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Check-in Number: 1303
Date: 2001-Nov-13 13:36:48 (local)
2001-Nov-13 12:36:48 (UTC)
User:simons
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Comment: Added skeleton version of the library's manual page.
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ossp-pkg/var/var.pod      added-> 1.1

ossp-pkg/var/var.pod -> 1.1

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+ ##
+ **  VAR - OSSP variable expression library.
+ ##  Copyright (c) 2001 The OSSP Project (http://www.ossp.org/)
+ ##  Copyright (c) 2001 Cable & Wireless Deutschland (http://www.cw.com/de/)
+ ##
+ ##  This file is part of OSSP VAR, an extensible data serialization
+ ##  library which can be found at http://www.ossp.org/pkg/var/.
+ ##
+ ##  Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for
+ ##  any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that
+ ##  the above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all
+ ##  copies.
+ ##
+ ##  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED `AS IS' AND ANY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED
+ ##  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ ##  MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
+ ##  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND THEIR
+ ##  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ ##  SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ ##  LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF
+ ##  USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND
+ ##  ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY,
+ ##  OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT
+ ##  OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
+ ##  SUCH DAMAGE.
+ ##
+ ##  var.pod: Unix manual page source
+ ##
+ 
+ =pod
+ 
+ =head1 NAME
+ 
+ var - OSSP variable expression library.
+ 
+ =head1 SYNOPSIS
+ 
+ =head1 DESCRIPTION
+ 
+ The purpose of VAR is ...
+ 
+ 
+ =head1 SUPPORTED VARIABLE EXPRESSIONS
+ 
+ =over 4
+ 
+ =item ${name:#}
+ 
+ =item ${name:l}
+ 
+ =item ${name:u}
+ 
+ =item ${name:*<word>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:-<word>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:?<word>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:+<word>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:o<start>-<end>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:o<start>,<length>}
+ 
+ =item ${name:s/<pattern>/<string>/[gti]}
+ 
+ =item ${name:y/<ochars>/<nchars>/}
+ 
+ =item ${name:p/<width>/<string>/<align>}
+ 
+ =back
+ 
+ =head1 EBNF GRAMMAR OF SUPPORTED EXPRESSIONS
+ 
+ input      : (TEXT|variable)*
+ 
+ variable   : '$' (name|expression)
+ 
+ expression : START-DELIM (name|variable)+ (':' command)* END-DELIM
+ 
+ name       : (VARNAME|SPECIAL1|SPECIAL2)+
+ 
+ command    : '-' (EXPTEXT|variable)+
+            | '+' (EXPTEXT|variable)+
+            | 'o' (NUMBER ('-'|',') (NUMBER)?)
+            | '#'
+            | '*' (EXPTEXT|variable)+
+            | 's' '/' (variable|SUBSTTEXT)+ '/' (variable|SUBSTTEXT)* '/' ('g'|'i'|'t')*
+            | 'y' '/' (variable|SUBSTTEXT)+ '/' (variable|SUBSTTEXT)* '/'
+            | 'p' '/' NUMBER '/' (variable|SUBSTTEXT)* '/' ('r'|'l'|'c')
+            | 'l'
+            | 'u'
+ 
+ START-DELIM: '{'
+ 
+ END-DELIM  : '}'
+ 
+ VARNAME    : '[a-zA-Z0-9_]+'
+ 
+ SPECIAL1   : '['
+ 
+ SPECIAL2   : ']'
+ 
+ NUMBER     : '[0-9]+'
+ 
+ SUBSTTEXT  : '[^$/]'
+ 
+ EXPTEXT    : '[^$}:]+'
+ 
+ TEXT       : '[^$]+'
+ 
+ =head1 CODES RETURNED BY THE LIBRARY
+ 
+ =over 4
+ 
+ =item VAR_EMPTY_PADDING_FILL_STRING
+ 
+ =item VAR_MISSING_PADDING_WIDTH
+ 
+ =item VAR_MALFORMATTED_PADDING
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCORRECT_TRANSPOSE_CLASS_SPEC
+ 
+ =item VAR_EMPTY_TRANSPOSE_CLASS
+ 
+ =item VAR_TRANSPOSE_CLASSES_MISMATCH
+ 
+ =item VAR_MALFORMATTED_TRANSPOSE
+ 
+ =item VAR_OFFSET_LOGIC_ERROR
+ 
+ =item VAR_OFFSET_OUT_OF_BOUNDS
+ 
+ =item VAR_RANGE_OUT_OF_BOUNDS
+ 
+ =item VAR_INVALID_OFFSET_DELIMITER
+ 
+ =item VAR_MISSING_START_OFFSET
+ 
+ =item VAR_EMPTY_SEARCH_STRING
+ 
+ =item VAR_MISSING_PARAMETER_IN_COMMAND
+ 
+ =item VAR_INVALID_REGEX_IN_REPLACE
+ 
+ =item VAR_UNKNOWN_REPLACE_FLAG
+ 
+ =item VAR_MALFORMATTED_REPLACE
+ 
+ =item VAR_UNKNOWN_COMMAND_CHAR
+ 
+ =item VAR_INPUT_ISNT_TEXT_NOR_VARIABLE
+ 
+ =item VAR_UNDEFINED_VARIABLE
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_VARIABLE_SPEC
+ 
+ =item VAR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
+ 
+ =item VAR_INVALID_CONFIGURATION
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCORRECT_CLASS_SPEC
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_GROUPED_HEX
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_OCTAL
+ 
+ =item VAR_INVALID_OCTAL
+ 
+ =item VAR_OCTAL_TOO_LARGE
+ 
+ =item VAR_INVALID_HEX
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_HEX
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_NAMED_CHARACTER
+ 
+ =item VAR_INCOMPLETE_QUOTED_PAIR
+ 
+ =item VAR_OK
+ 
+ =back
+ 
+ =head1 SO ALSO
+ 
+ regex(7)
+ 
+ =cut

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