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NAME

Class::Phrasebook::Simple - make Class::Phrasebook even simpler than it already is.

SYNOPSIS

 
 # In xpath.xml :

 <phrasebook>
  <dictionary name="article">
   <phrase name="title">child::node()[name() = 'title']</phrase>
  </dictionary>
 </phrasebook>

 # In My::Phrasebook.pm :

 package My::Phrasebook;
 use base qw (Class::Phrasebook::Simple);

 use constant PATH_PHRASEBOOK_XPATH => "/path/to/my/xpath.xml";
 return 1;

 # In your program :

 package main;

 use My::Phrasebook qw (:xpath); 
 print My::Phrasebook->xpath("article","title");

 # prints (for example) :
 child::node()[name() = 'title']

DESCRIPTION

Make Class::Phrasebook even simpler than it already is.

PACKAGE METHODS

Package methods are generated at runtime based on the the value(s) passed when the package is loaded. Values must begin with a colon and contain only the letters a-z. (lowercase)

The package's import method will strip the colon and look for a local constant named PATH_PHRASEBOOK_ + value (uppercase)

The value of the constant should be the path to a valid Class::Phrasebook XML file.

For example...

  package main;
  use My::Phrasebook qw (:xpath);

  package My::Phrasebook;
  use base qw (Class::Phrasebook::Simple);

  use constant PATH_PHRASEBOOK_XPATH => "/phrases/xpath.xml";

...will cause an xpath package method to be inserted in to My::Phrasebook's symbol table.

Each method takes (2) arguments:

the name of a dictionary belonging to the phrasebook
the name of a phrase belonging to the dictionary

For example:

  my $value = My::Phrasebook->xpath("article","title");

VERSION

0.1

DATE

$Date: 2003/06/13 00:34:10 $

AUTHOR

Aaron Straup Cope

SEE ALSO

the Class::Phrasebook manpage

LICENSE

Copyright (c) 2003, Aaron Straup Cope. All Rights Reserved.

This is free software, you may use it and distribute it under the same terms as Perl itself.