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.TH "doctools::toc" n 2 tcllib "Documentation tools"
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.SH NAME
doctools::toc \- Holding tables of contents
.SH SYNOPSIS
package require \fBdoctools::toc ?2?\fR
.sp
package require \fBTcl 8\&.5 9\fR
.sp
package require \fBdoctools::toc::structure\fR
.sp
package require \fBstruct::tree\fR
.sp
package require \fBsnit\fR
.sp
\fB::doctools::toc\fR \fIobjectName\fR
.sp
\fBobjectName\fR \fBmethod\fR ?\fIarg arg \&.\&.\&.\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdestroy\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fB+ reference\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR \fIdocid\fR \fIdesc\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fB+ division\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR ?\fIdocid\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBremove\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBup\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBnext\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBprev\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBchild\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR ?\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBelement\fR ?\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBchildren\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtype\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBfull-label\fR \fIid\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBelabel\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewlabel\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdescription\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewdesc\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdocument\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewdocid\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtitle\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtitle\fR \fItext\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBlabel\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBlabel\fR \fItext\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBimporter\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBimporter\fR \fIobject\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBexporter\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBexporter\fR \fIobject\fR
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdeserialize =\fR \fIdata\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdeserialize +=\fR \fIdata\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
.sp
\fIobjectName\fR \fBserialize\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
.sp
.BE
.SH DESCRIPTION
This package provides a class to contain and programmatically
manipulate tables of contents\&.
.PP
This is one of the three public pillars the management of tables of
contents resides on\&. The other two pillars are
.IP [1]
\fIExporting tables of contents\fR, and
.IP [2]
\fIImporting tables of contents\fR
.PP
.PP
For information about the \fBConcepts\fR of tables of contents, and
their parts, see the same-named section\&.
For information about the data structure which is used to encode
tables of contents as values see the section
\fBToC serialization format\fR\&.
This is the only format directly known to this class\&. Conversions from
and to any other format are handled by export and import manager
objects\&. These may be attached to a container, but do not have to be,
it is merely a convenience\&.
.SH CONCEPTS
.IP [1]
A \fItable of contents\fR consists of a (possibly empty) list of
\fIelements\fR\&.
.IP [2]
Each element in the list is identified by its label\&.
.IP [3]
Each element is either a \fIreference\fR, or a \fIdivision\fR\&.
.IP [4]
Each reference has an associated document, identified by a symbolic
id, and a textual description\&.
.IP [5]
Each division may have an associated document, identified by a
symbolic id\&.
.IP [6]
Each division consists consists of a (possibly empty) list of
\fIelements\fR, with each element following the rules as specified in
item 2 and above\&.
.PP
A few notes
.IP [1]
The above rules span up a tree of elements, with references as the
leaf nodes, and divisions as the inner nodes, and each element
representing an entry in the whole table of contents\&.
.IP [2]
The identifying labels of any element E are unique within their
division (or toc), and the full label of any element E is the list of
labels for all nodes on the unique path from the root of the tree to
E, including E\&.
.PP
.SH API
.SS "PACKAGE COMMANDS"
.TP
\fB::doctools::toc\fR \fIobjectName\fR
This command creates a new container object with an associated Tcl
command whose name is \fIobjectName\fR\&. This \fIobject\fR command is
explained in full detail in the sections \fBObject command\fR
and \fBObject methods\fR\&. The object command will be created
under the current namespace if the \fIobjectName\fR is not fully
qualified, and in the specified namespace otherwise\&.
.PP
.SS "OBJECT COMMAND"
All objects created by the \fB::doctools::toc\fR command have the
following general form:
.TP
\fBobjectName\fR \fBmethod\fR ?\fIarg arg \&.\&.\&.\fR?
The method \fBmethod\fR and its \fIarg\fR'uments determine the
exact behavior of the command\&.
See section \fBObject methods\fR for the detailed
specifications\&.
.PP
.SS "OBJECT METHODS"
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdestroy\fR
This method destroys the object it is invoked for\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fB+ reference\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR \fIdocid\fR \fIdesc\fR
This method adds a new reference element to the table of contents,
under the element specified via its handle \fIid\fR\&. This parent
element has to be a division element, or the root\&. An error is thrown
otherwise\&.
The new element will be externally identified by its \fIlabel\fR,
which has to be be unique within the parent element\&. An error is
thrown otherwise\&.
.sp
As a reference element it will refer to a document identified by the
symbolic \fIdocid\fR\&. This reference must not be the empty string, an
error is thrown otherwise\&.
Beyond the label the element also has a longer descriptive string,
supplied via \fIdesc\fR\&.
.sp
The result of the method is the handle (id) of the new element\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fB+ division\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR ?\fIdocid\fR?
This method adds a new division element to the table of contents,
under the element specified via its handle \fIid\fR\&. This parent
element has to be a division element, or the root\&. An error is thrown
otherwise\&.
The new element will be externally identified by its \fIlabel\fR,
which has to be be unique within the parent element\&. An error is
thrown otherwise\&.
.sp
As a division element it is can refer to a document, identified by the
symbolic \fIdocid\fR, but may choose not to\&.
.sp
The result of the method is the handle (id) of the new element\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBremove\fR \fIid\fR
This method removes the element identified by the handle \fIid\fR from
the table of contents\&.
If the element is a division all of its children, if any, are removed
as well\&. The root element/division of the table of contents cannot be
removed however, only its children\&.
.sp
The result of the method is the empty string\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBup\fR \fIid\fR
This method returns the handle of the parent for the element
identified by its handle \fIid\fR, or the empty string if \fIid\fR
referred to the root element\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBnext\fR \fIid\fR
This method returns the handle of the right sibling for the element
identified by its handle \fIid\fR, or the handle of the parent if the
element has no right sibling, or the empty string if \fIid\fR referred
to the root element\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBprev\fR \fIid\fR
This method returns the handle of the left sibling for the element
identified by its handle \fIid\fR, or the handle of the parent if the
element has no left sibling, or the empty string if \fIid\fR referred
to the root element\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBchild\fR \fIid\fR \fIlabel\fR ?\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR?
This method returns the handle of a child of the element identified by
its handle \fIid\fR\&. The child itself is identified by a series of
labels\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBelement\fR ?\fI\&.\&.\&.\fR?
This method returns the handle of the element identified by a series
of labels, starting from the root of the table of contents\&. The series
of labels is allowed to be empty, in which case the handle of the root
element is returned\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBchildren\fR \fIid\fR
This method returns a list containing the handles of all children of
the element identified by the handle \fIid\fR, from first to last, in
that order\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtype\fR \fIid\fR
This method returns the type of the element, either \fBreference\fR,
or \fBdivision\fR\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBfull-label\fR \fIid\fR
This method is the complement of the method \fBelement\fR,
converting the handle \fIid\fR of an element into a list of labels
full identifying the element within the whole table of contents\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBelabel\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewlabel\fR?
This method queries and/or changes the label of the element identified
by the handle \fIid\fR\&. If the argument \fInewlabel\fR is present then
the label is changed to that value\&. Regardless of this, the result of
the method is the current value of the label\&.
.sp
If the label is changed the new label has to be unique within the
containing division, or an error is thrown\&.
.sp
Further, of the \fIid\fR refers to the root element of the table of
contents, then using this method is equivalent to using the method
\fIlabel\fR, i\&.e\&. it is accessing the global label for the whole
table\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdescription\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewdesc\fR?
This method queries and/or changes the description of the element
identified by the handle \fIid\fR\&. If the argument \fInewdesc\fR is
present then the description is changed to that value\&. Regardless of
this, the result of the method is the current value of the description\&.
.sp
The element this method operates on has to be a reference element, or
an error will be thrown\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdocument\fR \fIid\fR ?\fInewdocid\fR?
This method queries and/or changes the document reference of the
element identified by the handle \fIid\fR\&.
If the argument \fInewdocid\fR is present then the description is
changed to that value\&. Regardless of this, the result of the method is
the current value of the document reference\&.
.sp
Setting the reference to the empty string means unsetting it, and is
allowed only for division elements\&. Conversely, if the result is the
empty string then the element has no document reference, and this can
happen only for division elements\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtitle\fR
Returns the currently defined title of the table of contents\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBtitle\fR \fItext\fR
Sets the title of the table of contents to \fItext\fR, and returns it as
the result of the command\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBlabel\fR
Returns the currently defined label of the table of contents\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBlabel\fR \fItext\fR
Sets the label of the table of contents to \fItext\fR, and returns it as
the result of the command\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBimporter\fR
Returns the import manager object currently attached to the container,
if any\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBimporter\fR \fIobject\fR
Attaches the \fIobject\fR as import manager to the container, and
returns it as the result of the command\&.
Note that the \fIobject\fR is \fInot\fR put into ownership of the
container\&. I\&.e\&., destruction of the container will \fInot\fR destroy
the \fIobject\fR\&.
.sp
It is expected that \fIobject\fR provides a method named
\fBimport text\fR which takes a text and a format name, and
returns the canonical serialization of the table of contents contained in
the text, assuming the given format\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBexporter\fR
Returns the export manager object currently attached to the container,
if any\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBexporter\fR \fIobject\fR
Attaches the \fIobject\fR as export manager to the container, and
returns it as the result of the command\&.
Note that the \fIobject\fR is \fInot\fR put into ownership of the
container\&. I\&.e\&., destruction of the container will \fInot\fR destroy
the \fIobject\fR\&.
.sp
It is expected that \fIobject\fR provides a method named
\fBexport object\fR which takes the container and a format name,
and returns a text encoding table of contents stored in the container, in
the given format\&. It is further expected that the \fIobject\fR will
use the container's method \fBserialize\fR to obtain the
serialization of the table of contents from which to generate the text\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdeserialize =\fR \fIdata\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
This method replaces the contents of the table object with the table
contained in the \fIdata\fR\&. If no \fIformat\fR was specified it is
assumed to be the regular serialization of a table of contents\&.
.sp
Otherwise the object will use the attached import manager to convert
the data from the specified format to a serialization it can handle\&.
In that case an error will be thrown if the container has no import
manager attached to it\&.
.sp
The result of the method is the empty string\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBdeserialize +=\fR \fIdata\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
This method behaves like \fBdeserialize =\fR in its essentials,
except that it merges the table of contents in the \fIdata\fR to its
contents instead of replacing it\&.
The method will throw an error if merging is not possible, i\&.e\&. would
produce an invalid table\&. The existing content is left unchanged in
that case\&.
.sp
The result of the method is the empty string\&.
.TP
\fIobjectName\fR \fBserialize\fR ?\fIformat\fR?
This method returns the table of contents contained in the object\&. If no
\fIformat\fR is not specified the returned result is the canonical
serialization of its contents\&.
.sp
Otherwise the object will use the attached export manager to convert
the data to the specified format\&.
In that case an error will be thrown if the container has no export
manager attached to it\&.
.PP
.SH "TOC SERIALIZATION FORMAT"
Here we specify the format used by the doctools v2 packages to
serialize tables of contents as immutable values for transport,
comparison, etc\&.
.PP
We distinguish between \fIregular\fR and \fIcanonical\fR
serializations\&.
While a table of contents may have more than one regular serialization
only exactly one of them will be \fIcanonical\fR\&.
.PP
.TP
regular serialization
.RS
.IP [1]
The serialization of any table of contents is a nested Tcl dictionary\&.
.IP [2]
This dictionary holds a single key, \fBdoctools::toc\fR, and its
value\&. This value holds the contents of the table of contents\&.
.IP [3]
The contents of the table of contents are a Tcl dictionary holding the
title of the table of contents, a label, and its elements\&. The
relevant keys and their values are
.RS
.TP
\fBtitle\fR
The value is a string containing the title of the table of contents\&.
.TP
\fBlabel\fR
The value is a string containing a label for the table of contents\&.
.TP
\fBitems\fR
The value is a Tcl list holding the elements of the table, in the
order they are to be shown\&.
.sp
Each element is a Tcl list holding the type of the item, and its
description, in this order\&. An alternative description would be that
it is a Tcl dictionary holding a single key, the item type, mapped to
the item description\&.
.sp
The two legal item types and their descriptions are
.RS
.TP
\fBreference\fR
This item describes a single entry in the table of contents,
referencing a single document\&.
To this end its value is a Tcl dictionary containing an id for the
referenced document, a label, and a longer textual description which
can be associated with the entry\&.
The relevant keys and their values are
.RS
.TP
\fBid\fR
The value is a string containing the id of the document associated
with the entry\&.
.TP
\fBlabel\fR
The value is a string containing a label for this entry\&. This string
also identifies the entry, and no two entries (references and
divisions) in the containing list are allowed to have the same label\&.
.TP
\fBdesc\fR
The value is a string containing a longer description for this entry\&.
.RE
.TP
\fBdivision\fR
This item describes a group of entries in the table of contents,
inducing a hierarchy of entries\&.
To this end its value is a Tcl dictionary containing a label for the
group, an optional id to a document for the whole group, and the list
of entries in the group\&.
The relevant keys and their values are
.RS
.TP
\fBid\fR
The value is a string containing the id of the document associated
with the whole group\&. This key is optional\&.
.TP
\fBlabel\fR
The value is a string containing a label for the group\&. This string
also identifies the entry, and no two entries (references and
divisions) in the containing list are allowed to have the same label\&.
.TP
\fBitems\fR
The value is a Tcl list holding the elements of the group, in the
order they are to be shown\&.
This list has the same structure as the value for the keyword
\fBitems\fR used to describe the whole table of contents, see
above\&. This closes the recusrive definition of the structure, with
divisions holding the same type of elements as the whole table of
contents, including other divisions\&.
.RE
.RE
.RE
.RE
.TP
canonical serialization
The canonical serialization of a table of contents has the format as
specified in the previous item, and then additionally satisfies the
constraints below, which make it unique among all the possible
serializations of this table of contents\&.
.RS
.IP [1]
The keys found in all the nested Tcl dictionaries are sorted in
ascending dictionary order, as generated by Tcl's builtin command
\fBlsort -increasing -dict\fR\&.
.RE
.PP
.SH "BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK"
This document, and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
bugs and other problems\&.
Please report such in the category \fIdoctools\fR of the
\fITcllib Trackers\fR [http://core\&.tcl\&.tk/tcllib/reportlist]\&.
Please also report any ideas for enhancements you may have for either
package and/or documentation\&.
.PP
When proposing code changes, please provide \fIunified diffs\fR,
i\&.e the output of \fBdiff -u\fR\&.
.PP
Note further that \fIattachments\fR are strongly preferred over
inlined patches\&. Attachments can be made by going to the \fBEdit\fR
form of the ticket immediately after its creation, and then using the
left-most button in the secondary navigation bar\&.
.SH KEYWORDS
HTML, TMML, conversion, doctoc markup, documentation, formatting, generation, json, latex, markup, nroff, parsing, plugin, reference, table, table of contents, tcler's wiki, text, wiki
.SH CATEGORY
Documentation tools
.SH COPYRIGHT
.nf
Copyright (c) 2009 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users\&.sourceforge\&.net>

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