XML::Writer::Simple

XML::Writer::Simple Alberto Sim˜es o ambs@cpan.org Portuguese Perl Workshop 2008 Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Why? XML wasn’t designed to be written manually; So, we normally generate XML; But then, we need to write it (in programs) And we do not want to do that! Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Typical Java Code System.out.println(quot; <agenda>quot;); while(contact.next()) { System.out.println(quot;<contact>quot;); System.out.println(quot; <name>quot;+contact.name()+quot;</name>quot;); System.out.println(quot; <email>quot;+contact.mail()+quot;</email>quot;); System.out.println(quot; <tel>quot;+contact.tel()+quot;</tel>quot;); System.out.println(quot;</contact>quot;); } System.out.println(quot; </agenda>quot;); Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Possible Perl code print quot; <agenda>nquot;; for $contact (@contacts) { print quot;<contact>nquot;; print quot; <name>$contact->{name}</name>nquot;; print quot; <email>$contact->{mail}</email>nquot;; print quot; <tel>$contact->{tel}</tel>nquot;; print quot;</contact>nquot;; } print quot; </agenda>nquot;; Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Using XML::Writer::Simple print agenda( map { contact( name($_->{name}), email($_->{mail}), tel($_->{tel})) } @contacts ) Yeah, stolen from CGI! Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

What tags to use? we want a function for each tag: easy for HTML! and for XML? what are the valid tags? who tell us? Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Full XML::Writer::Simple example use XML::Writer::Simple tags => [qw/agenda contact name email tel/]; print agenda( map { contact( name($_->{name}), email($_->{mail}), tel($_->{tel})) } @contacts ) Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Full XML::Writer::Simple example using a DTD use XML::Writer::Simple dtd => quot;agenda.dtdquot;; print agenda( map { contact( name($_->{name}), email($_->{mail}), tel($_->{tel})) } @contacts ) Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

Full XML::Writer::Simple example using a sample ﬁle use XML::Writer::Simple xml => [qw/mycontacts.xml morecontacts.xml/]; print agenda( map { contact( name($_->{name}), email($_->{mail}), tel($_->{tel})) } @contacts ) Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

And about attributes? they do not need to be declared! just use them as you would under CGI. that is, use as ﬁrst parameter an hash reference. use XML::Writer::Simple xml => [qw/mycontacts.xml morecontacts.xml/]; print agenda( map { contact( { owner => quot;ambs@di.uminho.ptquot; }, name($_->{name}), email($_->{mail}), tel($_->{tel})) } @contacts ) Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

And more! PowerTags PowerTags: apply more than one XML tag; follow the Perl data structure; PowerTag by example: ul_li(quot;aquot;,quot;bquot;,quot;cquot;) <ul><li>a</li><li>b</li><li>c</li></ul> ul_li({attr=>quot;valquot;},quot;aquot;,quot;bquot;) <ul attr=quot;valquot;><li>a</li><li>b</li></ul> or yet... table_tr_td( [quot;aquot;,quot;bquot;,quot;cquot;],[quot;dquot;,quot;equot;,quot;fquot;] ); Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

PowerTags — How to deﬁne them? n levels; Can be declared... use XML::Writer::Simple powertags=>[qw/ul_li ol_li/]; Can be created in runtime... powertag(quot;tablequot;,quot;trquot;,quot;tdquot;); Alberto Sim˜es ambs@cpan.org o XML::Writer::Simple

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