RE: XML::Parser

I'm wondering about your example.
Your code snipit:

<part name="foo">
   <part name="bar"/>
   <part name="bar2"/>
</part>
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is not valid xml. I know its psuedo-code, but it makes the sol'n confusing. Perhaps you meant:

<section name="foo">
   <subsection name="bar">
   <subsection name="baz">
</section>
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Or something like that? Then you want

my $foo = new section( name => "foo" ;
$foo->addSubsection( "bar" );
$foo->addSubsection( "baz" );
$foo->startSystem;
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???

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RE: RE: XML::Parser by ivey (Beadle) on Jun 20, 2000 at 23:43 UTC
well...no. the difference is that i don't want to define a name for each level...there may be many levels. so, i might have `<section name="top"> <section name="chap1"/> <section name="chap2"> <section name="sub1"/> </section> <section name="chap3"/> <section name="chap4"> <section name="sub2"> <section name="table1"/> </section> </section> </section>` [download] my problem is, in the Handlers definition, how keep a relationship between my "current root section" (ie, the one to which i will be adding the next subsection) and the xml level? `-- michael d. ivey, ivey@gweezlebur.com`	[reply] [d/l]
RE: RE: RE: XML::Parser by btrott (Parson) on Jun 20, 2000 at 23:57 UTC
You can keep a stack of the current level where you are in the XML file. When you get a start tag, push the tag onto the stack; when you get to the end of that tag, pop the tag off the stack. You can use this to define a tree structure of sorts. Another option would be to use the "Tree" Style of XML::Parser. Read the docs for that. A final option, and a good one, is to use XML::Simple, which may work for you: `use XML::Simple; XMLin("foo.xml");` [download] It loads the data into a tree structure, which may or may not work exactly how you want it. Or (finally again) you could look into some of the other tree-processing XML modules, like XML::DOM and XML::Twig. They may be overkill for your purposes, though.	[reply] [d/l]
RE: RE: RE: XML::Parser by Adam (Vicar) on Jun 20, 2000 at 23:53 UTC
I didn't know you could do that. I've not done much with XML.	[reply]


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