XML::Hash::LX(3pm)

1XML::Hash::LX(3)      User Contributed Perl Documentation     XML::Hash::LX(3)
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NAME

6       XML::Hash::LX - Convert hash to xml and xml to hash using LibXML
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SYNOPSIS

9           use XML::Hash::LX;
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11           my $hash = xml2hash $xmlstring, attr => '.', text => '~';
12           my $hash = xml2hash $xmldoc;
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14           my $xmlstr = hash2html $hash, attr => '+', text => '#text';
15           my $xmldoc = hash2html $hash, doc => 1, attr => '+';
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17           # Usage with XML::LibXML
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19           my $doc = XML::LibXML->new->parse_string($xml);
20           my $xp  = XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new($doc);
21           $xp->registerNs('rss', 'http://purl.org/rss/1.0/');
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23           # then process xpath
24           for ($xp->findnodes('//rss:item')) {
25               # and convert to hash concrete nodes
26               my $item = xml2hash($_);
27               print Dumper+$item
28           }
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DESCRIPTION

31       This module is a companion for "XML::LibXML". It operates with LibXML
32       objects, could return or accept LibXML objects, and may be used for
33       easy data transformations
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35       It is faster in parsing then XML::Simple, XML::Hash, XML::Twig and of
36       course much slower than XML::Bare ;)
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38       It is faster in composing than XML::Hash, but slower than XML::Simple
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40       Parse benchmark:
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42                      Rate   Simple     Hash     Twig Hash::LX     Bare
43           Simple   11.3/s       --      -2%     -16%     -44%     -97%
44           Hash     11.6/s       2%       --     -14%     -43%     -97%
45           Twig     13.5/s      19%      16%       --     -34%     -96%
46           Hash::LX 20.3/s      79%      75%      51%       --     -95%
47           Bare      370/s    3162%    3088%    2650%    1721%       --
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49       Compose benchmark:
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51                      Rate     Hash Hash::LX   Simple
52           Hash     49.2/s       --     -18%     -40%
53           Hash::LX 60.1/s      22%       --     -26%
54           Simple   81.5/s      66%      36%       --
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56       Benchmark was done on <http://search.cpan.org/uploads.rdf>
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EXPORT

59       "xml2hash" and "hash2xml" are exported by default
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61   :inject
62       Inject toHash method in the namespace of XML::LibXML::Node and allow to
63       call it on any subclass of XML::LibXML::Node directly
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65       By default is disabled
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67           use XML::Hash::LX ':inject';
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69           my $doc = XML::LibXML->new->parse_string($xml);
70           my $hash = $doc->toHash(%opts);
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FUNCTIONS

73   xml2hash $xml, [ OPTIONS ]
74       XML could be XML::LibXML::Document, XML::LibXML::DocumentPart or string
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76   hash2xml $hash, [ doc => 1, ] [ OPTIONS ]
77       Id "doc" option is true, then returned value is XML::LibXML::Document,
78       not string
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OPTIONS

81       Every option could be passed as arguments to function or set as global
82       variable in "XML::Hash::LX" namespace
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84   %XML::Hash::LX::X2H
85       Options respecting convertations from xml to hash
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87       order [ = 0 ]
88           Strictly keep the output order. When enabled, structures become
89           more complex, but xml could be completely reverted
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91       attr [ = '-' ]
92           Attribute prefix
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94                   <node attr="test" />  =>  { node => { -attr => "test" } }
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96       text [ = '#text' ]
97           Key name for storing text
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99                   <node>text<sub /></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '', '#text' => "test" } }
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101       join [ = '' ]
102           Join separator for text nodes, splitted by subnodes
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104           Ignored when "order" in effect
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106                   # default:
107                   xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>' )
108                   : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1Test2' } };
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110                   # global
111                   $XML::Hash::LX::X2H{join} = '+';
112                   xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>' )
113                   : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1+Test2' } };
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115                   # argument
116                   xml2hash( '<item>Test1<sub />Test2</item>', join => '+' )
117                   : { item => { sub => '', '~' => 'Test1+Test2' } };
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119       trim [ = 1 ]
120           Trim leading and trailing whitespace from text nodes
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122       cdata [ = undef ]
123           When defined, CDATA sections will be stored under this key
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125                   # cdata = undef
126                   <node><![CDATA[ test ]]></node>  =>  { node => 'test' }
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128                   # cdata = '#'
129                   <node><![CDATA[ test ]]></node>  =>  { node => { '#' => 'test' } }
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131       comm [ = undef ]
132           When defined, comments sections will be stored under this key
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134           When undef, comments will be ignored
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136                   # comm = undef
137                   <node><!-- comm --><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
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139                   # comm = '/'
140                   <node><!-- comm --><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '', '/' => 'comm' } }
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142   $XML::Hash::LX::X2A [ = 0 ]
143       Global array casing
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145       Ignored when "X2H{order}" in effect
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147       As option should be passed as
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149               xml2hash $xml, array => 1;
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151       Effect:
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153               # $X2A = 0
154               <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
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156               # $X2A = 1
157               <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => [ { sub => [ '' ] } ] }
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159   %XML::Hash::LX::X2A
160       By element array casing
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162       Ignored when "X2H{order}" in effect
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164       As option should be passed as
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166               xml2hash $xml, array => [ nodes list ];
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168       Effect:
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170               # %X2A = ()
171               <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => '' } }
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173               # %X2A = ( sub => 1 )
174               <node><sub/></node>  =>  { node => { sub => [ '' ] } }
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176   %XML::Hash::LX::H2X
177       Options respecting convertations from hash to xml
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179       encoding [ = 'utf-8' ]
180           XML output encoding
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182       attr [ = '-' ]
183           Attribute prefix
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185                   { node => { -attr => "test", sub => 'test' } }
186                   <node attr="test"><sub>test</sub></node>
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188       text [ = '#text' ]
189           Key name for storing text
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191                   { node => { sub => '', '#text' => "test" } }
192                   <node>text<sub /></node>
193                   # or
194                   <node><sub />text</node>
195                   # order of keys is not predictable
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197       trim [ = 1 ]
198           Trim leading and trailing whitespace from text nodes
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200                   # trim = 1
201                   { node => { sub => [ '    ', 'test' ], '#text' => "test" } }
202                   <node>test<sub>test</sub></node>
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204                   # trim = 0
205                   { node => { sub => [ '    ', 'test' ], '#text' => "test" } }
206                   <node>test<sub>    test</sub></node>
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208       cdata [ = undef ]
209           When defined, such key elements will be saved as CDATA sections
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211                   # cdata = undef
212                   { node => { '#' => 'test' } } => <node><#>test</#></node> # it's bad ;)
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214                   # cdata = '#'
215                   { node => { '#' => 'test' } } => <node><![CDATA[test]]></node>
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217       comm [ = undef ]
218           When defined, such key elements will be saved as comment sections
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220                   # comm = undef
221                   { node => { '/' => 'test' } } => <node></>test<//></node> # it's very bad! ;)
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223                   # comm = '/'
224                   { node => { '/' => 'test' } } => <node><!-- test --></node>
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BUGS

227       None known
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AUTHOR

236       Mons Anderson, "<mons at cpan.org>"
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COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

239       Copyright 2009 Mons Anderson, all rights reserved.
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241       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
242       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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246perl v5.28.1                      2011-08-19                  XML::Hash::LX(3)