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The Rose::HTML::Object::* family of classes represent HTML tags,
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or groups of tags. These objects allow HTML to be arbitrarily
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manipulated, then serialized to actual HTML (or XHTML). Currently,
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the process only works in one direction. Objects cannot be constructed
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from their serialized representations. In practice, given the
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purpose of these modules, this is not an important limitation.
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Any HTML tag can theoretically be represented by a
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Rose::HTML::Object-derived class, but this family of modules was
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originally motivated by a desire to simplify the use of HTML forms.
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The form/field object interfaces have been heavily abstracted to
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allow for input and output filtering, inflation/deflation of values,
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and compound fields (fields that contain other fields). The classes
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are also designed to be subclassed. The creation of custom form
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and field subclasses is really the "big win" for these modules.
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There is also a simple image tag class which is useful for
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auto-populating the width and height attributes of img tags. Future
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releases may include object representations of other HTML tags.
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Contributions are welcome.
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