XML::Mini Perl Module - Homepage and latest version: http://minixml.psychogenic.com INSTALLATION: 3 Methods are available: - CPAN # perl -MCPAN -e 'install XML::Mini' - Local perl Makefile.PL make make test su ; make install - Simple (no need for root priv) Since XML::Mini is a pure Perl implementation, you can simply tar zxvf XML-Mini-XXX.tar.gz mv lib/XML /path/to/destination and then, in your code, use: #!/usr/bin/perl use lib '/path/to/destination'; use XML::Mini::Document; # ... create and parse XML! NAME XML::Mini - Stand-alone, pure Perl implementation of the MiniXML XML generator and parser interface (http://minixml.psychogenic.com). SYNOPSIS use XML::Mini::Document; ############# Generate XML ############### # Create a new XML::Mini::Document my $newDoc = XML::Mini::Document->new(); # Creating XML can be done easily by using a hash ref: my $h = { 'spy' => { 'id' => '007', 'type' => 'SuperSpy', 'name' => 'James Bond', 'email' => 'mi5@london.uk', 'address' => 'Wherever he is needed most', }, }; $newDoc->fromHash($h); # output the XML print $newDoc->toString(); # Or new XML can also be created by manipulating # elements directly: my $newDocRoot = $newDoc->getRoot(); # create the 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(); # ... ############# Parse XML ############### # Parse existing XML string my $xmlDoc = XML::Mini::Document->new(); $xmlDoc->parse($XMLString); # or $xmlDoc->parse('/path/to/file.xml'); # or $xmlDoc->parse(*INPUTFILEHANDLE); # Now we can fetch elements: my $part = $xmlDoc->getElementByPath('partsRateReply/part'); my $partId = $part->attribute('id'); my $price = $partList->getElement('price'); print "Part $partId costs: " . $price->getValue() . "\n"; DESCRIPTION XML::Mini is a set of Perl (and PHP) classes that allow you to access XML data and create valid XML output with a tree-based hierarchy of elements. It provides an easy, object-oriented interface for manipulating XML documents and their elements. It is currently being used to send requests and understand responses from remote servers in Perl or PHP applications. XML::Mini does not require any external libraries or modules. The XML::Mini.pm module includes a number of variable you may use to tweak XML::Mini's behavior. These include: $XML::Mini::AutoEscapeEntities - when greater than 0, the values set for nodes are automatically escaped, thus $element->text('4 is > 3') will set the contents of the appended node to '4 is > 3'. Default setting is 1. $XML::Mini::IgnoreWhitespaces - when greater than 0, extraneous whitespaces will be ignored (maily useful when parsing). Thus Hello There will be parsed as containing a text node with contents 'Hello There' instead of ' Hello There '. Default setting is 1. $XML::Mini::CaseSensitive - when greater than 0, element names are treated as case sensitive. Thus, $element->getElement('subelement') and $element->getElement('SubElement') will be equivalent. Defaults to 0. Class methods escapeEntites TOENCODE This method returns ToENCODE with HTML sensitive values (eg '<', '>', '"', etc) HTML encoded. Log MESSAGE Logs the message to STDERR Error MESSAGE Logs MESSAGE and exits the program, calling exit() AUTHOR Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Patrick Deegan, Psychogenic Inc. Programs that use this code are bound to the terms and conditions of the GNU GPL (see the LICENSE file). If you wish to include these modules in non-GPL code, you need prior written authorisation from the authors. This library is released under the terms of the GNU GPL version 3, making it available only for free programs ("free" here being used in the sense of the GPL, see http://www.gnu.org for more details). Anyone wishing to use this library within a proprietary or otherwise non-GPLed program MUST contact psychogenic.com to acquire a distinct license for their application. This approach encourages the use of free software while allowing for proprietary solutions that support further development. LICENSE XML::Mini XML parser/generator package. Copyright (C) 2002-2008 Patrick Deegan All rights reserved XML::Mini is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. XML::Mini is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with XML::Mini. If not, see . SEE ALSO http://minixml.psychogenic.com