NAME String::Filter - a regexp-based string filter SYNOPSIS # define the rules that convert tweets to HTML # (handles url, @user, #hash) my $sf = String::Filter->new( rules => [ 'http://[A-Za-z0-9_\-\~\.\%\?\#\@/]+' => sub { my $url = shift; sprintf( '%s', encode_entities($url), encode_entities($url), ); }, '(?:^|\s)\@[A-Za-z0-9_]+' => sub { $_[0] =~ /^(.*?\@)(.*)$/; my ($prefix, $user) = ($1, $2); sprintf( '%s%s', encode_entities($prefix), encode_entities($user), encode_entities($user), ); }, '(?:^|\s)#[A-Za-z0-9_]+' => sub { $_[0] =~ /^(.?)(#.*)$/; my ($prefix, $hashtag) = ($1, $2); sprintf( '%s%s', encode_entities($prefix), encode_entities(uri_escape($hashtag)), $hashtag, ); }, ], default_rule => sub { my $text = shift; encode_entities($text); }, ); # convert a tweet to HTML my $html = $sf->filter($tweet); DESCRIPTION The module is a regexp-based string filter, that can merge multiple conversion rules for converting strings. The primary target of the module is to convert inline markups (such as the tweets of Twitter) to HTML. FUNCTIONS new instantiates the filter object. Takes a hash as an argument recognizing the attributes below. rules arrayref of more than zero "regexp => subref"s. For more information see add_rule. default_rule default filter function. See the default_rule accessor for more information. filter($input) Converts the input string using the given rules and returns it. add_rule($regexp => $subref) adds a conversion rule. For each substring matching the regular expression the subref will be invoked with the substring as the only argument. The subref should return the filtered output of the substring. default_rule([$subref]) setter / getter for the default conversion function. The subref should accept a string and return the filtered output of the input. COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2010 Cybozu Labs, Inc. Written by Kazuho Oku. LICENSE This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See