handle_directive

# File lib/rdoc/markup/pre_process.rb, line 81
  def handle_directive prefix, directive, param, code_object = nil,
                       encoding = nil
    blankline = "#{prefix.strip}\n"
    directive = directive.downcase

    case directive
    when 'arg', 'args' then
      return blankline unless code_object

      code_object.params = param

      blankline
    when 'category' then
      if RDoc::Context === code_object then
        section = code_object.add_section param, ''
        code_object.temporary_section = section
      end

      blankline # ignore category if we're not on an RDoc::Context
    when 'doc' then
      return blankline unless code_object
      code_object.document_self = true
      code_object.force_documentation = true

      blankline
    when 'enddoc' then
      return blankline unless code_object
      code_object.done_documenting = true

      blankline
    when 'include' then
      filename = param.split.first
      include_file filename, prefix, encoding
    when 'main' then
      @options.main_page = param if @options.respond_to? :main_page

      blankline
    when 'nodoc' then
      return blankline unless code_object
      code_object.document_self = nil # notify nodoc
      code_object.document_children = param !~ /all/

      blankline
    when 'notnew', 'not_new', 'not-new' then
      return blankline unless RDoc::AnyMethod === code_object

      code_object.dont_rename_initialize = true

      blankline
    when 'startdoc' then
      return blankline unless code_object

      code_object.start_doc
      code_object.force_documentation = true

      blankline
    when 'stopdoc' then
      return blankline unless code_object

      code_object.stop_doc

      blankline
    when 'title' then
      @options.default_title = param if @options.respond_to? :default_title=

      blankline
    when 'yield', 'yields' then
      return blankline unless code_object
      # remove parameter &block
      code_object.params.sub!(/,?\s*&\w+/, '') if code_object.params

      code_object.block_params = param

      blankline
    else
      result = yield directive, param if block_given?

      case result
      when nil then
        code_object.metadata[directive] = param if code_object

        if RDoc::Markup::PreProcess.registered.include? directive then
          handler = RDoc::Markup::PreProcess.registered[directive]
          result = handler.call directive, param if handler
        else
          result = "#{prefix}:#{directive}: #{param}\n"
        end
      when false then
        result = "#{prefix}:#{directive}: #{param}\n"
      end

      result
    end
  end