NAME

PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Capture - Represent capture parentheses.

SYNOPSIS

 use PPIx::Regexp::Dumper;
 PPIx::Regexp::Dumper->new( 'qr{(foo)}smx' )
     ->print();

INHERITANCE

"PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Capture" is a PPIx::Regexp::Structure.

"PPIx::Regexp::Structure::Capture" is the parent of PPIx::Regexp::Structure::NamedCapture.

DESCRIPTION

This class represents capture parentheses.

METHODS

This class provides the following public methods. Methods not documented here are private, and unsupported in the sense that the author reserves the right to change or remove them without notice.

name

 my $name = $element->name();

This method returns the name of the capture buffer. Unless the buffer is actually named, this will be "undef".

number

 my $number = $element->number()

This method returns the number of the capture buffer. Note that named buffers have numbers also.

SUPPORT

Support is by the author. Please file bug reports at <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=PPIx-Regexp>, <https://github.com/trwyant/perl-PPIx-Regexp/issues>, or in electronic mail to the author.

AUTHOR

Thomas R. Wyant, III wyant at cpan dot org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl 5.10.0. For more details, see the full text of the licenses in the directory LICENSES.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.