PPI::Statement::Data(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation PPI::Statement::Data(3)

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Statement::Data - The \_\_DATA\__ section of a file

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

```
  # Normal content
  
  __DATA__
  This: data
  is: part
  of: the
  PPI::Statement::Data: object
```

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Statement::Compound
  isa PPI::Statement
      isa PPI::Node
          isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

"PPI::Statement::Data" is a utility class designed to hold content in the \_\_DATA\__ section of a file. It provides a single statement to hold **all** of the data.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

"PPI::Statement::Data" has no additional methods beyond the default ones provided by PPI::Statement, PPI::Node and PPI::Element.

However, it is expected to gain methods for accessing the data directly, (as a filehandle for example) just as you would access the data in the Perl code itself.

# [TO DO](#TO_DO)

\- Add the methods to read in the data

\- Add some proper unit testing

# [SUPPORT](#SUPPORT)

See the support section in the main module.

# [AUTHOR](#AUTHOR)

Adam Kennedy <adamk@cpan.org>

# [COPYRIGHT](#COPYRIGHT)

Copyright 2001 - 2011 Adam Kennedy.

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

The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.

2026-10-25 perl v5.44.0

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Document: PPI::Statement::Data(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r2 (Chainguard OS)
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