PPI::Token::Attribute(3)

NAME
PPI::Token::Attribute - A token for a subroutine attribute

INHERITANCE
  PPI::Token::Attribute
  isa PPI::Token
      isa PPI::Element

DESCRIPTION
In Perl, attributes are a relatively recent addition to the language.

Given the code " sub foo : bar(something) {} ", the "bar(something)" part is the attribute.

A "PPI::Token::Attribute" token represents the entire of the attribute, as the braces and its contents are not parsed into the tree, and are treated by Perl (and thus by us) as a single string.

METHODS
This class provides some additional methods beyond those provided by its PPI::Token and PPI::Element parent classes.

  identifier
The "identifier" attribute returns the identifier part of the attribute.

That is, for the attribute "foo(bar)", the "identifier" method would return "foo".

  parameters
The "parameters" method returns the parameter string for the attribute.

That is, for the attribute "foo(bar)", the "parameters" method would return "bar".

Returns the parameters as a string (including the null string '' for the case of an attribute such as "foo()".)

Returns "undef" if the attribute does not have parameters.

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.