LUGS::Events::Parser - Event parser for the Linux User Group Switzerland

 use LUGS::Events::Parser;

 $parser = LUGS::Events::Parser->new($events_file);

 while ($event = $parser->next_event) {
     $date = $event->get_event_date;
     ...
 }

LUGS::Events::Parser parses the events file of the Linux User Group Switzerland (LUGS). It offers according accessor methods and may optionally filter HTML markup.

Creates a new LUGS::Events::Parser object.

Without options:

 $parser = LUGS::Events::Parser->new('/path/to/events_file');

With filtering options (example):

 $parser = LUGS::Events::Parser->new('/path/to/events_file', {
           filter_html  => 1,
           tag_handlers => {
               'a href' => [ {
                   rewrite => '$TEXT - $HREF',
                   fields  => [ qw(location responsible) ],
               } ],
           },
           strip_text => [ 'mailto:' ],
 });

* filter_html

Extract HTML and rewrite it. Accepts a boolean.

* tag_handlers

Handlers for rewriting HTML. See TAG HANDLERS for a format explanation.

* strip_text

Optionally strip text from filtered content. Accepts an array reference with literals.

 $event = $parser->next_event;

Returns a LUGS::Events::Parser::Event object.

 $date = $event->get_event_date;

Fetch the full 'event' date field.

 $year = $event->get_event_year;

Fetch the event year.

 $month = $event->get_event_month;

Fetch the event month.

 $day = $event->get_event_day;

Fetch the event day.

 $simple_day = $event->get_event_simple_day;

Fetch the event 'day' field (without zeroes).

 $weekday = $event->get_event_weekday;

Fetch the event 'weekday' field.

 $time = $event->get_event_time;

Fetch the event 'time' field.

 $title = $event->get_event_title;

Fetch the event 'title' field.

 $color = $event->get_event_color;

Fetch the event 'color' field.

 $location = $event->get_event_location;

Fetch the event 'location' field.

 $responsible = $event->get_event_responsible;

Fetch the event 'responsible' field.

 $more = $event->get_event_more;

Fetch the event 'more' field.

 $anchor = $event->get_event_anchor;

Fetch the unique event anchor.

Filtering HTML markup and separating it from plaintext is optional and may be enabled via the filter_html option. The filter_html option set on its own does not suffice since no according tag handlers are defined which must be provided by the tag_handlers option. The strip_text option may contain literal strings to be removed from the filtered and rewritten content.

The order of processing is: HTML markup is filtered first and then being rewritten by the according tag handlers. Next literal strings as specified are stripped from the content. Finally HTML entities are unconditionally decoded.

LUGS::Events::Parser internally uses HTML::Parser to push tags and text on a stack. If tags are nested, the innermost tag will be retrieved first and the outermost tag last. The top of the stack will be removed after the data for each tag set has been gathered completely.

HTML markup is rewritten through the tag handlers provided within the options of the constructor. The handlers of a tag group are referenced by either its tagname or its tagname and an attribute name. Each handler must consist of a mandatory rewrite and fields entry. The rewrite entry defines the substitute pattern for HTML markup (i.e., start tag, text and end tag) found. The pattern may consist of placeholders (e.g., $NAME), simple text or both. It may also be empty (which has the effect of removing the markup and text entirely).

For tags which enclose text, the placeholder $TEXT will represent the enclosed text. If attributes are available, for example href, then $HREF will contain the value of the href attribute. Placeholders provided for standalone tags will not be substituted.

The fields entry contains the field names to which rewriting applies. Specifying a literal * will match all field names.

http://www.lugs.ch/lugs/

Steven Schubiger <schubiger@cpan.org>

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

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