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.IX Title "LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constructor 3pm"
.TH LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constructor 3pm "2021-05-20" "perl v5.32.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
"LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constructor"  \- Control sequence definitions.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This class represents control sequences that contribute arbitrary \s-1XML\s0 fragments
to the document tree.  During digestion, a \f(CW\*(C`LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constuctor\*(C'\fR records the arguments 
used in the invocation to produce a LaTeXML::Core::Whatsit.  The resulting LaTeXML::Core::Whatsit
(usually) generates an \s-1XML\s0 document fragment when absorbed by an instance of LaTeXML::Core::Document.
Additionally, a \f(CW\*(C`LaTeXML::Core::Definition::Constructor\*(C'\fR may have beforeDigest and afterDigest daemons
defined which are executed for side effect, or for adding additional boxes to the output.
.PP
It extends LaTeXML::Core::Definition.
.PP
More documentation needed, but see LaTeXML::Package for the main user access to these.
.SS "More about Constructors"
.IX Subsection "More about Constructors"
A constructor has as it's \f(CW\*(C`replacement\*(C'\fR a subroutine or a string pattern representing
the \s-1XML\s0 fragment it should generate.  In the case of a string pattern, the pattern is
compiled into a subroutine on first usage by the internal class \f(CW\*(C`LaTeXML::Core::Definition::ConstructorCompiler\*(C'\fR.
Like primitives, constructors may have \f(CW\*(C`beforeDigest\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`afterDigest\*(C'\fR.
.SH "AUTHOR"
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Bruce Miller <bruce.miller@nist.gov>
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
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Public domain software, produced as part of work done by the
United States Government & not subject to copyright in the \s-1US.\s0