NAME
    re::engine::Hooks - Hookable variant of the Perl core regular expression
    engine.

VERSION
    Version 0.02

SYNOPSIS
    In your XS file :

        #include "re_engine_hooks.h"

        STATIC void dri_comp_node_hook(pTHX_ regexp *rx, regnode *node) {
         ...
        }

        STATIC void dri_exec_hook(pTHX_ regexp *rx, regnode *node,
                                  regmatch_info *info, regmatch_state *state) {
         ...
        }

        MODULE = Devel::Regexp::Instrument    PACKAGE = Devel::Regexp::Instrument

        BOOT:
        {
         reh_config cfg;
         cfg.comp_node = dri_comp_node_hook;
         cfg.exec_node = dri_exec_node_hook;
         reh_register("Devel::Regexp::Instrument", &cfg);
        }

    In your Perl module file :

        package Devel::Regexp::Instrument;

        use strict;
        use warnings;

        our ($VERSION, @ISA);

        use re::engine::Hooks; # Before loading our own shared library

        BEGIN {
         $VERSION = '0.02';
         require DynaLoader;
         push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
         __PACKAGE__->bootstrap($VERSION);
        }

        sub import   { re::engine::Hooks::enable(__PACKAGE__) }

        sub unimport { re::engine::Hooks::disable(__PACKAGE__) }

        1;

    In your Makefile.PL

        use ExtUtils::Depends;

        my $ed = ExtUtils::Depends->new(
         'Devel::Regexp::Instrument' => 're::engine::Hooks',
        );

        WriteMakefile(
         $ed->get_makefile_vars,
         ...
        );

DESCRIPTION
    This module provides a version of the perl regexp engine that can call
    user-defined XS callbacks at the compilation and at the execution of
    each regexp node.

C API
    The C API is made available through the re_engine_hooks.h header file.

  "reh_comp_node_hook"
    The typedef for the regexp node compilation phase hook. Currently
    evaluates to :

        typedef void (*reh_comp_node_hook)(pTHX_ regexp *, regnode *);

  "reh_exec_hook"
    The typedef for the regexp node_execution phase hook. Currently
    evaluates to :

        typedef void (*reh_exec_node_hook)(pTHX_ regexp *, regnode *, regmatch_info *, regmatch_state *);

  "reh_config"
    A typedef'd struct that holds a set of all the different callbacks
    publicized by this module. It has the following members :

    *   "comp_node"

        A function pointer of type "reh_comp_node_hook" that will be called
        each time a regnode is compiled. Allowed to be "NULL" if you don't
        want to call anything for this phase.

    *   "exec_node"

        A function pointer of type "reh_exec_node_hook" that will be called
        each time a regnode is executed. Allowed to be "NULL" if you don't
        want to call anything for this phase.

  "reh_register"
        void reh_register(pTHX_ const char *key, reh_config *cfg);

    Registers the callbacks specified by the "reh_config *" object "cfg"
    under the given name "key". "cfg" can be a pointer to a static object of
    type "reh_config". "key" is expected to be a nul-terminated string and
    should match the argument passed to "enable" and "disable" in Perl land.
    An exception will be thrown if "key" has already been used to register
    callbacks.

PERL API
  "enable"
        enable $key;

    Lexically enables the hooks associated with the key $key.

  "disable"
        disable $key;

    Lexically disables the hooks associated with the key $key.

EXAMPLES
    Please refer to the t/re-engine-Hooks-TestDist/ directory in the
    distribution. It implements a couple of simple examples.

DEPENDENCIES
    perl 5.10.1.

    ExtUtils::Depends.

SEE ALSO
    perlreguts.

AUTHOR
    Vincent Pit, "<perl at profvince.com>", <http://www.profvince.com>.

    You can contact me by mail or on "irc.perl.org" (vincent).

BUGS
    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-re-engine-hooks at
    rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
    <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=re-engine-Hooks>. I will
    be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on
    your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT
    You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command :

        perldoc re::engine::Hooks

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE
    Copyright 2012 Vincent Pit, all rights reserved.

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.