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.\" -*- mode: troff; coding: utf-8 -*- .\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 5.01 (Pod::Simple 3.43) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. .de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R .fi .. .\" \*(C` and \*(C' are quotes in nroff, nothing in troff, for use with C<>. .ie n \{\ . ds C` "" . ds C' "" 'br\} .el\{\ . ds C` . ds C' 'br\} .\" .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. .ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq .el .ds Aq ' .\" .\" If the F register is >0, we'll generate index entries on stderr for .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. .\" .\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'. .de IX .. .nr rF 0 .if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1 .if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{\ . if \nF \{\ . de IX . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" .. . if !\nF==2 \{\ . nr % 0 . nr F 2 . \} . \} .\} .rr rF .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "Filter::Util::Call 3" .TH Filter::Util::Call 3 2023-05-26 "perl v5.38.0" "Perl Programmers Reference Guide" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH NAME Filter::Util::Call \- Perl Source Filter Utility Module .SH SYNOPSIS .IX Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 \& use Filter::Util::Call ; .Ve .SH DESCRIPTION .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" This module provides you with the framework to write \fISource Filters\fR in Perl. .PP An alternate interface to Filter::Util::Call is now available. See Filter::Simple for more details. .PP A \fIPerl Source Filter\fR is implemented as a Perl module. The structure of the module can take one of two broadly similar formats. To distinguish between them, the first will be referred to as \fImethod filter\fR and the second as \fIclosure filter\fR. .PP Here is a skeleton for the \fImethod filter\fR: .PP .Vb 1 \& package MyFilter ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& \& sub import \& { \& my($type, @arguments) = @_ ; \& filter_add([]) ; \& } \& \& sub filter \& { \& my($self) = @_ ; \& my($status) ; \& \& $status = filter_read() ; \& $status ; \& } \& \& 1 ; .Ve .PP and this is the equivalent skeleton for the \fIclosure filter\fR: .PP .Vb 1 \& package MyFilter ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& \& sub import \& { \& my($type, @arguments) = @_ ; \& \& filter_add( \& sub \& { \& my($status) ; \& $status = filter_read() ; \& $status ; \& } ) \& } \& \& 1 ; .Ve .PP To make use of either of the two filter modules above, place the line below in a Perl source file. .PP .Vb 1 \& use MyFilter; .Ve .PP In fact, the skeleton modules shown above are fully functional \fISource Filters\fR, albeit fairly useless ones. All they does is filter the source stream without modifying it at all. .PP As you can see both modules have a broadly similar structure. They both make use of the \f(CW\*(C`Filter::Util::Call\*(C'\fR module and both have an \f(CW\*(C`import\*(C'\fR method. The difference between them is that the \fImethod filter\fR requires a \fIfilter\fR method, whereas the \fIclosure filter\fR gets the equivalent of a \fIfilter\fR method with the anonymous sub passed to \&\fIfilter_add\fR. .PP To make proper use of the \fIclosure filter\fR shown above you need to have a good understanding of the concept of a \fIclosure\fR. See perlref for more details on the mechanics of \fIclosures\fR. .SS "\fBuse Filter::Util::Call\fP" .IX Subsection "use Filter::Util::Call" The following functions are exported by \f(CW\*(C`Filter::Util::Call\*(C'\fR: .PP .Vb 4 \& filter_add() \& filter_read() \& filter_read_exact() \& filter_del() .Ve .SS \fBimport()\fP .IX Subsection "import()" The \f(CW\*(C`import\*(C'\fR method is used to create an instance of the filter. It is called indirectly by Perl when it encounters the \f(CW\*(C`use MyFilter\*(C'\fR line in a source file (See "import" in perlfunc for more details on \&\f(CW\*(C`import\*(C'\fR). .PP It will always have at least one parameter automatically passed by Perl \&\- this corresponds to the name of the package. In the example above it will be \f(CW"MyFilter"\fR. .PP Apart from the first parameter, import can accept an optional list of parameters. These can be used to pass parameters to the filter. For example: .PP .Vb 1 \& use MyFilter qw(a b c) ; .Ve .PP will result in the \f(CW@_\fR array having the following values: .PP .Vb 4 \& @_ [0] => "MyFilter" \& @_ [1] => "a" \& @_ [2] => "b" \& @_ [3] => "c" .Ve .PP Before terminating, the \f(CW\*(C`import\*(C'\fR function must explicitly install the filter by calling \f(CW\*(C`filter_add\*(C'\fR. .SS \fBfilter_add()\fP .IX Subsection "filter_add()" The function, \f(CW\*(C`filter_add\*(C'\fR, actually installs the filter. It takes one parameter which should be a reference. The kind of reference used will dictate which of the two filter types will be used. .PP If a CODE reference is used then a \fIclosure filter\fR will be assumed. .PP If a CODE reference is not used, a \fImethod filter\fR will be assumed. In a \fImethod filter\fR, the reference can be used to store context information. The reference will be \fIblessed\fR into the package by \&\f(CW\*(C`filter_add\*(C'\fR, unless the reference was already blessed. .PP See the filters at the end of this documents for examples of using context information using both \fImethod filters\fR and \fIclosure filters\fR. .SS "\fBfilter() and anonymous sub\fP" .IX Subsection "filter() and anonymous sub" Both the \f(CW\*(C`filter\*(C'\fR method used with a \fImethod filter\fR and the anonymous sub used with a \fIclosure filter\fR is where the main processing for the filter is done. .PP The big difference between the two types of filter is that the \fImethod filter\fR uses the object passed to the method to store any context data, whereas the \fIclosure filter\fR uses the lexical variables that are maintained by the closure. .PP Note that the single parameter passed to the \fImethod filter\fR, \&\f(CW$self\fR, is the same reference that was passed to \f(CW\*(C`filter_add\*(C'\fR blessed into the filter's package. See the example filters later on for details of using \f(CW$self\fR. .PP Here is a list of the common features of the anonymous sub and the \&\f(CWfilter()\fR method. .ie n .IP \fR\fB$_\fR\fB\fR 5 .el .IP \fR\f(CB$_\fR\fB\fR 5 .IX Item "$_" Although \f(CW$_\fR doesn't actually appear explicitly in the sample filters above, it is implicitly used in a number of places. .Sp Firstly, when either \f(CW\*(C`filter\*(C'\fR or the anonymous sub are called, a local copy of \f(CW$_\fR will automatically be created. It will always contain the empty string at this point. .Sp Next, both \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`filter_read_exact\*(C'\fR will append any source data that is read to the end of \f(CW$_\fR. .Sp Finally, when \f(CW\*(C`filter\*(C'\fR or the anonymous sub are finished processing, they are expected to return the filtered source using \f(CW$_\fR. .Sp This implicit use of \f(CW$_\fR greatly simplifies the filter. .ie n .IP \fR\fB$status\fR\fB\fR 5 .el .IP \fR\f(CB$status\fR\fB\fR 5 .IX Item "$status" The status value that is returned by the user's \f(CW\*(C`filter\*(C'\fR method or anonymous sub and the \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`read_exact\*(C'\fR functions take the same set of values, namely: .Sp .Vb 3 \& < 0 Error \& = 0 EOF \& > 0 OK .Ve .IP "\fBfilter_read\fR and \fBfilter_read_exact\fR" 5 .IX Item "filter_read and filter_read_exact" These functions are used by the filter to obtain either a line or block from the next filter in the chain or the actual source file if there aren't any other filters. .Sp The function \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR takes two forms: .Sp .Vb 2 \& $status = filter_read() ; \& $status = filter_read($size) ; .Ve .Sp The first form is used to request a \fIline\fR, the second requests a \&\fIblock\fR. .Sp In line mode, \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR will append the next source line to the end of the \f(CW$_\fR scalar. .Sp In block mode, \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR will append a block of data which is <= \&\f(CW$size\fR to the end of the \f(CW$_\fR scalar. It is important to emphasise the that \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR will not necessarily read a block which is \&\fIprecisely\fR \f(CW$size\fR bytes. .Sp If you need to be able to read a block which has an exact size, you can use the function \f(CW\*(C`filter_read_exact\*(C'\fR. It works identically to \&\f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR in block mode, except it will try to read a block which is exactly \f(CW$size\fR bytes in length. The only circumstances when it will not return a block which is \f(CW$size\fR bytes long is on EOF or error. .Sp It is \fIvery\fR important to check the value of \f(CW$status\fR after \fIevery\fR call to \f(CW\*(C`filter_read\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`filter_read_exact\*(C'\fR. .IP \fBfilter_del\fR 5 .IX Item "filter_del" The function, \f(CW\*(C`filter_del\*(C'\fR, is used to disable the current filter. It does not affect the running of the filter. All it does is tell Perl not to call filter any more. .Sp See "Example 4: Using filter_del" for details. .IP \fIreal_import\fR 5 .IX Item "real_import" Internal function which adds the filter, based on the filter_add argument type. .IP \fR\f(BIunimport()\fR\fI\fR 5 .IX Item "unimport()" May be used to disable a filter, but is rarely needed. See filter_del. .SH LIMITATIONS .IX Header "LIMITATIONS" See "LIMITATIONS" in perlfilter for an overview of the general problems filtering code in a textual line-level only. .IP "_\|_DATA_\|_ is ignored" 4 .IX Item "__DATA__ is ignored" The content from the _\|_DATA_\|_ block is not filtered. This is a serious limitation, e.g. for the Switch module. See <http://search.cpan.org/perldoc?Switch#LIMITATIONS> for more. .IP "Max. codesize limited to 32\-bit" 4 .IX Item "Max. codesize limited to 32-bit" Currently internal buffer lengths are limited to 32\-bit only. .SH EXAMPLES .IX Header "EXAMPLES" Here are a few examples which illustrate the key concepts \- as such most of them are of little practical use. .PP The \f(CW\*(C`examples\*(C'\fR sub-directory has copies of all these filters implemented both as \fImethod filters\fR and as \fIclosure filters\fR. .SS "Example 1: A simple filter." .IX Subsection "Example 1: A simple filter." Below is a \fImethod filter\fR which is hard-wired to replace all occurrences of the string \f(CW"Joe"\fR to \f(CW"Jim"\fR. Not particularly Useful, but it is the first example and I wanted to keep it simple. .PP .Vb 1 \& package Joe2Jim ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& \& sub import \& { \& my($type) = @_ ; \& \& filter_add(bless []) ; \& } \& \& sub filter \& { \& my($self) = @_ ; \& my($status) ; \& \& s/Joe/Jim/g \& if ($status = filter_read()) > 0 ; \& $status ; \& } \& \& 1 ; .Ve .PP Here is an example of using the filter: .PP .Vb 2 \& use Joe2Jim ; \& print "Where is Joe?\en" ; .Ve .PP And this is what the script above will print: .PP .Vb 1 \& Where is Jim? .Ve .SS "Example 2: Using the context" .IX Subsection "Example 2: Using the context" The previous example was not particularly useful. To make it more general purpose we will make use of the context data and allow any arbitrary \fIfrom\fR and \fIto\fR strings to be used. This time we will use a \&\fIclosure filter\fR. To reflect its enhanced role, the filter is called \&\f(CW\*(C`Subst\*(C'\fR. .PP .Vb 1 \& package Subst ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& use Carp ; \& \& sub import \& { \& croak("usage: use Subst qw(from to)") \& unless @_ == 3 ; \& my ($self, $from, $to) = @_ ; \& filter_add( \& sub \& { \& my ($status) ; \& s/$from/$to/ \& if ($status = filter_read()) > 0 ; \& $status ; \& }) \& } \& 1 ; .Ve .PP and is used like this: .PP .Vb 2 \& use Subst qw(Joe Jim) ; \& print "Where is Joe?\en" ; .Ve .SS "Example 3: Using the context within the filter" .IX Subsection "Example 3: Using the context within the filter" Here is a filter which a variation of the \f(CW\*(C`Joe2Jim\*(C'\fR filter. As well as substituting all occurrences of \f(CW"Joe"\fR to \f(CW"Jim"\fR it keeps a count of the number of substitutions made in the context object. .PP Once EOF is detected (\f(CW$status\fR is zero) the filter will insert an extra line into the source stream. When this extra line is executed it will print a count of the number of substitutions actually made. Note that \f(CW$status\fR is set to \f(CW1\fR in this case. .PP .Vb 1 \& package Count ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& \& sub filter \& { \& my ($self) = @_ ; \& my ($status) ; \& \& if (($status = filter_read()) > 0 ) { \& s/Joe/Jim/g ; \& ++ $$self ; \& } \& elsif ($$self >= 0) { # EOF \& $_ = "print q[Made ${$self} substitutions\en]" ; \& $status = 1 ; \& $$self = \-1 ; \& } \& \& $status ; \& } \& \& sub import \& { \& my ($self) = @_ ; \& my ($count) = 0 ; \& filter_add(\e$count) ; \& } \& \& 1 ; .Ve .PP Here is a script which uses it: .PP .Vb 3 \& use Count ; \& print "Hello Joe\en" ; \& print "Where is Joe\en" ; .Ve .PP Outputs: .PP .Vb 3 \& Hello Jim \& Where is Jim \& Made 2 substitutions .Ve .SS "Example 4: Using filter_del" .IX Subsection "Example 4: Using filter_del" Another variation on a theme. This time we will modify the \f(CW\*(C`Subst\*(C'\fR filter to allow a starting and stopping pattern to be specified as well as the \fIfrom\fR and \fIto\fR patterns. If you know the \fIvi\fR editor, it is the equivalent of this command: .PP .Vb 1 \& :/start/,/stop/s/from/to/ .Ve .PP When used as a filter we want to invoke it like this: .PP .Vb 1 \& use NewSubst qw(start stop from to) ; .Ve .PP Here is the module. .PP .Vb 1 \& package NewSubst ; \& \& use Filter::Util::Call ; \& use Carp ; \& \& sub import \& { \& my ($self, $start, $stop, $from, $to) = @_ ; \& my ($found) = 0 ; \& croak("usage: use Subst qw(start stop from to)") \& unless @_ == 5 ; \& \& filter_add( \& sub \& { \& my ($status) ; \& \& if (($status = filter_read()) > 0) { \& \& $found = 1 \& if $found == 0 and /$start/ ; \& \& if ($found) { \& s/$from/$to/ ; \& filter_del() if /$stop/ ; \& } \& \& } \& $status ; \& } ) \& \& } \& \& 1 ; .Ve .SH Filter::Simple .IX Header "Filter::Simple" If you intend using the Filter::Call functionality, I would strongly recommend that you check out Damian Conway's excellent Filter::Simple module. Damian's module provides a much cleaner interface than Filter::Util::Call. Although it doesn't allow the fine control that Filter::Util::Call does, it should be adequate for the majority of applications. It's available at .PP .Vb 1 \& http://search.cpan.org/dist/Filter\-Simple/ .Ve .SH AUTHOR .IX Header "AUTHOR" Paul Marquess .SH DATE .IX Header "DATE" 26th January 1996 .SH LICENSE .IX Header "LICENSE" Copyright (c) 1995\-2011 Paul Marquess. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2011\-2014, 2018\-2022 Reini Urban. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2014\-2017 cPanel Inc. All rights reserved. .PP This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.