NAME

XMLUtils - a module for useful XML utilities for Genex DBs

SYNOPSIS

  use XMLUtils;

  $out_string = pretty_print($in_string);
  assert_element($dom_node, 'node_name');

DESCRIPTION

Methods for transforming information from a GeneX DB into XML.

FUNCTIONS

pretty_print($string)

pretty_print({INDENT=>$val,COLLAPSE=>[@list1],NO_ATTR_BALANCE=>[@list2]},$string)

This function takes an XML string and reformats it. The function takes an optional first parameter anonymous hash reference that enables modification of the internal reformatting parameters.

• INDENT

  The indent level in spaces. The defualt is 2.

• COLLAPSE

  A list of tags that should have their beginning and end tags collapsed onto a single line. This will result in any intervening tags collapsed onto the same line. The default is ('feature').

• NO_ATTR_BALANCE

  A list of attribute names that should not be moved to a separate line. The default is ('xml').

assert_element($dom_node, $node_name);

This raises an exception unless $dom_node is an obect of type XML::DOM::Node, and the tag name is $node_name.

AUTHOR

Jason Stewart (jes@ncgr.org)

SEE ALSO

perl(1).