Template::Plugin::XML::XPath - Plugin interface to XML::XPath
# load plugin and specify XML file to parse [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(xmlfile) %] [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(file => xmlfile) %] [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(filename => xmlfile) %] # load plugin and specify XML text to parse [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(xmltext) %] [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(xml => xmltext) %] [% USE xpath = XML.XPath(text => xmltext) %] # then call any XPath methods (see XML::XPath docs) [% FOREACH page = xpath.findnodes('/html/body/page') %] [% page.getAttribute('title') %] [% END %] # define VIEW to present node(s) [% VIEW repview notfound='xmlstring' %] # handler block for a <report>...</report> element [% BLOCK report %] [% item.content(view) %] [% END %] # handler block for a <section title="...">...</section> element [% BLOCK section %] <h1>[% item.getAttribute('title') %]</h1> [% item.content(view) %] [% END %] # default template block converts item to string representation [% BLOCK xmlstring; item.toString; END %] # block to generate simple text [% BLOCK text; item; END %] [% END %] # now present node (and children) via view [% repview.print(page) %] # or print node content via view [% page.content(repview) %]
This plugin requires that the XML::Parser and XML::XPath modules be installed. These are available from CPAN:
http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/XML
This is a Template Toolkit plugin interfacing to the XML::XPath module.
All methods implemented by the XML::XPath modules are available. In addition, the XML::XPath::Node::Element module implements present($view) and content($view) methods method for seamless integration with Template Toolkit VIEWs. The XML::XPath::Node::Text module is also adorned with a present($view) method which presents itself via the view using the 'text' template.
This plugin module was written by Andy Wardley <abw@kfs.org>.
The XML::XPath module is by Matt Sergeant <matt@sergeant.org>.
2.10, distributed as part of the Template Toolkit version 2.03, released on 15 June 2001.
Copyright (C) 1996-2001 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. Copyright (C) 1998-2001 Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
Template::Plugin, XML::XPath, XML::Parser
To install Template, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Template
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Template
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.