NAME

XML::Ximple - XML in Perl

DESCRIPTION

XiMpLe is a simple XML parser created to provide a tree based XML parser with a more desirable data structure than what was currently availible on CPAN.

SYNOPSIS

use XML::Ximple (qw( parse_xml_file
                     parse_xml
                     get_root_tag
                     ximple_to_string ));
$ximple_tree = parse_xml_file ( $filename );
$ximple_tree = parse_xml ( $string );
$ximple_tag  = get_root_tag ( $ximple_tree );
$string      = ximple_to_string ( $ximple_tree );

DATA

<ximple_tree>     ::=  [ <ximple_tag> ... ]
                   
<ximple_tag>      ::=  { tag_name => <tag-name>,
                         attrib  => <attribs>
                         content => <ximple_tree>
                         tag_type => <tag-type> }

<tag-name>        ::= <xml-identifier>

<attribs>         ::= { <xml-identifier> => String, ... }
                   
<tag-type>        ::= PI | XMLDecl | DOCTYPE | Comment | undef

FUNCTIONS

parse_xml_file

Given a filename, parse the file as XML and return a Ximple tree.

parse_xml

Given a string, parse it as XML and return a Ximple tree.

get_root_tag

Given a Ximple tree, return the root element as a Ximple leaf.

ximple_to_string

Given a Ximple tree, return XML as a string. This will format the output XML differently than the input.

EXAMPLE

use XML::Ximple (qw(parse_xml get_root_tag ximple_to_string));
my $xt = parse_xml(<>);
print "This looks like a ";
print get_root_tag($xt)->{tag_name};
print " type of document.\n";
print '-'x80;
print ximple_to_string($xt);

SEE ALSO

XML::Parser

XML::Dumper

XML::Simple

XML::Twig

SUPPORT

Mailing list

<xml-ximple@goreliance.com>

Web site

<http://goreliance.com/devel/xml-ximple>

AUTHOR

Reliance Technology Consultants, Inc. <http://goreliance.com>
  Mike MacHenry <dskippy@ccs.neu.edu>
  Mike Burns <netgeek@speakeasy.net>