package TAP::Parser::Iterator; use strict; use vars qw($VERSION @ISA); use TAP::Object (); @ISA = qw(TAP::Object); =head1 NAME TAP::Parser::Iterator - Base class for TAP source iterators =head1 VERSION Version 3.23 =cut $VERSION = '3.23'; =head1 SYNOPSIS # to subclass: use vars qw(@ISA); use TAP::Parser::Iterator (); @ISA = qw(TAP::Parser::Iterator); sub _initialize { # see TAP::Object... } sub next_raw { ... } sub wait { ... } sub exit { ... } =head1 DESCRIPTION This is a simple iterator base class that defines L's iterator API. Iterators are typically created from Ls. =head1 METHODS =head2 Class Methods =head3 C Create an iterator. Provided by L. =head2 Instance Methods =head3 C while ( my $item = $iter->next ) { ... } Iterate through it, of course. =head3 C B this method is abstract and should be overridden. while ( my $item = $iter->next_raw ) { ... } Iterate raw input without applying any fixes for quirky input syntax. =cut sub next { my $self = shift; my $line = $self->next_raw; # vms nit: When encountering 'not ok', vms often has the 'not' on a line # by itself: # not # ok 1 - 'I hate VMS' if ( defined($line) and $line =~ /^\s*not\s*$/ ) { $line .= ( $self->next_raw || '' ); } return $line; } sub next_raw { require Carp; my $msg = Carp::longmess('abstract method called directly!'); $_[0]->_croak($msg); } =head3 C If necessary switch the input stream to handle unicode. This only has any effect for I/O handle based streams. The default implementation does nothing. =cut sub handle_unicode { } =head3 C Return a list of filehandles that may be used upstream in a select() call to signal that this Iterator is ready. Iterators that are not handle-based should return an empty list. The default implementation does nothing. =cut sub get_select_handles { return; } =head3 C B this method is abstract and should be overridden. my $wait_status = $iter->wait; Return the C status for this iterator. =head3 C B this method is abstract and should be overridden. my $wait_status = $iter->exit; Return the C status for this iterator. =cut sub wait { require Carp; my $msg = Carp::longmess('abstract method called directly!'); $_[0]->_croak($msg); } sub exit { require Carp; my $msg = Carp::longmess('abstract method called directly!'); $_[0]->_croak($msg); } 1; =head1 SUBCLASSING Please see L for a subclassing overview. You must override the abstract methods as noted above. =head2 Example L is probably the easiest example to follow. There's not much point repeating it here. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, L, =cut