NAME

XML::LibXML::Tools - An API for easy XML::LibXML DOM manipulation

SYNOPSIS

  use XML::LibXML::Tools;

  my $lxt = XML::LibXML::Tools->new();

  # set croakOnError => 0 for all new objects.
  $XML::LibXML::Tools::croak = 0;

  my $dom = $lxt->complex2Dom( data =>
			       [ document =>
				 [ node =>
				   [ deeper_content =>
				     [ $tools->attribute("attribute",
							 "value"),
				       "deep content" ],
				   ],
				   node => [ "content" ]
				 ]
			       ] );

  # change content
  $tools->domUpdate( xpath => "/document/node",
	  	     data => [ deeper_content => "Other content" ]);

  # add comment
  $tools->domAdd( xpath => "/document",
		  data => [ $tools->comment("blaaa") ]);

  # add a nodeset.
  $tools->domAdd( xpath => "/document/node[2]",
		  location => AFTER,
		  data => [ $dom->findnodes("/document/node[1]") ]);

  # add a DOM
  $tools->domAdd ( xpath => "/document/node[1]",
		   location => BEFORE,
		   data => [ node => [ $otherDom ] ] );

  # delete some nodes
  $tools->domDelete( xpath => "/document",
		     deleteXPath => "./node[1]" );

DESCRIPTION

Hands an interface for merging, updating, adding and deleting a XML::LibXML::Document in an easy fashion.

CONSTANTS

Constants are exported for your ease.

BEFORE => "before";
AFTER  => "after";
TO     => "to";

All these constants can be used for the location parameter

METHODS

Methods are all accessors, they are show with their default value.

defaultLocation ( TO )

Default adding location.

objectDom ( "" )

Filled by complex2Dom if not yet defined, or you.

Used so that you can skip the dom-parameter for each function which
is meant to work at this DOM.

storeDom( 1 )

If set to 0 complex2Dom doesn't fill the objectDom so you can
manipulate 'externals' DOMs without to much overhead.

error ( undef )

Set to 1 by addError

errorMsg ( undef )

Holds the message stack

croakOnError ( 1 )

If an error occurs, croak (errorMsg)

showPath ( 0 )

warns the names of the functions called.
Not very usefull unless you are an expert

FUNCTION PARAMETERS

Most of these functions operate parameter based,

eg: $lxt->domAdd(node => $node, dom => $dom, data => $ref )

Most of these functions call upon each other. They always pass their parameters.

dom => $dom

The L<XML::LibXML::Document> you want to perform your operation
on. If ommited objectDom is tried.

node => $dom->node

The node on which you wish to perform your operation.

xpath => "/path/to/node"

If the node is ommited, uses this xpath-statement to get to a node.

data => $ref

[ element => "of surprise" ]

OR

[ $dom ]

OR

[ $nodelist ]

OR

[ [ element => [ $nodelist ],
    element => [ $dom      ],
    element => [ attribute( "name", "value" ), "content" ] ]

The data for the operation. Can be an intrigate combination of
arrays DOMs and NodeLists

location => TO

location => BEFORE

location => AFTER

The location for adding.

TO     : Add to the selected node
BEFORE : insert before the selected node
AFTER  : insert after the selected node

deleteXPath, delete

Used in domDelete. Delete everything that complies to deleteXPath
from the selected node.

delete is shorthand

showpath

Set the showpath for this operation.

depth

Used internally for showPath. Please do not meddle with it unless your an expert.

FUNCTIONS

For the sake of easy reading '*name' is a parameter.

All these functions return undef once an error has been raised.

$dom = complex2Dom ( data => $ref )

DESCRIPTION
  Turns an array reference into a L<XML::LibXML::Document>, taking
  array->[0] as the rootname. calls array2Dom for this purpose.

  The newly created DOM's encoding is set to be UTF-8

array2Dom ( %params )

DESCRIPTION
  Turns *data into a L<XML::LibXML::DocumentFragment> (or alike) so
  that it can be attached to the *dom or *node at a later point in
  time. Expert use only.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS
  dom, node, data

NOTE
  *xpath is ignored here
  *node is intrepreted as a parentNode.

domUpdate ( %params )

DESCRIPTION
  Update the selected *node with *data by replacing or adding nodes
  along the way.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS
  dom, node OR xpath, data

domAdd ( %params )

DESCRIPTION
  Add *data to *node at *location

REQUIRED PARAMETERS
  dom, node OR xpath, data

domDelete ( %params )

DESCRIPTION
  Delete everything from *deleteXPath from *node. Because this is
  XPath driven there is no way to remove comments - still looking
  into a solution for that.

REQUIRED PARAMETERS
  dom, node OR xpath, data, deleteXPath

analyseXpath ( "/newlsetter[1]/section[2]/parot[2]" )

returns 'parot', 2, '/newlsetter[1]/section[2]'

attribute ( "name", "value" )

returns the special attribute notation for arrays which need to be
transformed to DOMs

comment ( "comment" )

returns the special comment notation for arrays which need to be
transformed to DOMs

Puts a space before and after the comment it is not there, since
yours truly beliefs that is more beatifull.

addError ( $message )

Adds $message to the message stack.
Sets error() to 1

resetError ()

Resets the error stack and flag.

CHANGES

0.71 - released
0.72 - minor documentation changes. (it broke on CPAN ... :( )

0.80 - made sure this also works with a 'broken' Text::Iconv

SEE ALSO

XML::LibXML

KNOWN ISSUES

- Encoding:

  + It is expected that you supply your data in the same encoding as
    is your DOM.

- Unfixed checking problem.
  You might see something like: complex2Dom: To complex! ...

  FIX : Surround the stuff in *data with extra [ ].

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Originally Written by Robert Bakker as an Exporter.

Then re-written by Hartog de Mik to: beautify code. chop up into functions.

Then finaly re-written by Hartog de Mik into the current OO implementation

cpanm XML::LibXML::Tools

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install XML::LibXML::Tools