NAME Pod::Generated - Generate POD documentation during "make" time SYNOPSIS use Pod::Generated 'add_doc'; my $pkg = __PACKAGE__; add_doc($pkg, CODE => 'new', purpose => 'A constructor.'); add_doc($pkg, SCALAR => 'count', purpose => 'Number of flurbles.'); DESCRIPTION This module provides support for generating POD documentation for your modules during "make" time. It does not itself generate the documentation - the combination of Module::Install::Template and Template::Plugin::PodGenerated does that. Also see Pod::Generated::Attributes. Modules that generate methods - such as Class::Accessor - might want to use this module. Class::Accessor::Complex, Class::Accessor::Constructor and Class::Accessor::FactoryTyped do support generated documentation, or will do so shortly. This modules exports two functions on request: "add_doc" add_doc($pkg, $glob_type, $symbol_name, $doc_type, $doc); Adds documentation. Takes as arguments the package for which to add documentation, a glob type ("CODE", "SCALAR", "ARRAY", "HASH"), the symbol name for which to add documentation (i.e., the subroutine name or variable name), the documentation type (e.g., "purpose", "example") and the documentation string. The symbol name alone is insufficient to determine what is being documented - does "new" refer to the subroutine "new()" or any of the variables $new, C@new> or %new? Therefore you also need to pass the glob type. The documentation type is freely definable, but the code that actually generates the documentation (for example, Template::Plugin::PodGenerated) needs to understand these documentation types. Documentation is stored in a nested hash. "doc " Returns the documentation hash. This can be used by modules that actually generate the documentation to inspect which documentation has been defined. TAGS If you talk about this module in blogs, on delicious.com or anywhere else, please use the "podgenerated" tag. BUGS AND LIMITATIONS No bugs have been reported. Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-pod-generated@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at . INSTALLATION See perlmodinstall for information and options on installing Perl modules. AVAILABILITY The latest version of this module is available from the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Visit to find a CPAN site near you. Or see . AUTHOR Marcel Grünauer, "" COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright 2007-2009 by Marcel Grünauer This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.