XML::Mini::Document

XML::Mini::Document is a Perl implementation of the XML::Mini Document API.
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  • Perl Artistic License
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  • FREE
  • Publisher Name:
  • Patrick Deegan, Psychogenic Inc.
  • Publisher web site:
  • http://search.cpan.org/~pdeegan/XML-Mini-1.2.8/lib/XML/Mini/Document.pm

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XML::Mini::Document is a Perl implementation of the XML::Mini Document API. XML::Mini::Document is a Perl implementation of the XML::Mini Document API.SYNOPSIS use XML::Mini::Document; use Data::Dumper; ###### PARSING XML ####### # create a new object my $xmlDoc = XML::Mini::Document->new(); # init the doc from an XML string $xmlDoc->parse($XMLString); # You may use the toHash() method to automatically # convert the XML into a hash reference my $xmlHash = $xmlDoc->toHash(); print Dumper($xmlHash); # You can also manipulate the elements like directly, like this: # Fetch the ROOT element for the document # (an instance of XML::Mini::Element) my $xmlRoot = $xmlDoc->getRoot(); # play with the element and its children # ... my $topLevelChildren = $xmlRoot->getAllChildren(); foreach my $childElement (@{$topLevelChildren}) { # ... } ###### CREATING XML ####### # Create a new document from scratch my $newDoc = XML::Mini::Document->new(); # This can be done easily by using a hash: my $h = { 'spy' => { 'id' => '007', 'type' => 'SuperSpy', 'name' => 'James Bond', 'email' => 'mi5@london.uk', 'address' => 'Wherever he is needed most', }, }; $newDoc->fromHash($h); # Or new XML can also be created by manipulating #elements directly: my $newDocRoot = $newDoc->getRoot(); # create the < ? xml ? > header my $xmlHeader = $newDocRoot->header('xml'); # add the version $xmlHeader->attribute('version', '1.0'); my $person = $newDocRoot->createChild('person'); my $name = $person->createChild('name'); $name->createChild('first')->text('John'); $name->createChild('last')->text('Doe'); my $eyes = $person->createChild('eyes'); $eyes->attribute('color', 'blue'); $eyes->attribute('number', 2); # output the document print $newDoc->toString();This example would output : < ?xml version="1.0"?> < person> < name> < first> John < /first> < last> Doe < /last> < /name> < eyes color="blue" number="2" /> < /person>The XML::Mini::Document class is the programmer's handle to XML::Mini functionality.A XML::Mini::Document instance is created in every program that uses XML::Mini. With the XML::Mini::Document object, you can access the root XML::Mini::Element, find/fetch/create elements and read in or output XML strings. Requirements: · Perl


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