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@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document
@chapter Texinfo::Document

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document NAME
@section Texinfo::Document NAME

Texinfo::Document - Texinfo document tree and information

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document SYNOPSIS
@section Texinfo::Document SYNOPSIS

@verbatim
  use Texinfo::Parser;

  my $parser = Texinfo::Parser::parser();
  my $document = $parser->parse_texi_file("somefile.texi");

  my $indices_information = $document->indices_information();
  my $float_types_arrays = $document->floats_information();
  my $internal_references_array
    = $parser->internal_references_information();

  # $identifier_target is an hash reference on normalized
  # node/float/anchor names.
  my $identifier_target = $document->labels_information();

  # A hash reference, keys are @-command names, value is an
  # array reference holding all the corresponding @-commands.
  # Also contains dircategory and direntry list.
  my $global_commands_information
                 = $document->global_commands_information();

  # a hash reference on document information (encodings,
  # input file name, for example).
  my $global_information = $document->global_information();
@end verbatim

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document NOTES
@section Texinfo::Document NOTES

The Texinfo Perl module main purpose is to be used in @code{texi2any} to convert
Texinfo to other formats.  There is no promise of API stability.

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document DESCRIPTION
@section Texinfo::Document DESCRIPTION

This module is used to represent parsed Texinfo documents, with the Texinfo
tree and associated information.  In general a document is obtained from
a Texinfo parser call, there is no need to setup the document.

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document METHODS
@section Texinfo::Document METHODS

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Getting document information
@subsection Getting document information

The main purpose of Texinfo::Document methods is to retrieve information
on a Texinfo document.

The Texinfo tree obtained by parsing a Texinfo document is available through
@code{tree}:

@table @asis
@item $tree = tree($document, $handler_only)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $tree = tree($document@comma{} $handler_only)}
@cindex @code{tree}

The @emph{$tree} is a hash reference.  It is described in
@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Parser TEXINFO TREE}.

If @emph{$handler_only} is set and XS extensions are used, the returned
tree holds a reference to the C Texinfo tree data only, but no actual
Perl Texinfo tree.  This avoids building the Perl tree if all the
functions called with the tree as argument have XS interfaces and
directly use the C data and do not use the Perl tree.

@end table

Some global information is available through @code{global_information}:

@table @asis
@item $info = global_information($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $info = global_information($document)}
@cindex @code{global_information}

The @emph{$info} returned is a hash reference.  The possible keys are

@table @asis
@item included_files
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document included_files}

An array of included file paths as they appear in the document.  Binary
strings.  From both @code{@@include} and @code{@@verbatiminclude}.

@item input_encoding_name
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document input_encoding_name}

@code{input_encoding_name} string is the encoding name used for the
Texinfo code.

@item input_file_name
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document input_file_name}

@item input_directory
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document input_directory}

The name of the main Texinfo input file and the associated directory.
Binary strings.  In @code{texi2any}, they should come from the command line
(and can be decoded with the encoding in the customization variable
@code{COMMAND_LINE_ENCODING}).

@end table

@end table

Some command lists are available, such that it is possible to go through
the corresponding tree elements without walking the tree.  They are
available through @code{global_commands_information}:

@table @asis
@item $commands = global_commands_information($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $commands = global_commands_information($document)}
@cindex @code{global_commands_information}

@emph{$commands} is an hash reference.  The keys are @@-command names.  The
associated values are array references containing all the corresponding
tree elements.

The following list of commands is also available as a key:

@table @asis
@item dircategory_direntry
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document dircategory_direntry}

An array of successive @code{@@dircategory} and @code{@@direntry} as they appear
in the document.

@end table

@end table

All the @@-commands that have an associated label (so can be the
target of cross references) @asis{}-@asis{}-@asis{} @code{@@node}, @code{@@anchor} and @code{@@float} with
label @asis{}-@asis{}-@asis{} have a normalized name associated, constructed as described in the
@emph{HTML Xref} node in the Texinfo documentation.  Those normalized labels and
the association with @@-commands is available through @code{labels_information}:

@table @asis
@item $identifier_target = labels_information($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $identifier_target = labels_information($document)}
@cindex @code{labels_information}

@emph{$identifier_target} is a hash reference whose keys are normalized
labels, and the associated value is the corresponding @@-command.

@item $labels_list = labels_list ($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $labels_list = labels_list ($document)}
@cindex @code{labels_list}

@emph{$labels_list} is a list of Texinfo tree command elements that
could be the target of cross references.

@end table

Information on @code{@@float} grouped by type of floats, each type corresponding
to potential @code{@@listoffloats} is available through @code{floats_information}.

@table @asis
@item $float_types = floats_information($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $float_types = floats_information($document)}
@cindex @code{floats_information}

@emph{$float_types} is a hash reference whose keys are normalized float
types (the first float argument, or the @code{@@listoffloats} argument).
The normalization is the same as for the first step of node names
normalization. The value is the list of float tree elements appearing
in the texinfo document.

@end table

Internal references, nodes and section lists may also be available.

@table @asis
@item $internal_references_array = internal_references_information($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $internal_references_array = internal_references_information($document)}
@cindex @code{internal_references_information}

The function returns an array reference of cross-reference commands referring
to the same document with @@-commands that refer to node, anchors or floats.

@item $nodes_list = nodes_list($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $nodes_list = nodes_list($document)}

Returns an array reference containing the document nodes.  In general set to
the nodes list returned by @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Structuring $nodes_list = nodes_tree($document),, Texinfo::Structuring
nodes_tree}, by a call
to @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document register_document_nodes_list ($document@comma{}
$nodes_list),, register_document_nodes_list}.

@item $sections_list = sections_list($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $sections_list = sections_list($document)}

Returns an array reference containing the document sections.  In general set to the sections list returned by
@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Structuring $sections_list = sectioning_structure($document),, Texinfo::Structuring sectioning_structure},
by a call to @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document register_document_sections_list ($document@comma{} $sections_list),, register_document_sections_list}.

@end table

Information about defined indices, indices merging and index entries is
available through @code{indices_information}.

@table @asis
@item $indices_information = $document->indices_information()
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $indices_information = $document->indices_information()}
@cindex @code{indices_information}

@emph{$indices_information} is a hash reference.  The keys are

@table @asis
@item in_code
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document in_code}

1 if the index entries should be formatted as code, 0 in the opposite case.

@item name
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document name}

The index name.

@item prefix
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document prefix}

An array reference of prefix associated to the index.

@item merged_in
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document merged_in}

In case the index is merged to another index, this key holds the name of
the index the index is merged into.  It takes into account indirectly
merged indices.

@item index_entries
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document index_entries}

An array reference containing index entry structures for index entries
associated with the index.  The index entry could be associated to
@@-commands like @code{@@cindex}, or @code{@@item} in @code{@@vtable}, or definition
commands entries like @code{@@deffn}.

The keys of the index entry structures are

@table @asis
@item index_name
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document index_name}

The index name associated to the command.  Not modified if the corresponding
index is merged in another index (with @code{@@synindex}, for example).

@item entry_element
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document entry_element}

The element in the parsed tree associated with the @@-command holding the
index entry.

@item entry_number
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document entry_number}

The number of the index entry.

@end table

@end table

The following shows the references corresponding to the default indexes
@emph{cp} and @emph{fn}, the @emph{fn} index having its entries formatted as code and
the indices corresponding to the following texinfo

@verbatim
  @defindex some
  @defcodeindex code

  $index_names = {'cp' => {'name' => 'cp', 'in_code' => 0, },
                  'fn' => {'name' => 'fn', 'in_code' => 1, },
                  'some' => {'in_code' => 0},
                  'code' => {'in_code' => 1}};
@end verbatim

If @code{name} is not set, it is set to the index name.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Merging and sorting indices
@subsection Merging and sorting indices

Merged and sorted document indices are also available.  Parsed indices
are not merged nor sorted, @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Indices NAME,, Texinfo::Indices} functions are
called to merge or sort the indices the first time the following
methods are called.  The results are afterwards associated to the
document and simply returned.

In general, those methods should not be called directly, instead
@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Convert@asis{::}Converter Index sorting} Converter methods should be
used, which already call the following functions.

@table @asis
@item $merged_indices = $document->merged_indices()
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $merged_indices = $document->merged_indices()}
@cindex @code{merged_indices}

Merge indices if needed and return merged indices.  The @emph{$merged_indices}
returned is a hash reference whose keys are the index names and values arrays
of index entry structures described in @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document index_entries,, index_entries}.

@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Indices $merged_indices = merge_indices($indices_information),, @code{Texinfo::Indices::merge_indices}}
is used to merge the indices.

In general, it is not useful to call this function directly, as it is already
called by index sorting functions.

@item $sorted_indices = $document->sorted_indices_by_index($customization_information, $use_unicode_collation, $locale_lang)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $sorted_indices = $document->sorted_indices_by_index($customization_information@comma{} $use_unicode_collation@comma{} $locale_lang)}

@item $sorted_indices = $document->sorted_indices_by_letter($customization_information, $use_unicode_collation, $locale_lang)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $sorted_indices = $document->sorted_indices_by_letter($customization_information@comma{} $use_unicode_collation@comma{} $locale_lang)}
@cindex @code{sorted_indices_by_index}
@cindex @code{sorted_indices_by_letter}

@code{sorted_indices_by_letter} returns the indices sorted by index and letter,
while @code{sorted_indices_by_index} returns the indices with all entries
of an index together.

By default, indices are sorted according to the @emph{Unicode Collation Algorithm}
defined in the @url{http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr10/, Unicode Technical Standard
#10}, without language-specific collation
tailoring.  If @emph{$use_unicode_collation} is set to 0, the sorting will not use
the @emph{Unicode Collation Algorithm} and simply sort according to the codepoints.
If @emph{$locale_lang} is set, the language is used for linguistic tailoring of the
sorting, if possible.

When sorting by letter, an array reference of letter hash references is
associated with each index name.  Each letter hash reference has two
keys, a @emph{letter} key with the letter, and an @emph{entries} key with an array
reference of sorted index entries beginning with the letter.  The letter
is a character string suitable for sorting letters, but is not necessarily
the best to use for output.

When simply sorting, the array of the sorted index entries is associated
with the index name.

The optional @emph{$customization_information} argument is used for
error reporting, both to find the @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Report NAME,, Texinfo::Report} object to use for error
reporting and Texinfo customization variables information.  In general, it
should be a converter (@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Convert@asis{::}Converter Getting and setting
customization variables}) or a document @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document Getting
customization options values registered in document}).

@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Indices $index_entries_sorted = sort_indices_by_index($document@comma{} $registrar@comma{} $customization_information@comma{} $use_unicode_collation@comma{} $locale_lang),, @code{Texinfo::Indices::sort_indices_by_index}}
and @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Indices $index_entries_sorted = sort_indices_by_letter($document@comma{} $registrar@comma{} $customization_information@comma{} $use_unicode_collation@comma{} $locale_lang),, @code{Texinfo::Indices::sort_indices_by_letter}}
are used to sort the indices, if needed.

In general, those methods should not be called directly, instead
@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Convert@asis{::}Converter $sorted_indices = $converter->get_converter_indices_sorted_by_index(),, @code{Texinfo::Convert::Converter::get_converter_indices_sorted_by_index}}
and @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Convert@asis{::}Converter $sorted_indices = $converter->get_converter_indices_sorted_by_letter(),, @code{Texinfo::Convert::Converter::get_converter_indices_sorted_by_letter}}
should be used.  The @code{Texinfo::Convert::Converter} methods call
@code{sorted_indices_by_index} and @code{sorted_indices_by_letter}.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Getting errors and error registering object
@subsection Getting errors and error registering object

A document has a @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Report NAME,, Texinfo::Report} objet associated, that is used to
register errors and warning messages in.  To get the errors registered
in the document, the @code{errors} method should be called.
It is also possible to get the document associated @code{Texinfo::Report} objet
by calling the @code{registrar} accessor method.

@table @asis
@item $registrar = registrar($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $registrar = registrar($document)}

Returns the @code{Texinfo::Report} object associated with the @emph{$document}.

In general, this is not needed as most functions use the document associated
@code{Texinfo::Report} object automatically.  However, for some functions a
@code{Texinfo::Report} object is passed in argument, being able to
get the document registrar object is interesting in those cases.

@item ($error warnings list, $error count) = errors($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document ($error warnings list@comma{} $error count) = errors($document)}

This function returns as @emph{$error_count} the count of errors since setting
up the @emph{$document} (or calling the function). The returned
@emph{$error_warnings_list} is an array of hash references
one for each error, warning or error line continuation.  The format of
these hash references is described
in @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Report ($error_warnings_list@comma{} $error_count) = errors($registrar),, @code{Texinfo::Report::errors}}.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Getting customization options values registered in document
@subsection Getting customization options values registered in document

By default, customization information is registered in a document object
just after parsing the Texinfo code. Structuring and tree transformation
methods then get customization variables values from the document object
they have in argument. The customization variables set by default may be a
subset selected to be useful for structuring and tree transformation codes.

To retrieve Texinfo customization variables you can call @code{get_conf}:

@table @asis
@item $value = $document->get_conf($variable_name)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $value = $document->get_conf($variable_name)}

Returns the value of the Texinfo customization variable @emph{$variable_name}
(possibly @code{undef}), if the variable value was registered in the document,
or @code{undef}.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Registering document and information in document
@subsection Registering document and information in document

The setup of a document is described next, it should only be used in
parsers codes.

@table @asis
@item $document = Texinfo::Document::register($tree, $global_information, $indices_information, $floats_information, $internal_references_information, $global_commands_information, $identifier_target, $labels_list, $parser_registrar)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $document = Texinfo@asis{::}Document@asis{::}register($tree@comma{} $global_information@comma{} $indices_information@comma{} $floats_information@comma{} $internal_references_information@comma{} $global_commands_information@comma{} $identifier_target@comma{} $labels_list@comma{} $parser_registrar)}

Setup a document. There is no reason to call this method out of parsers, as
it is already done by the Texinfo parsers.  The arguments are gathered
during parsing and correspond to information returned by the other methods.

@end table

Further information can be registered in the document.

@table @asis
@item register_document_nodes_list ($document, $nodes_list)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document register_document_nodes_list ($document@comma{} $nodes_list)}
@cindex @code{register_document_nodes_list}

Register the @emph{$nodes_list} array reference as @emph{$document} nodes
list.  This method should be called after the processing of document
structure.

@item register_document_options ($document, $options)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document register_document_options ($document@comma{} $options)}
@cindex @code{register_document_options}

The @emph{$options} hash reference holds options for the document. These options
should be Texinfo customization options.  Usually, the options registered in
the document contain those useful for structuring and tree transformation
getting place between Texinfo code parsing and conversion to output formats.
Indeed, document customization options are mainly accessed by structuring and
tree transformation methods (by calling @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $value = $document->get_conf($variable_name),, @code{get_conf}}). The options should in general be registered before
the calls to @code{get_conf}.

@item register_document_sections_list ($document, $sections_list)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document register_document_sections_list ($document@comma{} $sections_list)}
@cindex @code{register_document_sections_list}

Register the @emph{$sections_list} array reference as @emph{$document} sections
list.  This method should be called after the processing of document
structure.

@item set_document_global_info($document, $key, $value)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document set_document_global_info($document@comma{} $key@comma{} $value)}
@cindex @code{set_document_global_info}

Add @emph{$value} @emph{$key} global information to @emph{$document}.  This method
should not be generally useful, as document global information is already
set by the Texinfo parser.  The information set should be available through
the next calls to @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $info = global_information($document),, global_information}.
The method should in general be called before the calls to
@code{global_information}.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document Methods for Perl and C code interactions
@subsection Methods for Perl and C code interactions

The parsing of Texinfo code, structuring and transformations of the tree
called through Texinfo Perl modules may be done by pure Perl modules or
by C code called through XS interfaces.  In general, it makes no difference
whether pure Perl or C code is used.  When the document and tree are
modified by C code, the Perl structures are automatically rebuilt when
calling the accessors described previously.  In some cases, however, specific
functions need to be called to pass information from C to Perl or perform
actions related to C data.

The methods can always be called on pure Perl modules even if they do nothing.
Therefore it is, in general, better to call them assuming that modules
setting up C data were called, even when it is not the case.

First, @code{document_descriptor} can be called to get the document identifier
document used by C code to retrieve the document data in C.  In general
this identifier is directly and transparently taken from the document, but may
need to be set on other objects in rare cases.

@table @asis
@item $document_descriptor = $document->document_descriptor()
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $document_descriptor = $document->document_descriptor()}
@cindex @code{document_descriptor}

Returns the document descriptor if the document is available as C data,
0 or @code{undef} if not.

@end table

When the tree is directly accessed in Perl (not through a document)
but is modified by C code, for instance called through @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Common NAME,, Texinfo::Common} or
@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Transformations NAME,, Texinfo::Transformations} methods, the Perl structures need to be rebuilt
from the C data with @code{rebuild_tree}:

@table @asis
@item $rebuilt_tree = rebuild_tree($tree, $no_store)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document $rebuilt_tree = rebuild_tree($tree@comma{} $no_store)}
@cindex @code{rebuild_tree}

Return a @emph{$rebuilt_tree}, rebuilt from C data if needed.  If there
is no C data, the tree is returned as is.  The tree rebuilt is
based on the Texinfo parsed document associated to the Texinfo
tree @emph{$tree}.

If the optional @emph{$no_store} argument is set, remove the C data.

@end table

Note that the Perl tree associated to a document is rebuilt from C data
when calling @code{$document->tree()}.  Similarly, the tree is rebuilt when
calling other accessors that depend on the document tree.  Therefore
@code{rebuild_tree} should only be called when there is no document associated to a
tree and @code{$document->tree()} cannot be called to rebuild the tree.

Some methods allow to release the memory held by C data associated
to a Texinfo parsed document:

@table @asis
@item remove_document($document)
@anchor{Texinfo@asis{::}Document remove_document($document)}
@cindex @code{remove_document}

Remove the C data corresponding to @emph{$document}.

@end table

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document SEE ALSO
@section Texinfo::Document SEE ALSO

@ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Parser NAME,, Texinfo::Parser}. @ref{Texinfo@asis{::}Structuring NAME,, Texinfo::Structuring}.

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document AUTHOR
@section Texinfo::Document AUTHOR

Patrice Dumas, <pertusus@@free.fr>

@node Texinfo@asis{::}Document COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
@section Texinfo::Document COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2010- Free Software Foundation, Inc.  See the source file for
all copyright years.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.