XML::Pa...ernTempl(3)

🦋 NAME 🦋

okay so XML::Pa...ernTempl(3) is the user-contributed Perl doc for this — and real talk, XML::PatAct::PATTERN is a pattern module for ... yeah, the sentence just ends there 😭 that's how the template ships, bestie, it's giving "fill in the blank" energy and we respect it.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the vibe check on how you'd actually use it:

use XML::PatAct::PATTERN;

my $patterns = [ PATTERN => ACTION,
                 ... ]

my $matcher = XML::PatAct::PATTERN->new( Patterns => $patterns );

like, $patterns is your list of PATTERN => ACTION pairs (and yeah, the ... means "and more of those, you get it"), and then you hand that whole thing to ->new( Patterns => $patterns ) and boom 💥 you got a $matcher.

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

so XML::PatAct::PATTERN is a pattern module, and its whole job is teaming up with PatAct action modules so you can apply pattern-action lists to XML parses or trees. iconic collab honestly 🫶

then the line just goes XML::PatAct::PATTERN ... and leaves us hanging 🙈 — that's the template being a template.

Parameters can be passed either as a list of key, value pairs or as a hash. both work, pick your fighter ✨

and then there's this, screaming in all caps at you:

DESCRIBE THE FORMAT OR LANGUAGE OF YOUR PATTERNS HERE

not me getting yelled at by a placeholder 💀 — that's literally the instruction telling you (yes, YOU) to write your pattern format or language right there. main character homework assignment fr fr 🎀

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

This template file was written by Ken MacLeod, ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us — shoutout to the template king 🌈⭐

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🌸 SEE ALSO 🌸

• perl(1) — the classic, always relevant, the blueprint 💜
• "Using PatAct Modules" and "Creating PatAct Modules" in libxml-perl — go read these if you wanna actually understand the PatAct ecosystem, iykyk 🔥

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and that's the whole page, bestie ✨🦋💖

cute little sign-off: this was perl v5.42.0, dated 2024-03-04 — so if you're reading this way later, bestie it's vintage 🎀💅