NAME
XML::PYX - XML to PYX generator
SYNOPSIS
use XML::PYX;
my $parser = XML::PYX::Parser->new;
my $string = $parser->parsefile($filename);
DESCRIPTION
After reading about PYX on XML.com, I thought it was a pretty
cool idea, so I built this, to generate PYX from XML using perl.
See
http://www.xml.com/pub/2000/03/15/feature/index.html for an
excellent introduction.
The package contains 2 usable packages, and 3 utilities that are
probably currently more use than the module:
pyx - a XML to PYX converter using XML::Parser
pyxv - a Validating XML to PYX converter using XML::Checker::Parser
pyxw - a PYX to XML converter
pyxhtml - an HTML to PYX converter using HTML::TreeBuilder
All these utilities can be pipelined together, so you can have:
pyx test.xml | grep -v "^-" | pyxw > new.xml
Which should remove all text from an XML file (leaving only
tags).
The 2 packages are XML::PYX::Parser and XML::PYX::Parser::ToCSF.
The former is a direct subclass of XML::Parser that simply
returns a PYX string on a call to parse or parsefile. The latter
stands for To Currently Selected Filehandle. Instead of
returning a string, it sends output directly to the currently
selected filehandle. This is much better for pipelined utilities
for obvious reasons.
There's a special variable: $XML::PYX::Lame. Set it to 1 to use
a "Lame" parser that simply uses regexps. This is useful, for
example, if you are changing the input to invalid XML for some
reason. You can then use $XML::PYX::Lame = 1 to enable the non-
xml parser. It does check for some things, like balanced tags,
but otherwise it's pretty lame :)
Lame mode is enabled for pyx and pyxw with the -l option.
AUTHOR
Matt Sergeant,
[email protected]
