PPI::Document::File(3)                     User Contributed Perl Documentation


NAME
       PPI::Document::File - A Perl Document located in a specific file

DESCRIPTION
       WARNING: This class is experimental, and may change without notice

       PPI::Document::File provides a PPI::Document subclass that represents a
       Perl document stored in a specific named file.

METHODS
   new
         my $file = PPI::Document::File->new( 'Module.pm' );

       The "new" constructor works the same as for the regular one, except
       that the only params allowed is a file name. You cannot create an
       "anonymous" PPI::Document::File object, not can you create an empty
       one.

       Returns a new PPI::Document::File object, or "undef" on error.

   save
         # Save to the file we were loaded from
         $file->save;

         # Save a copy to somewhere else
         $file->save( 'Module2.pm' );

       The "save" method works similarly to the one in the parent
       PPI::Document class, saving a copy of the document to a file.

       The difference with this subclass is that if "save" is not passed any
       filename, it will save it back to the file it was loaded from.

       Note: When saving to a different file, it is considered to be saving a
       copy and so the value returned by the "filename" accessor will stay the
       same, and not change to the new filename.

TO DO
       - May need to overload some methods to forcefully prevent Document
       objects becoming children of another Node.

SUPPORT
       See the support section in the main module.

AUTHOR
       Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the same terms as Perl itself.

       The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included
       with this module.

perl v5.38.2                      2024-05-12            PPI::Document::File(3)