it should
253I<not> contain the C<=> prefix); this is needed only if the POD
254paragraph corresponds to a command paragraph. The C<-file> and C<-line>
255keywords indicate the filename and line number corresponding to the
256beginning of the paragraph
257
258=cut
259
260sub new {
261 ## Determine if we were called via an object-ref or a classname
262 my $this = shift;
263 my $class = ref($this) || $this;
264
265 ## Any remaining arguments are treated as initial values for the
266 ## hash that is used to represent this object. Note that we default
267 ## certain values by specifying them *before* the arguments passed.
268 ## If they are in the argument list, they will override the defaults.
269 my $self = {
270 -name => undef,
271 -text => (@_ == 1) ? $_[0] : undef,
272 -file => '<unknown-file>',
273 -line => 0,
274 -prefix => '=',
275 -separator => ' ',
276 -ptree => [],
277 @_
278 };
279
280 ## Bless ourselves into the desired class and perform any initialization
281 bless $self, $class;
282 return $self;
283}
284
285##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
286
287=head2 B<cmd_name()>
288
289 my $para_cmd = $pod_para->cmd_name();
290
291If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
292the name of the command (I<without> any leading C<=> prefix).
293
294=cut
295
296sub cmd_name {
297 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-name'} = $_[1];
298 return $_[0]->{'-name'};
299}
300
301## let name() be an alias for cmd_name()
302*name = \&cmd_name;
303
304##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
305
306=head2 B<text()>
307
308 my $para_text = $pod_para->text();
309
310This method will return the corresponding text of the paragraph.
311
312=cut
313
314sub text {
315 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-text'} = $_[1];
316 return $_[0]->{'-text'};
317}
318
319##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
320
321=head2 B<raw_text()>
322
323 my $raw_pod_para = $pod_para->raw_text();
324
325This method will return the I<raw> text of the POD paragraph, exactly
326as it appeared in the input.
327
328=cut
329
330sub raw_text {
331 return $_[0]->{'-text'} unless (defined $_[0]->{'-name'});
332 return $_[0]->{'-prefix'} . $_[0]->{'-name'} .
333 $_[0]->{'-separator'} . $_[0]->{'-text'};
334}
335
336##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
337
338=head2 B<cmd_prefix()>
339
340 my $prefix = $pod_para->cmd_prefix();
341
342If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
343the prefix used to denote the command (which should be the string "="
344or "==").
345
346=cut
347
348sub cmd_prefix {
349 return $_[0]->{'-prefix'};
350}
351
352##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
353
354=head2 B<cmd_separator()>
355
356 my $separator = $pod_para->cmd_separator();
357
358If this paragraph is a command paragraph, then this method will return
359the text used to separate the command name from the rest of the
360paragraph (if any).
361
362=cut
363
364sub cmd_separator {
365 return $_[0]->{'-separator'};
366}
367
368##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
369
370=head2 B<parse_tree()>
371
372 my $ptree = $pod_parser->parse_text( $pod_para->text() );
373 $pod_para->parse_tree( $ptree );
374 $ptree = $pod_para->parse_tree();
375
376This method will get/set the corresponding parse-tree of the paragraph's text.
377
378=cut
379
380sub parse_tree {
381 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-ptree'} = $_[1];
382 return $_[0]->{'-ptree'};
383}
384
385## let ptree() be an alias for parse_tree()
386*ptree = \&parse_tree;
387
388##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
389
390=head2 B<file_line()>
391
392 my ($filename, $line_number) = $pod_para->file_line();
393 my $position = $pod_para->file_line();
394
395Returns the current filename and line number for the paragraph
396object. If called in an array context, it returns a list of two
397elements: first the filename, then the line number. If called in
398a scalar context, it returns a string containing the filename, followed
399by a colon (':'), followed by the line number.
400
401=cut
402
403sub file_line {
404 my @loc = ($_[0]->{'-file'} || '<unknown-file>',
405 $_[0]->{'-line'} || 0);
406 return (wantarray) ? @loc : join(':', @loc);
407}
408
409##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
410
411#############################################################################
412
413package Pod::InteriorSequence;
414
415##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
416
417=head1 B<Pod::InteriorSequence>
418
419An object representing a POD interior sequence command.
420It has the following methods/attributes:
421
422=cut
423
424##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
425
426=head2 B<new()>
427
428 my $pod_seq1 = Pod::InteriorSequence->new(-name => $cmd
429 -ldelim => $delimiter);
430 my $pod_seq2 = new Pod::InteriorSequence(-name => $cmd,
431 -ldelim => $delimiter);
432 my $pod_seq3 = new Pod::InteriorSequence(-name => $cmd,
433 -ldelim => $delimiter,
434 -file => $filename,
435 -line => $line_number);
436
437This is a class method that constructs a C<Pod::InteriorSequence> object
438and returns a reference to the new interior sequence object. It should
439be given two keyword arguments. The C<-ldelim> keyword indicates the
440corresponding left-delimiter of the interior sequence (e.g. 'E<lt>').
441The C<-name> keyword indicates the name of the corresponding interior
442sequence command, such as C<I> or C<B> or C<C>. The C<-file> and
443C<-line> keywords indicate the filename and line number corresponding
444to the beginning of the interior sequence.
445
446=cut
447
448sub new {
449 ## Determine if we were called via an object-ref or a classname
450 my $this = shift;
451 my $class = ref($this) || $this;
452
453 ## Any remaining arguments are treated as initial values for the
454 ## hash that is used to represent this object. Note that we default
455 ## certain values by specifying them *before* the arguments passed.
456 ## If they are in the argument list, they will override the defaults.
457 my $self = {
458 -name => (@_ == 1) ? $_[0] : undef,
459 -file => '<unknown-file>',
460 -line => 0,
461 -ldelim => '<',
462 -rdelim => '>',
463 -ptree => new Pod::ParseTree(),
464 @_
465 };
466
467 ## Bless ourselves into the desired class and perform any initialization
468 bless $self, $class;
469 return $self;
470}
471
472##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
473
474=head2 B<cmd_name()>
475
476 my $seq_cmd = $pod_seq->cmd_name();
477
478The name of the interior sequence command.
479
480=cut
481
482sub cmd_name {
483 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-name'} = $_[1];
484 return $_[0]->{'-name'};
485}
486
487## let name() be an alias for cmd_name()
488*name = \&cmd_name;
489
490##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
491
492## Private subroutine to set the parent pointer of all the given
493## children that are interior-sequences to be $self
494
495sub _set_child2parent_links {
496 my ($self, @children) = @_;
497 ## Make sure any sequences know who their parent is
498 for (@children) {
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500 if ($_->isa('Pod::InteriorSequence') or $_->can('nested')) {
501 $_->nested($self);
502 }
503 }
504}
505
506## Private subroutine to unset child->parent links
507
508sub _unset_child2parent_links {
509 my $self = shift;
510 $self->{'-parent_sequence'} = undef;
511 my $ptree = $self->{'-ptree'};
512 for (@$ptree) {
e9fdc7d2 513 next unless (length and ref and $_->isa('Pod::InteriorSequence'));
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514 $_->_unset_child2parent_links();
515 }
516}
517
518##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
519
520=head2 B<prepend()>
521
522 $pod_seq->prepend($text);
523 $pod_seq1->prepend($pod_seq2);
524
525Prepends the given string or parse-tree or sequence object to the parse-tree
526of this interior sequence.
527
528=cut
529
530sub prepend {
531 my $self = shift;
532 $self->{'-ptree'}->prepend(@_);
533 _set_child2parent_links($self, @_);
534 return $self;
535}
536
537##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
538
539=head2 B<append()>
540
541 $pod_seq->append($text);
542 $pod_seq1->append($pod_seq2);
543
544Appends the given string or parse-tree or sequence object to the parse-tree
545of this interior sequence.
546
547=cut
548
549sub append {
550 my $self = shift;
551 $self->{'-ptree'}->append(@_);
552 _set_child2parent_links($self, @_);
553 return $self;
554}
555
556##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
557
558=head2 B<nested()>
559
560 $outer_seq = $pod_seq->nested || print "not nested";
561
562If this interior sequence is nested inside of another interior
563sequence, then the outer/parent sequence that contains it is
564returned. Otherwise C<undef> is returned.
565
566=cut
567
568sub nested {
569 my $self = shift;
570 (@_ == 1) and $self->{'-parent_sequence'} = shift;
571 return $self->{'-parent_sequence'} || undef;
572}
573
574##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
575
576=head2 B<raw_text()>
577
578 my $seq_raw_text = $pod_seq->raw_text();
579
580This method will return the I<raw> text of the POD interior sequence,
581exactly as it appeared in the input.
582
583=cut
584
585sub raw_text {
586 my $self = shift;
587 my $text = $self->{'-name'} . $self->{'-ldelim'};
588 for ( $self->{'-ptree'}->children ) {
589 $text .= (ref $_) ? $_->raw_text : $_;
590 }
591 $text .= $self->{'-rdelim'};
592 return $text;
593}
594
595##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
596
597=head2 B<left_delimiter()>
598
599 my $ldelim = $pod_seq->left_delimiter();
600
601The leftmost delimiter beginning the argument text to the interior
602sequence (should be "<").
603
604=cut
605
606sub left_delimiter {
607 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-ldelim'} = $_[1];
608 return $_[0]->{'-ldelim'};
609}
610
611## let ldelim() be an alias for left_delimiter()
612*ldelim = \&left_delimiter;
613
614##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
615
616=head2 B<right_delimiter()>
617
618The rightmost delimiter beginning the argument text to the interior
619sequence (should be ">").
620
621=cut
622
623sub right_delimiter {
624 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-rdelim'} = $_[1];
625 return $_[0]->{'-rdelim'};
626}
627
628## let rdelim() be an alias for right_delimiter()
629*rdelim = \&right_delimiter;
630
631##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
632
633=head2 B<parse_tree()>
634
635 my $ptree = $pod_parser->parse_text($paragraph_text);
636 $pod_seq->parse_tree( $ptree );
637 $ptree = $pod_seq->parse_tree();
638
639This method will get/set the corresponding parse-tree of the interior
640sequence's text.
641
642=cut
643
644sub parse_tree {
645 (@_ > 1) and $_[0]->{'-ptree'} = $_[1];
646 return $_[0]->{'-ptree'};
647}
648
649## let ptree() be an alias for parse_tree()
650*ptree = \&parse_tree;
651
652##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
653
654=head2 B<file_line()>
655
656 my ($filename, $line_number) = $pod_seq->file_line();
657 my $position = $pod_seq->file_line();
658
659Returns the current filename and line number for the interior sequence
660object. If called in an array context, it returns a list of two
661elements: first the filename, then the line number. If called in
662a scalar context, it returns a string containing the filename, followed
663by a colon (':'), followed by the line number.
664
665=cut
666
667sub file_line {
668 my @loc = ($_[0]->{'-file'} || '<unknown-file>',
669 $_[0]->{'-line'} || 0);
670 return (wantarray) ? @loc : join(':', @loc);
671}
672
673##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
674
675=head2 B<DESTROY()>
676
677This method performs any necessary cleanup for the interior-sequence.
678If you override this method then it is B<imperative> that you invoke
679the parent method from within your own method, otherwise
680I<interior-sequence storage will not be reclaimed upon destruction!>
681
682=cut
683
684sub DESTROY {
685 ## We need to get rid of all child->parent pointers throughout the
686 ## tree so their reference counts will go to zero and they can be
687 ## garbage-collected
688 _unset_child2parent_links(@_);
689}
690
691##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
692
693#############################################################################
694
695package Pod::ParseTree;
696
697##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
698
699=head1 B<Pod::ParseTree>
700
701This object corresponds to a tree of parsed POD text. As POD text is
702scanned from left to right, it is parsed into an ordered list of
703text-strings and B<Pod::InteriorSequence> objects (in order of
704appearance). A B<Pod::ParseTree> object corresponds to this list of
705strings and sequences. Each interior sequence in the parse-tree may
706itself contain a parse-tree (since interior sequences may be nested).
707
708=cut
709
710##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
711
712=head2 B<new()>
713
714 my $ptree1 = Pod::ParseTree->new;
715 my $ptree2 = new Pod::ParseTree;
716 my $ptree4 = Pod::ParseTree->new($array_ref);
717 my $ptree3 = new Pod::ParseTree($array_ref);
718
719This is a class method that constructs a C<Pod::Parse_tree> object and
720returns a reference to the new parse-tree. If a single-argument is given,
721it mist be a reference to an array, and is used to initialize the root
722(top) of the parse tree.
723
724=cut
725
726sub new {
727 ## Determine if we were called via an object-ref or a classname
728 my $this = shift;
729 my $class = ref($this) || $this;
730
731 my $self = (@_ == 1 and ref $_[0]) ? $_[0] : [];
732
733 ## Bless ourselves into the desired class and perform any initialization
734 bless $self, $class;
735 return $self;
736}
737
738##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
739
740=head2 B<top()>
741
742 my $top_node = $ptree->top();
743 $ptree->top( $top_node );
744 $ptree->top( @children );
745
746This method gets/sets the top node of the parse-tree. If no arguments are
747given, it returns the topmost node in the tree (the root), which is also
748a B<Pod::ParseTree>. If it is given a single argument that is a reference,
749then the reference is assumed to a parse-tree and becomes the new top node.
750Otherwise, if arguments are given, they are treated as the new list of
751children for the top node.
752
753=cut
754
755sub top {
756 my $self = shift;
757 if (@_ > 0) {
758 @{ $self } = (@_ == 1 and ref $_[0]) ? ${ @_ } : @_;
759 }
760 return $self;
761}
762
763## let parse_tree() & ptree() be aliases for the 'top' method
764*parse_tree = *ptree = \&top;
765
766##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
767
768=head2 B<children()>
769
770This method gets/sets the children of the top node in the parse-tree.
771If no arguments are given, it returns the list (array) of children
772(each of which should be either a string or a B<Pod::InteriorSequence>.
773Otherwise, if arguments are given, they are treated as the new list of
774children for the top node.
775
776=cut
777
778sub children {
779 my $self = shift;
780 if (@_ > 0) {
781 @{ $self } = (@_ == 1 and ref $_[0]) ? ${ @_ } : @_;
782 }
783 return @{ $self };
784}
785
786##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
787
788=head2 B<prepend()>
789
790This method prepends the given text or parse-tree to the current parse-tree.
791If the first item on the parse-tree is text and the argument is also text,
792then the text is prepended to the first item (not added as a separate string).
793Otherwise the argument is added as a new string or parse-tree I<before>
794the current one.
795
796=cut
797
798use vars qw(@ptree); ## an alias used for performance reasons
799
800sub prepend {
801 my $self = shift;
802 local *ptree = $self;
803 for (@_) {
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805 if (@ptree and !(ref $ptree[0]) and !(ref $_)) {
806 $ptree[0] = $_ . $ptree[0];
807 }
808 else {
809 unshift @ptree, $_;
810 }
811 }
812}
813
814##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
815
816=head2 B<append()>
817
818This method appends the given text or parse-tree to the current parse-tree.
819If the last item on the parse-tree is text and the argument is also text,
820then the text is appended to the last item (not added as a separate string).
821Otherwise the argument is added as a new string or parse-tree I<after>
822the current one.
823
824=cut
825
826sub append {
827 my $self = shift;
828 local *ptree = $self;
829 for (@_) {
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831 if (@ptree and !(ref $ptree[-1]) and !(ref $_)) {
832 $ptree[-1] .= $_;
833 }
834 else {
835 push @ptree, $_;
836 }
837 }
838}
839
840=head2 B<raw_text()>
841
842 my $ptree_raw_text = $ptree->raw_text();
843
844This method will return the I<raw> text of the POD parse-tree
845exactly as it appeared in the input.
846
847=cut
848
849sub raw_text {
850 my $self = shift;
851 my $text = "";
852 for ( @$self ) {
853 $text .= (ref $_) ? $_->raw_text : $_;
854 }
855 return $text;
856}
857
858##---------------------------------------------------------------------------
859
860## Private routines to set/unset child->parent links
861
862sub _unset_child2parent_links {
863 my $self = shift;
864 local *ptree = $self;
865 for (@ptree) {
e9fdc7d2 866 next unless (length and ref and $_->isa('Pod::InteriorSequence'));
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867 $_->_unset_child2parent_links();
868 }
869}
870
871sub _set_child2parent_links {
872 ## nothing to do, Pod::ParseTrees cant have parent pointers
873}
874
875=head2 B<DESTROY()>
876
877This method performs any necessary cleanup for the parse-tree.
878If you override this method then it is B<imperative>
879that you invoke the parent method from within your own method,
880otherwise I<parse-tree storage will not be reclaimed upon destruction!>
881
882=cut
883
884sub DESTROY {
885 ## We need to get rid of all child->parent pointers throughout the
886 ## tree so their reference counts will go to zero and they can be
887 ## garbage-collected
888 _unset_child2parent_links(@_);
889}
890
891#############################################################################
892
893=head1 SEE ALSO
894
895See L<Pod::Parser>, L<Pod::Select>, and L<Pod::Callbacks>.
896
897=head1 AUTHOR
898
899Brad Appleton E<lt>bradapp@enteract.comE<gt>
900
901=cut
902
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