NAME

Perl::Critic::Utils::PPI - Utility functions for dealing with PPI objects.

DESCRIPTION

Provides classification of PPI::Elements.

IMPORTABLE SUBS

is_ppi_expression_or_generic_statement( $element ): Answers whether the parameter is an expression or an undifferentiated statement. I.e. the parameter either is a PPI::Statement::Expression or the class of the parameter is PPI::Statement and not one of its subclasses other than Expression.
is_ppi_generic_statement( $element ): Answers whether the parameter is an undifferentiated statement, i.e. the parameter is a PPI::Statement but not one of its subclasses.
is_ppi_statement_subclass( $element ): Answers whether the parameter is a specialized statement, i.e. the parameter is a PPI::Statement but the class of the parameter is not PPI::Statement.

AUTHOR

Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.