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.IX Title "WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder 3pm"
.TH WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder 3pm "2022-06-28" "perl v5.34.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder \- combine WWW::Mechanize and HTML::TreeBuilder in nice ways
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
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\& use Test::More tests => 2;
\& use Test::WWW::Mechanize;
\& use WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder;
\& # or 
\& # use WWW::Mechanize;
\& # or 
\& # use Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst \*(AqMyApp\*(Aq;
\&
\& my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize\->new;
\& # or
\& #my $mech = Test::WWW::Mechanize::Catalyst\->new;
\& # etc. etc.
\& WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder\->meta\->apply($mech);
\&
\& $mech\->get_ok(\*(Aq/\*(Aq);
\& is( $mech\->look_down(_tag => \*(Aqp\*(Aq)\->as_trimmed_text, \*(AqSome text\*(Aq, \*(AqIt worked\*(Aq );
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.SH "DESCRIPTION"
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This module combines WWW::Mechanize and HTML::TreeBuilder. Why? Because I've 
seen too much code like the following:
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\& like($mech\->content, qr{<p>some text</p>}, "Found the right tag");
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Which is just all flavours of wrong \- its akin to processing \s-1XML\s0 with regexps.
Instead, do it like the following:
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\& ok($mech\->look_down(_tag => \*(Aqp\*(Aq, sub { $_[0]\->as_trimmed_text eq \*(Aqsome text\*(Aq })
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The anon-sub there is a bit icky, but this means that anyone should happen to
add attributes to the \f(CW\*(C`<p>\*(C'\fR tag (such as an id or a class) it will still
work and find the right tag.
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All of the methods available on HTML::Element (that aren't 'private' \- i.e. 
that don't begin with an underscore) such as \f(CW\*(C`look_down\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`find\*(C'\fR are
automatically delegated to \f(CW\*(C`$mech\->tree\*(C'\fR through the magic of Moose.
.SH "METHODS"
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Everything in WWW::Mechanize (or which ever sub class you apply it to) and
all public methods from HTML::Element except those where WWW::Mechanize and
HTML::Element overlap. In the case where the two classes both define a method,
the one from WWW::Mechanize will be used (so that the existing behaviour of
Mechanize doesn't break.)
.SH "USING XPATH OR OTHER SUBCLASSES"
.IX Header "USING XPATH OR OTHER SUBCLASSES"
HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath allows you to use xpath selectors to select
elements in the tree. You can use that module by providing parameters to the
moose role:
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\& with \*(AqWWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder\*(Aq => {
\&   tree_class => \*(AqHTML::TreeBuilder::XPath\*(Aq
\& };
\&
\& # or
\& 
\& # NOTE: No hashref using this method
\& WWW::Mechanize::TreeBuilder\->meta\->apply($mech,
\&   tree_class => \*(AqHTML::TreeBuilder::XPath\*(Aq;
\& );
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and class will be automatically loaded for you. This class will be used to
construct the tree in the following manner:
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\& $tree = $tree_class\->new_from_content($req\->decoded_content)\->elementify;
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You can also specify a \f(CW\*(C`element_class\*(C'\fR parameter which is the (HTML::Element
sub)class that methods are proxied from. This module provides defaults for
element_class when \f(CW\*(C`tree_class\*(C'\fR is \*(L"HTML::TreeBuilder\*(R" or
\&\*(L"HTML::TreeBuilder::XPath\*(R" \- it will warn otherwise.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
Ash Berlin \f(CW\*(C`<ash@cpan.org>\*(C'\fR
.SH "LICENSE"
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Same as Perl 5.8, or at your option any later version of Perl.