NAME
XML::Perl - XML producer from humane perl data, parser to base perl data and simple XPath
SYNOPSIS
use XML::Perl;
print perl2xml($data);
print xmlformat($xml);
my $t = xml2perlbase($xml);
print perlbase2xml($t);
print xpath($t, $xpath);DESCRIPTION
XML::Perl is:
- XML producer from humane perl data;
- XML formater;
- XML parser to base perl data;
- XML producer from base perl data;
- Simple XPath.perl2xml
XML producer from humane perl data.
my $xml = perl2xml($data);
my $xml = perl2xml($data, 0, "\t", "\n");
Perl (humane data) XML
----------------------------------------------------------
{name => value} <name>value</name>
..........................................................
{name => { a => b, c => d } } <name>
<a>b</a>
<c>d</c>
</name>
..........................................................
{name => { '@a' => b, c => d } } <name a="b">
<c>d</c>
</name>
..........................................................
{name => { '@a' => b, '' => v } } <name a="b">v</name>
..........................................................
{name => { '@a' => b } } <name a="b" />
..........................................................
{name => [v1, v2, v2]} <name>v1</name>
<name>v2</name>
<name>v3</name>
..........................................................
{name => [ <name a="b">v1</name>
{ '@a' => b, '' => v1 }, <name>v2</name>
v2, <name>v3</name>
v3,
] }
..........................................................xmlformat
XML formater.
print xmlformat($xml);xml2perlbase
XML parser to base perl data.
my $t = xml2perlbase($xml);Base perl data:
{
name => [
{ a => b, '' => v },
{}
],
...
}where: v - hash or scalar. Atention, a - is attribute.
perlbase2xml
XML producer from base perl data.
my $xml = perlbase2xml($t);
my $xml = perlbase2xml($t, 0, "\t", "\n");xpath
Simple XPath
Examples:
xpath($t, '/a/b');
xpath($t, '/a[2]/b');
xpath($t, '/a/b[2]/@a');
xpath($t, 'a/b');ATTENTION
The xpath function is incompatible between versions 1.x and 0.x. New xpath returns nodes. Old xpath returns values. To use old behavior see to_old function from t/4_xpath.t.
AUTHOR
Nick Kostirya
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2011 by Nick Kostirya
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.