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Name

Data::Edit::Xml - Edit data held in xml format

Synopsis

Create a new xml parse tree:

  my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new("<a><b><c/></b><d><c/></d></a>");

Print the parse tree:

  say STDERR -p $a;

to get:

  <a>
    <b>
      <c/>
    </b>
    <d>
      <c/>
    </d>
  </a>

Cut out c under b but not under d in the created tree by traversing in post-order applying a sub to each node to cut out c when we are at c under b under a.

In object oriented style:

  $a->by(sub {$_->cut if $_->at(qw(c b a))});

In chained exit style:

  $a->byX(sub {$_->atX(qw(c b a))->cut});

In operator style:

  $a x= sub {--$_ if $_ <= [qw(c b a)]};

Print the transformed parse tree

 say STDERR -p $a;

to get:

  <a>
    <b/>
    <d>
      <c/>
    </d>
  </a>

DocBook to Dita

To transform some DocBook xml into Dita:

  use Data::Edit::Xml;

  # Parse the DocBook xml

  my $a = Data::Edit::Xml::new(<<END);
<sli>
  <li>
    <p>Diagnose the problem</p>
    <p>This can be quite difficult</p>
    <p>Sometimes impossible</p>
  </li>
  <li>
  <p><pre>ls -la</pre></p>
  <p><pre>
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Jun 15  2016 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Nov  9 20:26 Downloads
</pre></p>
  </li>
</sli>
END

  # Transform to Dita step 1

  $a->by(sub
   {my ($o, $p) = @_;
    if ($o->at(qw(pre p li sli)) and $o->isOnlyChild)
     {$o->change($p->isFirst ? qw(cmd) : qw(stepresult));
      $p->unwrap;
     }
    elsif ($o->at(qw(li sli))    and $o->over(qr(\Ap( p)+\Z)))
     {$_->change($_->isFirst ? qw(cmd) : qw(info)) for $o->contents;
     }
   });

  # Transform to Dita step 2

  $a->by(sub
  {my ($o) = @_;
   $o->change(qw(step))          if $o->at(qw(li sli));
   $o->change(qw(steps))         if $o->at(qw(sli));
   $o->id = 's'.($o->position+1) if $o->at(qw(step));
   $o->id = 'i'.($o->index+1)    if $o->at(qw(info));
   $o->wrapWith(qw(screen))      if $o->at(qw(CDATA stepresult));
  });

  # Print the results

  say STDERR -p $a;

Produces:

  <steps>
    <step id="s1">
      <cmd>Diagnose the problem
      </cmd>
      <info id="i1">This can be quite difficult
      </info>
      <info id="i2">Sometimes impossible
      </info>
    </step>
    <step id="s2">
      <cmd>ls -la
      </cmd>
      <stepresult>
        <screen>
  drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Jun 15  2016 Desktop
  drwxr-xr-x  2 phil phil   4096 Nov  9 20:26 Downloads
        </screen>
      </stepresult>
    </step>
  </steps>

Description

Construction

Create a parse tree, either by parsing a file or string, or, node by node

File or String

Construct a parse tree from a file or a string

new

New parse - call this method statically as in Data::Edit::Xml::new(file or string) or with no parameters and then use "input", "inputFile", "inputString", "errorFile" to provide specific parameters for the parse, then call "parse" to perform the parse and return the parse tree

  1  $fileNameOrString  File name or string  

This is a static method and so should be invoked as:

  Data::Edit::Xml::new

attributes :lvalue

The attributes of this node, see also: "Attributes". The frequently used attributes: class, id, href, outputclass can be accessed by an lvalue method as in: $node->id = 'c1'

conditions :lvalue

Conditional strings attached to a node, see "Conditions"

content :lvalue

Content of command: the nodes immediately below this node in the order in which they appeared in the source text, see also "Contents"

indexes :lvalue

Indexes to sub commands by tag in the order in which they appeared in the source text

labels :lvalue

The labels attached to a node to provide addressability from other nodes, see: "Labels".

errorsFile :lvalue

Error listing file. Use this parameter to explicitly set the name of the file that will be used to write an parse errors to. By default this file is named: zzzParseErrors/out.data

inputFile :lvalue

Source file of the parse if this is the parser node. Use this parameter to explicitly set the file to be parsed.

input :lvalue

Source of the parse if this is the parser node. Use this parameter to specify some input either as a string or as a file name for the parser to convert into a parse tree

inputString :lvalue

Source string of the parse if this is the parser node. Use this parameter to explicitly set the string to be parsed.

parent :lvalue

Parent node of this node or undef if the root node. See also "Traversal" and "Navigation". Consider as read only.

parser :lvalue

Parser details: the root node of a tree is the parse node for that tree. Consider as read only.

tag :lvalue

Tag name for this node, see also "Traversal" and "Navigation". Consider as read only.

text :lvalue

Text of this node but only if it is a text node, i.e. the tag is cdata() <=> "isText" is true

cdata

The name of the tag to be used to represent text - this tag must not also be used as a command tag otherwise the parser will confess

parse

Parse input xml

  1  $p  Parser created by L</new>  

Node by Node

Construct a parse tree node by node

newText

Create a new text node

  1  undef  Any reference to this package  
  2  $text  Content of new text node       

newTag

Create a new non text node

  1  undef        Any reference to this package  
  2  $command     The tag for the node           
  3  %attributes  Attributes as a hash           

newTree

Create a new tree - this is a static method

  1  $command     The name of the root node in the tree              
  2  %attributes  Attributes of the root node in the tree as a hash  

replaceSpecialChars

< > " with &lt; &gt; &quot; Larry Wall's excellent Xml parser unfortunately replaces &lt; &gt; &quot; &amp; etc. with their expansions in text by default and does not seem to provide an obvious way to stop this behavior, so we have to put them back gain using this method. Worse, we cannot decide whether to replace & with &amp; or leave it as is: consequently you might have to examine the instances of & in your output text and guess based on the context.

  1  $string  String to be edited  

tags

Count the number of tags in a parse tree

  1  $node  Parse tree  

renew

Returns a renewed copy of the parse tree: use this method if you have added nodes via the "Put as text" methods and wish to reprocess them

  1  $node  Parse tree  

clone

Return a clone of the parse tree: use this method if you want to make temporary changes to a parse tree

  1  $node  Parse tree  

equals

Decide whether two parse trees are equal or not

  1  $node1  Parse tree 1  
  2  $node2  Parse tree 2  

Use equalsX to execute equals but die 'equals' instead of returning undef

save

Save a copy of the parse tree to a file which can be restored and return the saved node

  1  $node  Parse tree  
  2  $file  File        

restore

Return a parse tree from a copy saved in a file by "save" - this is a static method so call it as Data::Edit::Xml::lint(file name)

  1  $file  File  

Use restoreX to execute restore but die 'restore' instead of returning undef

Stringification

Create a string representation of the parse tree with optional selection of nodes via conditions

Print

Print the parse tree. Normally use pretty string to format the xml in a readable manner, use the other methods for strings conveniently formatted to assist various operations such as debugging CDATA, using labels or creating tests.

string

Return a string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it

  1  $node  Start node  

stringQuoted

Return a quoted string representing a parse tree a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it

  1  $node  Start node  

stringReplacingIdWithLabels

Return a string representing a node of a parse tree with all the id attributes replaced with the labels attached to each node

  1  $node  Start node  

stringReplacingIdWithLabelsQuoted

Return a quoted string representing a node of a parse tree with all the id attributes replaced with the labels attached to each node

  1  $node  Start node  

contentString

Return a string representing all the nodes below a node of a parse tree

  1  $node  Start node  

prettyString

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it

  1  $node   Start node  
  2  $depth  Depth       

prettyStringShowingCDATA

Return a readable string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it with the text fields wrapped with <CDATA>...</CDATA>

  1  $node   Start node  
  2  $depth  Depth       

PrettyContentString

Return a readable string representing all the nodes below a node of a parse tree - infrequent use and so capitalized to avoid being presented as an option by Geany

  1  $node  Start node  

Conditions

Print a subset of the the parse tree determined by the conditions attached to it

stringWithConditions

Return a string representing a node of a parse tree and all the nodes below it subject to conditions to select or reject some nodes

  1  $node        Start node                              
  2  @conditions  Conditions to be regarded as in effect  

addConditions

Add conditions to a node and return the node

  1  $node        Node               
  2  @conditions  Conditions to add  

deleteConditions

Delete conditions applied to a node and return the node

  1  $node        Node               
  2  @conditions  Conditions to add  

listConditions

Return a list of conditions applied to a node

  1  $node  Node  

Attributes

Get or set the attributes of nodes in the parse tree. Well known attributes can be set directly via lvalue subs for less well known attributes use attr

class :lvalue

Attribute class for a node as an lvalue sub

href :lvalue

Attribute href for a node as an lvalue sub

id :lvalue

Attribute id for a node as an lvalue sub

outputclass :lvalue

Attribute outputclass for a node as an lvalue sub

attr :lvalue

Return the value of an attribute of the current node as an assignable value

  1  $node       Node in parse tree  
  2  $attribute  Attribute name      

attrs

Return the values of the specified attributes of the current node

  1  $node        Node in parse tree  
  2  @attributes  Attribute names     

attrCount

Return the number of attributes in the specified node

  1  $node  Node in parse tree  

setAttr

Set the value of an attribute in a node and return the node

  1  $node    Node in parse tree            
  2  %values  (attribute name=>new value)*  

deleteAttr

Delete the attribute, optionally checking its value first and return the node

  1  $node   Node                                     
  2  $attr   Attribute name                           
  3  $value  Optional attribute value to check first  

deleteAttrs

Delete any attributes mentioned in a list without checking their values and return the node

  1  $node   Node            
  2  @attrs  Attribute name  

renameAttr

Change the name of an attribute regardless of whether the new attribute already exists and return the node

  1  $node  Node                     
  2  $old   Existing attribute name  
  3  $new   New attribute name       

changeAttr

Change the name of an attribute unless it has already been set and return the node

  1  $node  Node                     
  2  $old   Existing attribute name  
  3  $new   New attribute name       

renameAttrValue

Change the name and value of an attribute regardless of whether the new attribute already exists and return the node

  1  $node      Node                      
  2  $old       Existing attribute name   
  3  $oldValue  Existing attribute value  
  4  $new       New attribute name        
  5  $newValue  New attribute value       

changeAttrValue

Change the name and value of an attribute unless it has already been set and return the node

  1  $node      Node                      
  2  $old       Existing attribute name   
  3  $oldValue  Existing attribute value  
  4  $new       New attribute name        
  5  $newValue  New attribute value       

Traversal

Traverse the parse tree in various orders applying a sub to each node

by

Post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

byX

Post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                               
  2  $sub      Sub to call with eval {} for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context                         

byReverse

Reverse post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

byReverseX

Reverse post-order traversal of a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

down

Pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

downX

Pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

downReverse

Reverse pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

downReverseX

Reverse pre-order traversal down through a parse tree or sub tree calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                  
  2  $sub      Sub to call for each sub node  
  3  @context  Accumulated context            

through

Traverse parse tree visiting each node twice calling the specified sub at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                    
  2  $before   Sub to call when we meet a node  
  3  $after    Sub to call we leave a node      
  4  @context  Accumulated context              

throughX

Traverse parse tree visiting each node twice calling the specified sub within eval{} at each node and return the specified starting node

  1  $node     Starting node                    
  2  $before   Sub to call when we meet a node  
  3  $after    Sub to call we leave a node      
  4  @context  Accumulated context              

Contents

The immediate contents of each node

contents

Return all the nodes contained by this node either as an array or as a reference to such an array

  1  $node  Node  

contentBeyond

Return all the nodes following this node at the level of this node

  1  $node  Node  

contentBefore

Return all the nodes preceding this node at the level of this node

  1  $node  Node  

contentAsTags

Return a string containing the tags of all the nodes contained by this node separated by single spaces

  1  $node  Node  

contentBeyondAsTags

Return a string containing the tags of all the nodes following this node separated by single spaces

  1  $node  Node  

contentBeforeAsTags

# Return a string containing the tags of all the nodes preceding this node separated by single spaces

  1  $node  Node  

position

Return the index of a node in its parent's content

  1  $node  Node  

index

Return the index of a node in its parent index

  1  $node  Node  

present

Return the count of the number of the specified tag types present immediately under a node

  1  $node   Node                                      
  2  @names  Possible tags immediately under the node  

count

Return the count the number of instances of the specified tags under the specified node, either by tag in array context or in total in scalar context

  1  $node   Node                                      
  2  @names  Possible tags immediately under the node  

isText

Confirm that this is a text node

  1  $node  Node to test  

Use isTextX to execute isText but die 'isText' instead of returning undef

isBlankText

Confirm that this is a text node and that it is blank

  1  $node  Node to test  

Use isBlankTextX to execute isBlankText but die 'isBlankText' instead of returning undef

Move around in the parse tree

get

Return a sub node under the specified node as directed by the search specification: (index position?)* where index is the kind of tag to be chosen and position is the optional position within the index. Position defaults to zero if not specified. Position can also be negative to index back from the top of the index array.

  1  $node      Node                  
  2  @position  Search specification  

Example:

   $a->get(qw a b -1))

would get the last b node under the first a node if such a node exists.

Use getX to execute get but die 'get' instead of returning undef

c

Return an array of all the nodes with the specified tag below the specified node

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $tag   Tag   

first

Return the first node below this node

  1  $node  Node  

Use firstNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use firstNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Use firstX to execute first but die 'first' instead of returning undef

firstIn

Return the first node matching one of the named tags under the specified node

  1  $node  Node                
  2  @tags  Tags to search for  

Use firstInX to execute firstIn but die 'firstIn' instead of returning undef

firstContextOf

Return the first node encountered in the specified context in a depth first post-order traversal of the parse tree

  1  $node     Node                              
  2  @context  Array of tags specifying context  

Use firstContextOfX to execute firstContextOf but die 'firstContextOf' instead of returning undef

last

Return the last node below this node

  1  $node  Node  

Use lastNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use lastNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Use lastX to execute last but die 'last' instead of returning undef

lastIn

Return the first node matching one of the named tags under the specified node

  1  $node  Node                
  2  @tags  Tags to search for  

Use lastInX to execute lastIn but die 'lastIn' instead of returning undef

lastContextOf

Return the last node encountered in the specified context in a depth first reverse pre-order traversal of the parse tree

  1  $node     Node                              
  2  @context  Array of tags specifying context  

Use lastContextOfX to execute lastContextOf but die 'lastContextOf' instead of returning undef

next

Return the node next to the specified node

  1  $node  Node  

Use nextNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use nextNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Use nextX to execute next but die 'next' instead of returning undef

nextIn

Return the next node matching one of the named tags

  1  $node  Node                
  2  @tags  Tags to search for  

Use nextInX to execute nextIn but die 'nextIn' instead of returning undef

prev

Return the node previous to the specified node

  1  $node  Node  

Use prevNonBlank to skip a (rare) initial blank text CDATA. Use prevNonBlankX to die rather then receive a returned undef or false result.

Use prevX to execute prev but die 'prev' instead of returning undef

prevIn

Return the next previous node matching one of the named tags

  1  $node  Node                
  2  @tags  Tags to search for  

Use prevInX to execute prevIn but die 'prevIn' instead of returning undef

upto

Return the first ancestral node that matches the specified context

  1  $node  Start node                
  2  @tags  Tags identifying context  

Use uptoX to execute upto but die 'upto' instead of returning undef

nextOn

Step forwards as far as possible while remaining on nodes with the specified tags and return the last such node reached or the starting node if no steps were possible

  1  $node  Start node                                             
  2  @tags  Tags identifying nodes that can be step on to context  

prevOn

Step backwards as far as possible while remaining on nodes with the specified tags and return the last such node reached or the starting node if no steps were possible

  1  $node  Start node                                             
  2  @tags  Tags identifying nodes that can be step on to context  

Position

Confirm that the position navigated to is the expected position.

at

Confirm that the node has the specified ancestry and return the node if it does else undef

  1  $node     Starting node  
  2  @context  Ancestry       

Use atX to execute at but die 'at' instead of returning undef

context

Return a string containing the tag of this node and its ancestors separated by single spaces

  1  $node  Node  

isFirst

Confirm that this node is the first node under its parent

  1  $node  Node  

Use isFirstX to execute isFirst but die 'isFirst' instead of returning undef

isLast

Confirm that this node is the last node under its parent

  1  $node  Node  

Use isLastX to execute isLast but die 'isLast' instead of returning undef

isOnlyChild

Confirm that this node is the only node under its parent

  1  $node  Node                              
  2  @tags  Optional tags to confirm context  

Use isOnlyChildX to execute isOnlyChild but die 'isOnlyChild' instead of returning undef

isEmpty

Confirm that this node is empty, that is: this node has no content, not even a blank string of text

  1  $node  Node  

Use isEmptyX to execute isEmpty but die 'isEmpty' instead of returning undef

over

Confirm that the string representing the tags at the level below this node match a regular expression

  1  $node  Node                
  2  $re    Regular expression  

Use overX to execute over but die 'over' instead of returning undef

after

Confirm that the string representing the tags following this node match a regular expression

  1  $node  Node                
  2  $re    Regular expression  

Use afterX to execute after but die 'after' instead of returning undef

before

Confirm that the string representing the tags preceding this node match a regular expression

  1  $node  Node                
  2  $re    Regular expression  

Use beforeX to execute before but die 'before' instead of returning undef

Editing

Edit the data in the parse tree and change the structure of the parse tree by wrapping and unwrapping nodes, by replacing nodes, by cutting and pasting nodes, by concatenating nodes, by splitting nodes or by adding node as text

change

Change the name of a node in an optional tag context and return the node

  1  $node  Node                       
  2  $name  New name                   
  3  @tags  Tags defining the context  

Use changeX to execute change but die 'change' instead of returning undef

Wrap and unwrap

Wrap and unwrap nodes to alter the depth of the parse tree

wrapWith

Wrap the original node in a new node forcing the original node down deepening the parse tree; return the new wrapping node

  1  $old         Node                     
  2  $tag         Tag for new node         
  3  %attributes  Attributes for new node  

wrapUp

Wrap the original node in a sequence of new nodes forcing the original node down deepening the parse tree; return the array of wrapping nodes

  1  $node  Node to wrap                                                   
  2  @tags  Tags to wrap the node with - with the uppermost tag rightmost  

wrapDown

Wrap the content of the original node in a sequence of new nodes forcing the original node up deepening the parse tree; return the array of wrapping nodes

  1  $node  Node to wrap                                                   
  2  @tags  Tags to wrap the node with - with the uppermost tag rightmost  

wrapContentWith

Wrap the content of a node in a new node, the original content then contains the new node which contains the original node's content; returns the new wrapped node

  1  $old         Node                     
  2  $tag         Tag for new node         
  3  %attributes  Attributes for new node  

unwrap

Unwrap a node by inserting its content into its parent at the point containing the node; returns the parent node

  1  $node  Node to unwrap  

Replace

Replace nodes in the parse tree with nodes or text

replaceWith

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new node (and all its content) and return the new node

  1  $old  Old node  
  2  $new  New node  

replaceWithText

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new text node and return the new node

  1  $old   Old node          
  2  $text  Text of new node  

replaceWithBlank

Replace a node (and all its content) with a new blank text node and return the new node

  1  $old  Old node  

Cut and Put

Move nodes around in the parse tree by cutting and pasting them

cut

Cut out a node - remove the node from the parse tree and return the node so that it can be put else where

  1  $node  Node to cut out  

putFirst

Place the new node at the front of the content of the original node and return the new node

  1  $old  Original node  
  2  $new  New node       

putLast

Place the new node at the end of the content of the original node and return the new node

  1  $old  Original node  
  2  $new  New node       

putNext

Place the new node just after the original node in the content of the parent and return the new node

  1  $old  Original node  
  2  $new  New node       

putPrev

Place the new node just before the original node in the content of the parent and return the new node

  1  $old  Original node  
  2  $new  New node       

Fusion

Join consecutive nodes

concatenate

Concatenate two successive nodes and return the target node

  1  $target  Target node to replace  
  2  $source  Node to concatenate     

concatenateSiblings

Concatenate preceding and following nodes that have the same tag as the specified node and return the specified node

  1  $node  Concatenate around this node  

Fission

Split the content of a node by moving nodes to preceding or following nodes to a preceding or following node

splitBack

Move the specified node and all its preceding nodes to a newly created node preceding this node's parent and return the new node (mm July 31, 2017)

  1  $old  Move this node and its preceding nodes  
  2  $new  The name of the new node                

splitBackEx

Move all the nodes preceding a specified node to a newly created node preceding this node's parent and return the new node

  1  $old  Move all the nodes preceding this node  
  2  $new  The name of the new node                

splitForwards

Move the specified node and all its following nodes to a newly created node following this node's parent and return the new node

  1  $old  Move this node and its following nodes  
  2  $new  The name of the new node                

splitForwardsEx

Move all the nodes following a node to a newly created node following this node's parent and return the new node

  1  $old  Move the nodes following this node  
  2  $new  The name of the new node            

Put as text

Add text to the parse tree

putFirstAsText

Add a new text node first under a parent and return the new text node

  1  $node  The parent node                                                          
  2  $text  The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text  

putLastAsText

Add a new text node last under a parent and return the new text node

  1  $node  The parent node                                                          
  2  $text  The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text  

putNextAsText

Add a new text node following this node and return the new text node

  1  $node  The parent node                                                          
  2  $text  The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text  

putPrevAsText

Add a new text node following this node and return the new text node

  1  $node  The parent node                                                          
  2  $text  The string to be added which might contain unparsed Xml as well as text  

Break in and out

Break nodes out of nodes or push them back

breakInForwards

Concatenate the nodes following the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node.

  1  $start  The start node  

Example:

  p->breakInForwards

transforms:

  p  bp  cp
   xx  yy  zz

to:

  p
   xxbyyczzz

where the start node is the first p

breakInBackwards

Concatenate the nodes preceding the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node.

  1  $start  The start node  

Example:

  p->breakInBackwards

transforms:

  p  bp  cp
   xx  yy  zz

to:

  p
   xxbyyczzz

where the start node is the last p

breakIn

Concatenate the nodes following and preceding the start node, unwrapping nodes whose tag matches the start node and return the start node.

  1  $start  The start node  

Example:

  p->breakIn

transforms:

  p  bp  cp
   xx  yy  zz

to:

  p
   xxbyyczzz

where the start node is any of the p

breakOut

Lift child nodes with the specified tags under the specified parent node splitting the parent node into clones and return the cut out original node.

  1  $parent  The parent node                         
  2  @tags    The tags of the modes to be broken out  

Example:

  p->breakOut(qw(b c))

transforms:

  p
   aabaacaa

to:

  p  bp  cp
   aa  aa  aa

Labels

Label nodes so that they can be cross referenced and linked by Data::Edit::Xml::Lint

addLabels

Add the named labels to the specified node and return that node

  1  $node    Node in parse tree      
  2  @labels  Names of labels to add  

countLabels

Return the count of the number of labels at a node

  1  $node  Node in parse tree  

getLabels

Return the names of all the labels set on a node

  1  $node  Node in parse tree  

deleteLabels

Delete the specified labels in the specified node and return that node

  1  $node    Node in parse tree                 
  2  @labels  Names of the labels to be deleted  

deleteAllLabels

Delete all the labels in the specified node and return that node

  1  $node  Node in parse tree  

copyLabels

Copy all the labels from the source node to the target node and return the source node

  1  $source  Source node  
  2  $target  Target node  

moveLabels

Move all the labels from the source node to the target node and return the source node

  1  $source  Source node  
  2  $target  Target node  

Operators

Operator access to methods use the assign versions to avoid 'useless use of operator in void context' messages. Use the non assign versions to return the results of the underlying method call. Thus '/' returns the wrapping node, whilst '/=' does not.

opString

-c : clone, -p : pretty string, -r : renew, -s : string, -t : tag.

  1  $node  Node              
  2  $op    Monadic operator  

Example:

   -p $x

to print node $x as a pretty string

opContents

@{} : content of a node.

  1  $node  Node  

Example:

   grep {...} @$x

to search the contents of node $x

opOut

>>= : Write a parse tree out on a file.

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $file  File  

Example:

   $x >>= *STDERR

opContext

<= : Check that a node is in the context specified by the referenced array of words.

  1  $node     Node                                                                    
  2  $context  Reference to array of words specifying the parents of the desired node  

Example:

   $c <= [qw(c b a)]

to confirm that node $c has tag 'c', parent 'b' and grand parent 'a'

opPutFirst

+ or += : put a node or string first under a node.

  1  $node  Node                                        
  2  $text  Node or text to place first under the node  

Example:

   my $f = $a + '<p>first</p>'

opPutLast

- : put a node or string last under a node.

  1  $node  Node                                       
  2  $text  Node or text to place last under the node  

Example:

   my $l = $a + '<p>last</p>'

opPutNext

> : put a node or string after the current node.

  1  $node  Node                                        
  2  $text  Node or text to place after the first node  

Example:

   my $n = $a > '<p>next</p>'

opPutPrev

< : put a node or string before the current node,

  1  $node  Node                                         
  2  $text  Node or text to place before the first node  

Example:

   my $p = $a < '<p>next</p>'

opBy

x x= : Traverse a parse tree in post-order.

  1  $node  Parse tree                         
  2  $code  Code to execute against each node  

Example:

   $a x= sub {say -s $_}

to print all the parse trees in a parse tree

opGet

>> : Search for a node via a specification provided as a reference to an array of words each number. Each word represents a tag name, each number the index of the previous tag or zero by default.

  1  $node  Node                                        
  2  $get   Reference to an array of search parameters  

Example:

   my $f = $a >> [qw(aa 1 bb)]

to find the first bb under the second aa under $a

opAttr

% : Get the value of an attribute of this node.

  1  $node  Node                                                                           
  2  $attr  Reference to an array of words and numbers specifying the node to search for.  

Example:

   my $a = $x % 'href'

to get the href attribute of the node at $x

opSetTag

+= : Set the tag for a node.

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $tag   Tag   

Example:

   $a += 'tag'

to change the tag to 'tag' at the node $a

opSetId

-= : Set the id for a node.

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $id    Id    

Example:

    $a -= 'id'

to change the id to 'id' at node $a

opWrapWith

/ or /= : Wrap node with a tag, returning or not returning the wrapping node.

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $tag   Tag   

Example:

   $x /= 'aa'

to wrap node $x with a node with a tag of 'aa'

opWrapContentWith

* or *= : Wrap content with a tag, returning or not returning the wrapping node.

  1  $node  Node  
  2  $tag   Tag   

Example:

    $x *= 'aa'

to wrap the content of node $x with a node with a tag of 'aa'

opCut

-- : Cut out a node.

  1  $node  Node  

Example:

    --$x

to cut out the node $x

opUnWrap

++ : Unwrap a node.

  1  $node  Node  

Example:

     ++$x

to unwrap the node $x

Debug

Debugging methods

printAttributes

Print the attributes of a node

  1  $node  Node whose attributes are to be printed  

printAttributesReplacingIdsWithLabels

Print the attributes of a node replacing the id with the labels

  1  $node  Node whose attributes are to be printed  

Private Methods

tree

Build a tree representation of the parsed xml which can be easily traversed to look for things

  1  $parent  The parent node      
  2  $parse   The remaining parse  

disconnectLeafNode

Remove a leaf node from the parse tree and make it into its own parse tree

  1  $node  Leaf node to disconnect  

indexNode

Index the children of a node so that we can access them by tag and number

  1  $node  Node to index  

checkParentage

Check the parent pointers are correct in a parse tree

  1  $x  Parse tree  

checkParser

Check that every node has a parser

  1  $x  Parse tree  

nn

Replace new lines in a string with N to make testing easier

  1  $s  String  

Index

addConditions

addLabels

after

afterX

at

attr :lvalue

attrCount

attributes

attrs

atX

before

beforeX

breakIn

breakInBackwards

breakInForwards

breakOut

by

byReverse

byReverseX

byX

c

cdata

change

changeAttr

changeAttrValue

changeX

checkParentage

checkParser

class

clone

concatenate

concatenateSiblings

conditions

content

contentAsTags

contentBefore

contentBeforeAsTags

contentBeyond

contentBeyondAsTags

contents

contentString

context

copyLabels

count

countLabels

cut

deleteAllLabels

deleteAttr

deleteAttrs

deleteConditions

deleteLabels

disconnectLeafNode

down

downReverse

downReverseX

downX

equals

equalsX

errorsFile

first

firstContextOf

firstContextOfX

firstIn

firstInX

firstNonBlank

firstNonBlankX

firstX

get

getLabels

getX

href

id

index

indexes

indexNode

input

inputFile

inputString

isBlankText

isBlankTextX

isEmpty

isEmptyX

isFirst

isFirstX

isLast

isLastX

isOnlyChild

isOnlyChildX

isText

isTextX

labels

last

lastContextOf

lastContextOfX

lastIn

lastInX

lastNonBlank

lastNonBlankX

lastX

listConditions

moveLabels

new

newTag

newText

newTree

next

nextIn

nextInX

nextNonBlank

nextNonBlankX

nextOn

nextX

nn

opAttr

opBy

opContents

opContext

opCut

opGet

opOut

opPutFirst

opPutLast

opPutNext

opPutPrev

opSetId

opSetTag

opString

opUnWrap

opWrapContentWith

opWrapWith

outputclass

over

overX

parent

parse

parser

position

present

PrettyContentString

prettyString

prettyStringShowingCDATA

prev

prevIn

prevInX

prevNonBlank

prevNonBlankX

prevOn

prevX

printAttributes

printAttributesReplacingIdsWithLabels

putFirst

putFirstAsText

putLast

putLastAsText

putNext

putNextAsText

putPrev

putPrevAsText

renameAttr

renameAttrValue

renew

replaceSpecialChars

replaceWith

replaceWithBlank

replaceWithText

restore

restoreX

save

setAttr

splitBack

splitBackEx

splitForwards

splitForwardsEx

string

stringQuoted

stringReplacingIdWithLabels

stringReplacingIdWithLabelsQuoted

stringWithConditions

tag

tags

text

through

throughX

tree

unwrap

upto

uptoX

wrapContentWith

wrapDown

wrapUp

wrapWith

Installation

This module is written in 100% Pure Perl and, thus, it is easy to read, use, modify and install.

Standard Module::Build process for building and installing modules:

  perl Build.PL
  ./Build
  ./Build test
  ./Build install

Author

philiprbrenan@gmail.com

http://www.appaapps.com

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2016-2017 Philip R Brenan.

This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed and/or modified under the same terms as Perl itself.