package SQL::Translator::Parser;
-#-----------------------------------------------------
-# $Id: Parser.pm,v 1.1.1.1 2002-03-01 02:26:25 kycl4rk Exp $
-#
-# File : SQL/Translator/Parser.pm
-# Programmer : Ken Y. Clark, kclark@logsoft.com
-# Created : 2002/02/27
-# Purpose : base object for parsers
-#-----------------------------------------------------
-
use strict;
use vars qw( $VERSION );
-$VERSION = (qw$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $)[-1];
-
-use Parse::RecDescent;
-use SQL::Translator;
-use base qw[ SQL::Translator ];
-
-sub parse {
-#
-# Override this method if you intend not to use Parse::RecDescent
-#
- my $self = shift;
- return $self->parser->file( shift() );
-}
-
-sub parser {
- my $self = shift;
- unless ( $self->{'parser'} ) {
- $self->{'parser'} = Parse::RecDescent->new( $self->grammar );
- }
- return $self->{'parser'};
-}
+$VERSION = '1.60';
+
+sub parse { "" }
1;
-#-----------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Enough! or Too much.
# William Blake
-#-----------------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=pod
=head1 NAME
-SQL::Translator::Parser - base object for parsers
+SQL::Translator::Parser - describes how to write a parser
-=head1 SYNOPSIS
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
- package SQL::Translator::Parser::Foo;
- use SQL::Translator::Parser;
- use base( 'SQL::Translator::Parser' );
- 1;
+Parser modules that get invoked by SQL::Translator need to implement a
+single function: B<parse>. This function will be called by the
+SQL::Translator instance as $class::parse($tr, $data_as_string), where
+$tr is a SQL::Translator instance. Other than that, the classes are
+free to define any helper functions, or use any design pattern
+internally that make the most sense.
-=head1 DESCRIPTION
+When the parser has determined what exists, it will communicate the
+structure to the producer through the SQL::Translator::Schema object.
+This object can be retrieved from the translator (the first argument
+pass to B<parse>) by calling the B<schema> method:
+
+ my $schema = $tr->schema;
-Blah blah blah.
+The Schema object has methods for adding tables, fields, indices, etc.
+For more information, consult the docs for SQL::Translator::Schema and
+its related modules. For examples of how this works, examine the
+source code for existing SQL::Translator::Parser::* modules.
-=head1 AUTHOR
+=head1 AUTHORS
-Ken Y. Clark, kclark@logsoft.com
+Ken Youens-Clark, E<lt>kclark@cpan.org<gt>,
+darren chamberlain E<lt>darren@cpan.orgE<gt>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-perl(1).
+perl(1), SQL::Translator, SQL::Translator::Schema.
=cut