Here's the parser that I wrote, so that people can see what I'm talking
about. It's been minimally tested, but not really hammered yet.
# Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text.
# $Id$
#
# Copyright 2001 by Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
#
# This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
# under the same terms as Perl itself.
#
# This module implements parsing of the text of an L<> formatting code as
# defined in perlpodspec. It should be suitable for any POD formatter. It
# exports only one function, parselink(), which returns the five-item parse
# defined in perlpodspec.
#
# Perl core hackers, please note that this module is also separately
# maintained outside of the Perl core as part of the podlators. Please send
# me any patches at the address above in addition to sending them to the
# standard Perl mailing lists.
##############################################################################
# Modules and declarations
##############################################################################
package Pod::ParseLink;
require 5.004;
use strict;
use vars qw(@EXPORT @ISA $VERSION);
use Exporter;
@ISA = qw(Exporter);
@EXPORT = qw(parselink);
# Don't use the CVS revision as the version, since this module is also in Perl
# core and too many things could munge CVS magic revision strings. This
# number should ideally be the same as the CVS revision in podlators, however.
$VERSION = 1.01;
##############################################################################
# Implementation
##############################################################################
# Parse the name and section portion of a link into a name and section.
sub _parse_section {
my ($link) = @_;
$link =~ s/^\s+//;
$link =~ s/\s+$//;
# If the whole link is enclosed in quotes, interpret it all as a section
# even if it contains a slash.
return (undef, $1) if (/^"\s*(.*?)\s*"$/);
# Split into page and section on slash, and then clean up quoting in both
# the name and the section. If there is no section and the name contains
# spaces, also guess that it's an old section link.
my ($page, $section) = split (/\s*\/\s*/, $link, 2);
for ($page, $section) {
s/^"\s*(.*?)\s*"$/$1/;
}
if ($page =~ / / && !defined ($section)) {
$section = $page;
$page = undef;
} else {
$page = undef unless $page;
$section = undef unless $section;
}
return ($page, $section);
}
# Infer link text from the page and section.
sub _infer_text {
my ($page, $section) = @_;
my $inferred;
if ($page && !$section) {
$inferred = $page;
} elsif (!$page && $section) {
$inferred = '"' . $section . '"';
} elsif ($page && $section) {
$inferred = '"' . $section . '" in ' . $page;
}
return $inferred;
}
# Given the contents of an L<> formatting code, parse it into the link text,
# the possibly inferred link text, the name or URL, the section, and the type
# of link (pod, man, or url).
sub parselink {
my ($link) = @_;
$link =~ s/\s+/ /g;
if ($link =~ /\A\w+:[^:\s]\S*\Z/) {
return (undef, $link, $link, undef, 'url');
} else {
my $text;
if ($link =~ /\|/) {
($text, $link) = split (/\|/, $link, 2);
}
my ($name, $section) = _parse_section ($link);
my $inferred = $text || _infer_text ($name, $section);
my $type = ($name =~ /\(\S*\)/) ? 'man' : 'pod';
return ($text, $inferred, $name, $section, $type);
}
}
##############################################################################
# Module return value and documentation
##############################################################################
# Ensure we evaluate to true.
1;
__END__
=head1 NAME
Pod::ParseLink -- Parse an L<> formatting code in POD text
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Pod::ParseLink;
my ($text, $inferred, $name, $section, $type) = parselink ($link);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module only provides a single function, parselink(), which takes the
text of an LE<lt>E<gt> formatting code and parses it. It returns the anchor
text for the link (if any was given), the anchor text possibly inferred from
the name and section, the name or URL, the section if any, and the type of
link. The type will be one of 'url', 'pod', or 'man', indicating a URL, a
link to a POD page, or a link to a Unix manual page.
Parsing is implemented per L<perlpodspec>. For backward compatibility,
links where there is no section and name contains spaces, or links where the
entirety of the link (except for the anchor text if given) is enclosed in
double-quotes are interpreted as links to a section (LE<lt>/sectionE<gt>).
The inferred anchor text is implemented per L<perlpodspec>:
L<name> => L<name|name>
L</section> => L<"section"|/section>
L<name/section> => L<"section" in name|name/section>
The name may contain embedded EE<lt>E<gt> and ZE<lt>E<gt> formatting codes,
and the section, anchor text, and inferred anchor text may contain any
formatting codes. Any double quotes around the name or section are removed
as part of the parsing, as are any leading or trailing whitespace.
No attempt is made to resolve formatting codes. The caller must be prepared
to do that either before or after calling parselink(). (This is because
interpretation of EE<lt>E<gt> formatting codes may vary by formatter.)
=head1 AUTHOR
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2001 by Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
=cut
--
Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
