XML::Grove::Path - return the object at a path
use XML::Grove::Path; # Using at_path method on XML::Grove::Document or XML::Grove::Element: $xml_obj = $grove_object->at_path("/some/path"); # Using an XML::Grove::Path instance: $pather = XML::Grove::Path->new(); $xml_obj = $pather->at_path($grove_object);
XML::Grove::Path returns XML objects located at paths. Paths are strings of element names or XML object types seperated by slash ("/") characters. Paths must always start at the grove object passed to `at_path()'. XML::Grove::Path is not XPath, but it should become obsolete when an XPath implementation is available.
XML::Grove::Path
at_path()
Paths are like URLs
/html/body/ul/li[4] /html/body/#pi[2]
The path segments can be element names or object types, the objects types are named using:
#element #pi #comment #text #cdata #any
The `#any' object type matches any type of object, it is essentially an index into the contents of the parent object.
#any
The `#text' object type treats text objects as if they are not normalized. Two consecutive text objects are seperate text objects.
#text
Ken MacLeod, ken@bitsko.slc.ut.us
perl(1), XML::Grove(3)
Extensible Markup Language (XML) <http://www.w3c.org/XML>
To install XML::Grove, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm XML::Grove
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install XML::Grove
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.