new¶

   my $node = CommonMark::Node->new($type);

Creates a new node of type $type. See "Node types" for a list of types. Note that the node creation functions provide a more powerful interface.

Rendering¶

    my $result = $node->render(
        format        => $string,
        sourcepos     => $bool,    # Optional
        hardbreaks    => $bool,    # Optional
        nobreaks      => $bool,    # Optional
        unsafe        => $bool,    # Optional
        width         => $int,     # Optional
    );

Convenience function to render documents. Supported formats are 'html', 'xml', 'man', 'commonmark', and 'latex'.

"sourcepos", "hardbreaks", "nobreaks", and "unsafe" enable the respective render options.

"width" is passed to renderers that support it.

    my $html  = $node->render_html( [$options] )
    my $xml   = $node->render_xml( [$options] )
    my $man   = $node->render_man( [$options], [$width] )
    my $md    = $node->render_commonmark( [$options], [$width] )
    my $latex = $node->render_latex( [$options], [$width] )

These methods render the contents of the node in the respective format.

$options is a bit field created by ORing the following constants:

    CommonMark::OPT_DEFAULT => 0
    CommonMark::OPT_SOURCEPOS
    CommonMark::OPT_HARDBREAKS
    CommonMark::OPT_UNSAFE
    CommonMark::OPT_NOBREAKS

Render options can be imported from CommonMark with tag "opt".

    use CommonMark qw(:opt);

$options may be omitted and defaults to "OPT_DEFAULT".

"SOURCEPOS" adds information about line numbers in the source file to the XML and HTML formats.

"HARDBREAKS" translates "softbreak" nodes (typically corresponding to newlines in the input) to hard line breaks. This is only supported by some renderers. The HTML renderer, for example, generates a "<br />" instead of a newline character.

"NOBREAKS" translates "softbreak" nodes to spaces. Requires libcmark 0.25 or higher.

"UNSAFE" only affects the HTML renderer. It allows raw HTML blocks and some dangerous links.

See the documentation of libcmark for a more detailed explanation of the render options.

$width specifies the number of characters at which lines are broken. A value of 0 disables line wrapping. The default is 0.

Accessors¶

    # Integer values
    my $int = $node->get_type;
    my $int = $node->get_header_level;
    my $int = $node->get_list_type;
    my $int = $node->get_list_delim;
    my $int = $node->get_list_start;
    my $int = $node->get_list_tight;
    my $int = $node->get_start_line;
    my $int = $node->get_start_column;
    my $int = $node->get_end_line;
    my $int = $node->get_end_column;
    $node->set_header_level($int);
    $node->set_list_type($int);
    $node->set_list_delim($int);
    $node->set_list_start($int);
    $node->set_list_tight($int);
    # String values
    my $string = $node->get_type_string;
    my $string = $node->get_literal;
    my $string = $node->get_title;
    my $string = $node->get_url;
    my $string = $node->get_fence_info;
    my $string = $node->get_on_enter;
    my $string = $node->get_on_exit;
    $node->set_literal($string);
    $node->set_title($string);
    $node->set_url($string);
    $node->set_fence_info($string);
    $node->set_on_enter($string);
    $node->set_on_exit($string);

Various accessors to get and set integer and string values of a node. Not all values are supported by every type of node. Getters return 0 or "undef" for unsupported values. Setters die on failure.

See "Constants" for a list of constants used for node types, list types, and list delimiters.

Tree traversal¶

    my $iterator = $node->iterator;

Creates a new CommonMark::Iterator to walk through the descendants of the node.

    my $next   = $node->next;
    my $prev   = $node->previous;
    my $parent = $node->parent;
    my $child  = $node->first_child;
    my $child  = $node->last_child;

These methods return the respective node in the tree structure.

Tree manipulation¶

    $node->unlink;
    $node->replace($other);
    $node->insert_before($other);
    $node->insert_after($other);
    $node->prepend_child($other);
    $node->append_child($other);

"unlink" removes a node and all its descendants from the tree.

"replace" replaces $node with $other, unlinking $node.

"insert_before" and "insert_after" insert the $other node before or after $node. "append_child" and "prepend_child" append or prepend $other to the children of $node. $other is unlinked before it is moved to its new position.

These methods may die on failure, for example if the document structure is violated.

Constants¶

Node types

    CommonMark::NODE_NONE => 0
    CommonMark::NODE_DOCUMENT
    CommonMark::NODE_BLOCK_QUOTE
    CommonMark::NODE_LIST
    CommonMark::NODE_ITEM
    CommonMark::NODE_CODE_BLOCK
    CommonMark::NODE_HTML_BLOCK
    CommonMark::NODE_CUSTOM_BLOCK
    CommonMark::NODE_PARAGRAPH
    CommonMark::NODE_HEADING
    CommonMark::NODE_THEMATIC_BREAK
    CommonMark::NODE_TEXT
    CommonMark::NODE_SOFTBREAK
    CommonMark::NODE_LINEBREAK
    CommonMark::NODE_CODE
    CommonMark::NODE_HTML_INLINE
    CommonMark::NODE_CUSTOM_INLINE
    CommonMark::NODE_EMPH
    CommonMark::NODE_STRONG
    CommonMark::NODE_LINK
    CommonMark::NODE_IMAGE

Node types can be imported from CommonMark with tag "node".

    use CommonMark qw(:node);

List types

    CommonMark::NO_LIST => 0
    CommonMark::BULLET_LIST
    CommonMark::ORDERED_LIST

List types can be imported from CommonMark with tag "list".

    use CommonMark qw(:list);

Delimiter types for ordered lists

    CommonMark::NO_DELIM => 0
    CommonMark::PERIOD_DELIM
    CommonMark::PAREN_DELIM

Delimiter types can be imported from CommonMark with tag "delim".

    use CommonMark qw(:delim);