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

# [NAME](#NAME)

PPI::Token::Data - The actual data in the \_\_DATA\__ section of a file

# [INHERITANCE](#INHERITANCE)

```
  PPI::Token::Data
  isa PPI::Token
      isa PPI::Element
```

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The "PPI::Token::Data" class is used to represent the actual data inside a file's "\_\_DATA\_\_" section.

One "PPI::Token::Data" object is used to represent the entire of the data, primarily so that it can provide a convenient handle directly to the data.

# [METHODS](#METHODS)

"PPI::Token::Data" provides one method in addition to those provided by our parent PPI::Token and PPI::Element classes.

## [handle](#handle)

The "handle" method returns a IO::String handle that allows you to do all the normal handle-y things to the contents of the \_\_DATA\__ section of the file.

Unlike in perl itself, this means you can also do things like "print" new data onto the end of the \_\_DATA\__ section, or modify it with any other process that can accept an IO::Handle as input or output.

Returns an IO::String object.

# [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::Token::Data(3pm) from perl-ppi 1.291-r2 (Chainguard OS)
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