package SynopsisTable; sub new{ return bless {names=>'', info=>{}, file=>''}; } sub declare{ my($self,$name,$key,$type) = @_; if ($self->{names}) { $self->{names} .= ",$name"; } else { $self->{names} .= "$name"; } $self->{info}{$name} = "$key,$type,"; } # The 'file' attribute is used to store the filename of the node in which # the table will be presented; this assumes that each table will be presented # only once, which works for the current use of this object. sub set_file{ my($self, $filename) = @_; $self->{file} = "$filename"; } sub get_file{ my $self = shift; return $self->{file}; } sub set_synopsis{ my($self,$name,$synopsis) = @_; my($key,$type,$unused) = split ',', $self->{info}{$name}, 3; $self->{info}{$name} = "$key,$type,$synopsis"; } sub get{ my($self,$name) = @_; return split /,/, $self->{info}{$name}, 3; } sub show{ my $self = shift; my $name; print "names: ", $self->{names}, "\n\n"; foreach $name (split /,/, $self->{names}) { my($key,$type,$synopsis) = $self->get($name); print "$name($key) is $type: $synopsis\n"; } } sub tohtml{ my $self = shift; my $data = "\n"; my $name; foreach $name (split /,/, $self->{names}) { my($key,$type,$synopsis) = $self->get($name); my $link = ""; $data .= (' ' . "\n" . " \n"); } $data .= "
$link$name$synopsis
\n"; $data; } package testSynopsisTable; sub test{ # this little test is mostly to debug the stuff above, since this is # my first Perl "object". my $st = SynopsisTable->new(); $st->declare("sample", "sample", "standard"); $st->set_synopsis("sample", "This is a little synopsis...."); $st->declare("copy_reg", "copyreg", "standard"); $st->set_synopsis("copy_reg", "pickle support stuff"); $st->show(); print "\n\n"; my $st2 = SynopsisTable->new(); $st2->declare("st2module", "st2module", "built-in"); $st2->set_synopsis("st2module", "silly little synopsis"); $st2->show(); } 1; # This must be the last line -- Perl is bogus!