use Test;
BEGIN { plan tests => 1 }
use XML::SAX::ExpatXS;
my $handler = TestH->new();
my $parser = XML::SAX::ExpatXS->new( Handler => $handler );
my $xml =<<_xml_;
<foo>
  <item>abc</item>
  <item>d</item>
</foo>
_xml_
$parser->parse_string($xml);
#warn $handler->{data};
ok($handler->{data} eq 'abcd');
package TestH;
#use Devel::Peek;
sub new { bless {data => ''}, shift }
sub characters {
    my ($self, $char) = @_;
    #warn("Char:$char->{Data}\n");
    #Dump($char);
    $self->{data} .= $char->{Data} unless $char->{Data} =~ /^\s*$/;
}