You need to force a reference, otherwise XML::Simple folds simple elements into attributes


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You need to force a reference, otherwise XML::Simple folds simple elements into attributes

by inq123 (Sexton)

on Mar 21, 2005 at 23:40 UTC ( [id://441341]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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in reply to XML::Simple "transforming data"

The solution is actually just posted above - use ForceArray => 1 when you do XMLin(); The mechanism is as my title suggested: as long as you force a reference out of the value, that value will be treated as element instead of attribute when XMLout writes it out.

Here's the set of options that I found the best (for my usage, and probably for general usage) for XML::Simple:

my $obj = XMLin($filename, ForceArray => 1, ForceContent => 1, KeepRoo
+t => 1, ContentKey => '_c', KeyAttr => []);
open(OUT, ">$filename-1");
print OUT XMLout($obj, KeepRoot => 1, ContentKey => '_c', KeyAttr => [
+]);
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Hope it helps.